Successful People Don't Drift to The Top

Day 228: "It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it."- Robert M. Pirsig. I'm reading the book "The Power of Focus" by Jack Canfield and two other authors and this quote was in chapter one. I read it over and over again until it's meaning became branded in my memory. So simple and yet so profound when you really ponder it's meaning.

Our habits really do determine our future and successful people have successful habits. Unsuccessful people don't- period. So what is a habit? A habit, is something you do so often it becomes easy. Simply put, it's a behavior that you keep repeating.If you are consistent a developing a new behavior it eventually becomes automatic.

For example, I challenged myself to blog everyday for the whole year. At first it was very difficult to post on time and other times my day was so crazy I didn't want to share it with anyone. Then as days turned to weeks and weeks to months it became a labor of love even if I missed posting and had to double up.

According to Canfield, if you want to distance yourself from the masses and enjoy a unique lifestyle, you must understand this-your habits will determine your future. Successful people don't drift to the top. It takes focused action, personal discipline and lots of energy everyday to make things happen.

This week I sent my daughter and granddaughter on vacation to Florida with her father. At first I had decided I was off to the Myian Riviera for three days as a last minute get away just for me. Then I thought a better use of my time would be to get focused and organized around my goals and dreams. I love my girls but it's hard for my daughter to understand that I work from a home office but I'm not just at home. Not to mention my granddaughter wants to be in my room or office 90% of the time.

I took these five days to change some negative habits that are spiraling out of control. I pushed back because my future is to bright to allow distractions that feel like I'm swatting at gnats to keep me off course. The good news is I'm having a blast getting my house in order and loving on myself.

Believe me I've not magically got it all together over the course of these few days. I'm making changes but it will take time to completely change my behavior. I have owned this behavior for a long time. Allowing my children's agenda as well as other folks to come first must be cut off at the root.

If you've drifted off your goals and dreams just make a decision to take them back and start living again. It may be hard at first to take control of your life and change your behavior for the first couple of weeks. But stay focused and give your self mental pep talks.

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Tony Robbins