First I was dying to finish high school and start college.
And then I was dying to finish college and start working.
And then I was dying to marry and have children.
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for school so I could return to work.
And then I was dying to retire.
And now, I am dying…and suddenly I realize I forgot to live.
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So you thought it was the end of the story?
So you thought just because the student was willing to be obedient to the guru and not only wake up, but meet him at the beach early in the morning – you thought that was enough?
Oh I got it,
So you thought because he was willing to walk out into the deep of the ocean that, that was enough; because, the guru placed his head under the water, pulled it out, and taught him that the secret of success is wanting it as bad as you want to breathe. So you thought that was the end of the story?
You thought that one single event, that one single moment was enough for him to stand amongst the greats, to make his dream become a reality…
Well you thought wrong.
In fact, it is far from over. That was the easy part.
Now! Now it’s time, to redefine the grind.
So you thought it was over… ha. Well it is just getting started.
See, this is the part; this is the part where life demands you make a lifelong commitment. This is the part where life demands that you make a vow,
Come hail or high water, that you’re willing to pay the price,
The full fair where you earn your spot with effort, with sweat, with blood, with tears!
So you say you want it as bad as you want to breathe… Then it’s your time.
It’s examination time. It’s time to get tested.
To test your will, your endurance – it’s time to test your heart.
To test your limits!
This is the part where you reinvent yourself.
Sleep? I don’t sleep – you thought that was it?
It goes deeper than going without sleep because you might miss the opportunity to succeed.
No, no, no – It’s about no days off.
No weekends. No holidays. No birthdays.
Listen to me: No Days Off!
No half days, no holidays, no snow days.
It’s about gaining the competitive edge. It’s about separation.
It’s about separating yourself from the pack – the competition.
It’s about being a little faster, a little stronger-listen to me-a little faster than you were last year, last month, last week.
In fact, you’ve got to be a little faster today then you were yesterday.
And you can’t afford – on the road to success – you can’t afford to make excuses.
No excuses.
When you feel pain, and trust me you will feel it –
You’ve got to go deep, deep down beyond, beyond exhaustion, beyond worn out –
And when it’s harder than you imagined it would be, when it takes longer than you thought it would take, and when the load is heavier than you thought you could bare –
And all you want to do is give up, and all you want to do is given in –
When you feel like you’ve given all you got…
You got to take one more step! You got to run one more lap! You got to throw one more punch!
And regardless of how much effort it takes, you got to fight back!
You got to fight a little harder and you’ve got to defeat disappointment. Annihilate weakness and punish the competition.
It’s about pushing yourself beyond the limits.
It’s about perfecting the You.
Not just doing more, not just being better – But finding your best!
Listen to me; this is more than wanting it as bad as you want to breath,
That’s not enough.
You’ve got to be willing to face every fear, to climb every mountain, defy every odd, onslaught every obstacle.
One step at a time, one day at a time,
Until you, only you are left standing.
There is no one else, or nothing in your way,
Until you reach the top!
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Now my grandmother was a wonderful person; she taught me how to play the game Monopoly. She understood that the name of the game is to acquire. She would accumulate everything that she could and eventually she became the master of the board. And eventually, every time, she would take my last dollar and I would quit in utter defeat. And then she would always say the same thing to me, she would look at me she would say, ‘One day, you’ll learn to play the game.’
One summer I played Monopoly with a neighbor almost every day all day long; we played Monopoly for hours. And that summer I learned to play the game. I came to understand the only way to win is to make a total commitment to acquisition. I came to understand that money and possessions, that’s the way that you keep score. And by the end of that summer I was more ruthless than my grandmother. I was ready to bend the rules if I had to to win that game. And I sat down with her to play that fall – I took everything she had. I destroyed her financial and psychologically, I watched her give her last dollar and quit in utter defeat.
And then she had one more thing teach me. Then she said… ‘Now it all goes back in the box.’
‘All those houses and hotels, all the railroads and utility companies, all that property and all that wonderful money, now it all goes back in the box.’ I didn’t want it to go back in the box. ‘No,’ she said, ‘none of it was really yours. You’ll get all heated up about it for a while, but it was around a long time before you sat down at the board. And it will be here after you’re gone. Players come and players go – but it all goes back in the box.’ Houses and cars, titles and clothes, filled barns, bulging portfolios, even your body… Because the fact is, that everything I watch and consume and earn is going to go back in the box and I am going to lose it all. Not much of an ROI on that.
So you have to ask yourself, when you finally get the ultimate promotion, when you’ve made the ultimate purchase, when you buy the ultimate home, when you have stored up financial security and climbed the ladder of success to the highest rung you can possibly climb it and the thrill wears off… and it will wear off… Then what? How far do you have to walk down that road before you see where it leads? Surely you understand, it’ll never be enough.
So you have to ask yourself the question:
What Matters?
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