TAKE A RISK

If you take risks, you will fail it is as simple as that

No great thing has ever been accomplished in a comfort zone, Chuck Yeager didn't break the sound barrier while in the comfort zone, Alexander the Great  didn't conquer the known world in his comfort zone, and Democracy; giving everyone the right to participate in how they are governed could never have won the battle in her comfort zone. 

Courage ~ No great accomplishment was every win without it. 

Throughout history, many lives were lost to achieve great successes; however, more than likely no lives will be lost for you to accomplish your great successes. 

 

Be what makes an entrepreneur so great is that we don't view failure is final defeat. We accept it as being one step closer to success. 

Take risks or you will live a life of regret.

Failure ~ And What to do About It.

Failure ~

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. 

~Napoleon Hill.

I've found that one of the greatest strengths of an entrepreneur is their persistence in the face of defeat. Defeat is never a defeat until you accept as such.

A story about Kobe Bryant as told by a professional trainer who worked with Bryant this past summer, for the Olympics:

It was about 3:30am. I lay in bed slowly fading away when I hear my cell ring. It was Kobe. I nervously picked up.

Hey uhh Rob I hope I’m not disturbing anything right now.

Uh no what's up Kobe?

Just wondering if you could just help me out with some conditioning work that's all.

I checked my clock, 4:15am. yea sure ill see yo in the facility in a bit. It took me about 20 minutes to get my gear and out of the hotel.

When I arrived and opened the room to the main practice floor I saw Kobe. Alone.

He was drenched in sweat as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn’t even 5am.

MY THOUGHTS: 

I am a firm believer that in order to be successful as an athlete or entrepreneur the talents necessary to do so are not taught in universities or schools. The attributes are deep within us; the determination and unyielding and unrelenting drive that lets nothing stand in the way of us attaining our vision for ourselves.

The principles are carved in our soul.

I know how it feels when you have been beaten down time and time again. When others truly want nothing more than to watch you fail and that giving up would put a smile on their faces.

But, I will never know what it feels like to throw in the towel.

You actions today will impact your life a week from now, a month from now and a year from now.

Make today a day your future self will be proud of.