I have been seeing a multitude of quotes across Twitter and Facebook related to establishing goals and relentless pursuing them...
They are VERY inspirational...but go no further than inspiring...
I say this because if they are taken for what they truly contain...the more probable result will not be success and/or happiness...
...but frustration...utter embarrassment and failure!
It suddenly hit me that we need to keenly aware of what we feed our minds and hearts...as motivators...just as we feed our bodies good food!
Let's think about this...by using an example...
Put "jet" or "rocket fuel" in your car and it will run awesome...
...for a few minutes...(if at all) and then it will fail!
In fact...you'll probably blow it up!
Cars are not built to run on "jet" or "rocket fuel"
The same holds true with our minds...
We are not built to run on every inspirational or motivational quip!
For a car or us as a matter of fact...to function at peak performance...the fuel must be matched with the engine...
Our motivational and inspirational phrases must match us!
The wrong fuel will not work at all...or worse...burn us out!
I have watched far too many talented people grab hold of the wrong phrases and "take-off" down the drag-strip of life...only to find that they were not a drag racer...(whoops...I didn't realize I needed a parachute at the end) and crash...or worse yet...burn up at the finish line!
OK...enough of the metaphors!
We have built the mental picture...can you see it?
I read a quote that went something like..."Decide on your goal and relentlessly refuse to quit" A variation on the old axiom "if you first do not succeed...try try again"
This sounds like good advice...and many people quote variants of this daily...
Many make it their life's axiom...
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Andrew Carnegie was asked prior to his death (it would do no good to ask after his death)...what he believed a person should strive to do...his response was...
- Spend the first third of ones life learning as much as possible...
- Spend the second third of ones life earning as much money as possible with what you have learned
- Spend the last third giving it away...
Great advice!
Or is it?
It was good for Andrew...but is it good for everyone?
An interesting problem even within this great advice is that quitting is inherent within it!
- When do you quit learning?
- When do you quit earning?
- When do you quit giving?
I guess the answer to the last one is rather simple..."when you die!"
But what about the rest of them?
The simple answer is that you NEVER stop Learning...Earning and then Burning your reserves,,,
But I do not believe this to be the real case...
There comes a time when you have to actually call it quits!
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When do you quit?
That answer is quite simple...
When something starts to stand in the way of success...it must be stopped...
You have to quit!
Using Carnegie's path...
When Learning stands in the way of Earning...it is time to quit learning...
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I am not going to belabor this concept...
We are at our best when we are working in a linear fashion...
Do not deceive yourself into believing that you can multi-task your way to success...
Multi-tasking automatically spreads yourself thin!
Decide what you should be doing...
and do it...
and...
Know when to quit!
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Let's go back to the topic on motivational and inspirational quips that we started with...
DO NOT be taken in be seemingly good advice...without first looking at them for what they really mean to you...
Question all quips and sayings...
Oftentimes real meaning is hidden by the effort to reduce them to a single sentence...
A person should have a single mission (at any given time) when they truly pursue success...
All of the motivational quips should PERFECTLY align with that mission...
Loading up on quips may create success indigestion! LOL!
Don't eat too much!
Feed your mind to succeed...
E-Nuf Sed
Have a great weekend!
Pura Vida!
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