Blog 2

How can the habits you have today contribute to the accomplishments or consequences aligned for tomorrow?  Everyone says they are going to be successful. They say it is a no brainer. Many people talk about success like it is easy. Success is not easy.  Granted there are some people that are going to be successful no matter what, the majority of success is behind a strong work ethic.  To be successful you have to outwork everyone in your way.  People will talk about it, but they never do it.  The habits you have today can lead you one of two ways: success or failure, accomplishments or consequences.  The biggest problem, though, is all the people that say, “Oh, I’ll just do that tomorrow” and then the next day it is the same exact thing. Being a teenager you get to experience it first hand.  There are kids my age that drink every single day, which is a horrible habit to get into. Then in a couple years, if they aren’t successful, they will wonder where they went wrong.  But then there are the kids that are studying on Friday nights instead of going out and partying.  Those kids are ahead of the pack.  People say they want success more than anything in the world, but many fail to see the tomorrow because they are blinded by the temptations of today.  However, just because you work hard doesn’t mean you will automatically be successful, but it does increase your chances of doing so.  Many kids in sports will say “I want to be the best” but they train and workout for 30 minutes a day, and then they go out that night and party with their friends for 4 hours.  Well, that pretty much cancels that 30 minutes from earlier, and they are back to square 1. The beautiful thing, however, is that any day of the week, you can change your habits.  You are in control of your dreams for the future.  If you are questioning whether you have the habits to contribute to success for tomorrow, odds are they are the habits that hold you back from accomplishing so much in this world.  I truly believe every person in this world has a full potential they can reach.  Many people that come from unfortunate, and sometimes even fortunate, circumstances don’t believe that.  They get down on themselves easily and claim they are destined not to be successful.

            I have two favorite quotes.  My first quote is “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.” This is a quote from an inspirational speaker I listen to frequently named Eric Thomas.  It brings so many thoughts to my mind about success because people say they want to be successful but don’t want as bad as they say they do.  They just talk of success like it is guaranteed.  My next favorite quote is “Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”  This quote is from Will Smith.  This relates to my critical question because if you have dreams for tomorrow, start getting into the right habits.  Every person needs to have unrealistic dreams because that is what keeps people going.  Nothing is impossible, but when someone tells you that something is unrealistic, it makes you think it is impossible, even when it isn’t.  Having dreams about reaching my full potential is what keeps me going.  I do whatever I can today to contribute to my success and dreams for tomorrow.  And even if I feel like I am not going anywhere, I just remember that if I keep outworking everyone in my way, I will be successful.

So are the habits you have today contributing to your success or failure of tomorrow? The great thing is that you get to decide.

note: i just chose a question and wrote instead of brainstorming