It All Comes Down To A Second

We don’t watch much tv in our house. In fact other than a few movies, it hasn’t been on at all the past three months.

But Friday night we turned it on to watch the Olympics, and we’ve watched each night over the weekend. There’s just something about watching people that put all they have into a four year training period (since the last Olympics, even though I know training is much longer than that) just to enter a race - and have the chance to win gold.

Watching Michael Phelps was truly breathtaking. We were all cheering and literally holding our breath as he won his first two gold medals. Not only is he relying on his own skill to capture gold, but also relying on those of his team mates in last night’s relay.

Ultimately it comes down to action. They’ve practiced, trained, raced and practiced some more.  They’ve devoted their lives to being the best they can be. But if they don’t take action in the end, they will lose the race and never make the history books.

The Olympics show us truly what is possible. Setting goals is mandatory: world record times, capturing 8 gold medals, etc. They see their goal, and imagine the goal is within reach. And for some it is.

And they stop at nothing to achieve it.

It’s much the same for us as entrepreneurs. We’ve made the break from a traditional “job” lifestyle. We’ve plunged in to taking our lifestyle and businesses to a place where most people will never go. Even most entrepreneurs never reach beyond a “job” - they never achieve what they truly could because they don’t reach beyond their comfort zone.

Push a little harder. Make a bigger goal. Step out of your comfort zone, and reach for the stars.

You may be truly amazed at what you achieve.

photo by IndianSumm