A few years ago I had an opportunity to give my nephew a ride from Ft. Lauderdale international airport to his place of residence in West Palm Beach. It was approximately an hour drive one way.
I am a person who doesn’t mind driving. I prefer to be behind the wheel where I feel I’m in control of the vehicle than having someone else do so.
Don’t get me wrong: I don’t mind being a passenger as long as I feel comfortable with the driver.
And even then, if I had my way, I would still rather be the one behind the wheel. Is that a trust issue? Maybe. But I know my driving ability and feel “at home” behind the wheel especially when there is speed involved. That’s a topic for another day.
As my nephew and I conversed, the topic of going to college came up. At the time he was about 19 years of age.
He argued that going to college for 2 to 4 years seem such a long time. As you know, 2 to 4 months is a long time in a teenager’s life much less 2 to 4 years.
He bemoaned the thought. He threw his head back on the seat, closed his eyes and sighed loudly. The sounds he made sounded as if what he heard from me was that he was being sentenced to death. Haha
After his dramatic presentation, I chimed in.
I said to him these words: whether you go to college or not the years are going to go by with you going to college or not going to college. You just GET TO DECIDE what to do with the time.
This conversation took place about 3 years ago. Would you believe he has not forgotten it? Not only has he not forgotten it, he is currently in college and both he and his mom have told me that he shares that talk with others his age who are pondering going to college.
Imagine!
Why did I share that story with you?
Because for you the same is true. YOU GET TO DECIDE!
You might have been thinking of doing something, but the thought of how long it might take has kept you back from starting.
Let me ask you these two questions: How long have you had the thought? What if you had started when you first had it?
I read these words recently from Rick Warren where he said: You can either drift through the next ten years or you can have direction over the next ten years.
Slowly re-read those words.
I don’t want you to drift for the next ten years, not even for the next one.
2018 has begun and you have a chance to make sure you don’t drift. You can put in place plans to help you NOT to drift.
As I’ve shared with you over the last few emails, those plans are the goals you set for yourself. I hope you have taken the time to do so.
If you haven’t it’s not too late to start. You can start today.
One of the places to start is to get with like-minded people who will help you and hold you accountable to the plans you put in place.
I’m putting the final touches on the practical applications of these goals that will be presented in a webinar and then a course.
To make sure you don’t miss the announcements and the launch of the program, make sure you join me in the Facebook group at this link below:
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Don’t procrastinate. Do so today!
