At convention I saw a great presentation by Vince Poscente. I've since followed up with reading his book "InVINCEable principles". As he talked I realized that several of the statements he made are quite true. If you convince yourself (both your conscience [the ant] and your subconscience [the elephant]) that you can do something, you WILL do it. My 'aha' for this was the fact that this past January I walked the 1/2 marathon at Walt Disney World. I was not prepared, I ended up with a blister that covered my entire heel, and thighs that screamed at me, all by the 6th mile! I still had 7 miles to go! At WDW you have to maintain a 16 minute mile to get the medal at the end. If the bus picks you up, you don't get the medal. I WANTED THAT MEDAL! So, by the time I finished, I had my medal, and a body that hated me for the next week. But during the last 7 miles I chanted to myself "only # miles to go.." over and over and over. Apparently that was enough to convince my elephant that my ant WOULD get done.
I plan on repeating my experience in January 2005. I'll be a bit more prepared (I hope), but even if I'm not I'll finish! I'm convinced of that.
So what's the point of this? It's essentially this.. if you want something, and I mean REALLY want it, and you convince yourself that YOU CAN DO IT, then you most likely will. I won't guarantee it, it's up to you and what you want to do to guarantee that for yourself.
So back to Shelley Laine, who is an excellent artist by the way.. as she puts it "there'll always be another tomorrow, but then there's now.. I'm going to do the things I'm only dreaming"..
You'll find Shelley here.
You'll find Vince here.
Hopefully you'll listen to both and maybe decide now is a good time for you too.
