Came across this great article by Robyn Williams on Champions. Enjoy!
Champions are created moment to moment on the field of life….
Our life is circumstances. We let circumstances get us off the hook
when we should be giving it everything we’ve got. More dreams are
shattered and goals lost because of circumstances than any other
single factor.
How often have you caught yourself saying, “I would like to do or
have this but I can’t because…?” Whatever follows “because” is the
circumstance. Successful people use circumstances to catapult them
on toward their goal, while the masses use them as road blocks. A
circumstance may cause a detour in your life but you should never
permit it to stop you.
George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying, “People are always blaming
circumstance for what they are. I do not believe in circumstance.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and
look for the circumstance they want and if they can’t find them they
make them.” Napoleon said, “Circumstances hell, I make them.”
The next time you hear someone say they would like to vacation in
Paris, or purchase a particular automobile but they can’t because
they have no money. Tell them they don’t need any money, your reward
will probably be a blank stare followed with, “What do you mean I
don’t need any money?” Explain they don’t need the money until they
make a decision to go to Paris or purchase the car. When the decision
is made, they will figure out a way to get the amount needed. They
always do. The circumstance they are using is one of the most common:
a lack of money. The real cause of their problem is lack of decision.
You always attract what you need when you decide it must be done. Try
this yourself today. You know the task you have been putting off
“because…” Make a decision, forget the circumstance or adopt Shaw’s
theory, but get it done!
Robyn Williams