Embrace The Change. Except The Challenge. Take The Chances

Four years ago, I was a 160lbs security guard who wanted more from myself, more from my life. So, I made a choice. I chose to take responsibility for my actions. I chose not to blame others for my set backs, and I made a choice to commit all of my efforts into making my life better.

Today, I am better than I was, smaller than I will be, yet more motivated than ever before. Until you make your choice and develop your burning desire to change your life, four years from now you won't look any different than you do today.

Embrace the change. Except the challenge. Take the chances. Because, with failure comes growth and with growth comes blessings!

So in the words of my good friend Tom Robbins:

"Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success."



Arnold's Law

1. Trust Yourself
2. Break the Rules

3. Don't be Afraid to Fail                                                    
4. Ignore the Naysayer’s
5. WORK YOUR ASS OFF
6. Give Something Back!

So in the words of my good friend Arnold Schwarzenegger:

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

Be Courageous!

Because in the words of my good friend Muhammad Ali:

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

Don't Just Want it. Need It!



I have recently noticed that I seem to be asked the same question at least three times a day. Can you guess what it is?

“My money is on people asking you to stop harassing them about reading these blog posts… am I right?”

Actually, no… call me crazy but I just assume that people essentially enjoy reading about things other than zombie apocalypses and terrorist attacks. However, the question at hand is, "how do you do it?"

“Yeah that sounds accurate. I would never want to do all those workouts, or meal plans.”

Who said anything about wanting to do it? I don’t want to work out. I NEED to work out!

One of my favourite motivational speeches comes from a speaker by the name of Eric Thomas:

There was a young man, you know, who wanted to make a lot of money and so he went to this guru, right. And he told the guru you know I wanna be on the same level you are and the guru said if you wanna be on the same level I’m on, I’ll meet you tomorrow at the beach. So the young man got there 4 A.M. he already to rock n’ roll. Got on a suit should of wore shorts.

The old man grabs his hand and said: How bad do you wanna be successful?

He said: “Real bad”

He said: Walk on out in the water.

So he walks out into the water. Watch this. When he walks out to the water he goes waist deep and goes like this guy crazy. I wanna make money and he got me out here swimming. I didn’t ask to be a lifeguard. I wanna make money he got me swimming – so the old man said come on a little further – he walked out a little further – then he had it right around the shoulder area – so this old man crazy – he making money but he crazy. So the old man said come on out a little further – came out a little further, it was right at his mouth – my man, I’m about to go back in this guy is out of his mind.

And the old man said: “I thought you said you wanted to be successful?”

He said: “I do.”

He said: “Then walk a little further.”

He came, dropped his head in, the old man held him down, my man kept scratching him as the old man hold him down, he had him held down just before my man was about to pass out, he raised him up.

The old man said: “I got a question for you.”

He told the guy, he said: “When you want to succeed as bad as you wanna breathe than you will be successful.”

I don’t know how many of you all got asthma? If you ever had an asthma attack before, you’re short of breath, you wheezing (breath sound). The only thing you trying to do is get some air. You don’t care about no basketball game, you don’t care about what’s on T.V., you don’t care about nobody calling you, you don’t care about a party. The only thing you care about when you trying to breathe is to get some fresh air. That’s it!

And when you get to the point where all you wanna do is be successful as bad as you wanna breathe then you will be successful. And I’m here to tell you that number one, most of you say you wanna be successful but you don’t want it bad, you just kind of want it. You don’t want it as bad as you wanna party. You don’t want it as much as you want to be cool.

Most of you don’t want success as much as you want sleep. Some of you lost sleep more than you lost success. And I’m here to tell you today, if you’re going to be successful you gotta be willing to give up sleep. You gotta be willing to work with 3 hours of sleep – 2 hours of sleep, if you really wanna be successful. Some days you’re gonna have to stay up for 3 days in a row. Because if you go to sleep you might miss the opportunity to be successful. That’s how bad you gotta want it.
Source: LYBIO.net

So whatever you want, don't just want it... NEED it!!! Like the air in your lungs. The only way to get what you want is to STOP wishing for it to happen! The day you turn your wants into necessities, is the day you start getting what you want! Now stop wasting your life and go get what's yours!

So in the words of my good friend Eric Thomas:

“When you want to succeed as bad as you wanna breathe than you will be successful.”