“..sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested . . . Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.” ― Hunter S. Thompson
Harsh reality:
We’re all wasting our potential. At least to some extent.
It’s likely that we’re all not living like the Good Doctor, Mr Thompson. Not many of us can (a rough and rugged life filled with intense drug and booze binges sounds awfully tiring), and that’s okay.
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Somewhere along the line our potential got snipped off just a bit. 5 or 10% maybe. Not much, but a bit of potential remains hidden behind our egos. Honestly, I’m scared to let it all out. I’m terrified of what type of wild ride my whole self has in store if I let that rowdy pony out of its stable.
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After spending the past 4 days away from Future Wife, my dog Indy, my home, and my typical routine of non-stop kick-assery, I’ve realized that I want to get back to my life.
Doesn’t that sound weird? For the past 4 days I’ve been in sunny Las Vegas, NV where we’ve spent most of our time eating great food, seeing awesome sights (we went for a trip up to Red Rock Canyon – awesome!), we’ve had a blast gambling, we’ve seen Penn & Teller, and I have had a metric shit-ton of fun.
But I can’t wait to get back to my life.
I think it was Seth Godin who said, ‘Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.’
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It’s the trickiest form of self-sabotage. We don’t even know what we’re doing.. but we find ourselves staring longingly at that delicious Porsche Panamera or that million dollar house on the hill with the awesome pool and killer view.
(If you don’t do this, that’s awesome, but a lot of us still do – including me! If you’re totally unaffected by the desire for material things, then I’ve got nothing to offer you in this article. I’ll be up front, because I don’t want to waste your time. That’s just plain rude! =) But I am betting that even the best of us still get a little tingle when we see a new TV or a fancy watch..)
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You will fail.
You will fail and you should not be fearful of this. I have known too many people in my life who have never tried, never even attempted to execute an idea, all because they are terrified that they might fail. This mindset is not only limiting (you are guaranteed failure if you never try) but if you enter in to a project with this negative mindset you are much more likely to fail.
‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm’ – Winston Churchill
I’ve had lots of failures and I am so thankful for each one. Without them I would not be here today.
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..Lacking persistence.
I won’t drone on and on about the punchline, only to deliver it at the end of this piece.
If you lack persistence, you will give up after the first failure. And you will fail at some point, no doubt. But that’s okay – failure is the best teacher. Failure tells us what we did wrong and adds a bit of ‘ouch’ to it so that message sticks. We remember the failure because it’s painful, and that’s exactly what we want, because we can leverage that new knowledge and emotion to allow ourselves to achieve new heights.
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