Do you know what it is you want to do in life or who it is you hope to be?
That’s good, but there’s more to the journey than that.
As you get kicked, scraped, and knocked down in pursuing the kind of life that you want to live, there are some rules that you should follow along the way to keep you motivated and determined until the vision for your life comes to pass:
Rule #1: Believe impossible is nothing.
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”~Muhammad Ali
Rule #2: Never listen to the critics.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”~Theodore Roosevelt
Rule #3: Trust Yourself.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” ~Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Rule #4: Have faith that your vision can become your reality.
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ~Pablo Picasso
Rule #5: Realize you have what it takes.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rule #6: Commit to the sacrifices necessary.
“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Rule #7: Always embrace persistence wholeheartedly.
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” ~Jim Watkins
Rule #8: Never Settle. Ever.
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”~Walt Disney