Remember: Never Stop Going After What You Really Want, Until You Get It. Period.

When it comes to going after your career or whatever it is that you dream of doing in your life, as actor Will Smith said, "There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A." Those words should be your wake-up call.   Those words should make you want to commit to doing whatever is necessary in order to leave your old habits and negative thoughts behind for the new life that awaits you. It is possible to live the life that you've always imagined living, but you have to be willing to believe that it is possible for you. You have to be willing to work towards it with no excuses and no back-up plans in sight.   The differentiating factor of the kind of life you will live is based on the courage you have to go after the dreams that have been placed inside of you. None of us should ever stop going after what it is that we really want in life. None of us should ever allow our circumstances, critics, naysayers, or anyone make us feel that we should live a life less than the one we are capable of living.   (Photo: iStockphoto/ Thinkstock)  

Anything is possible when we decide that we are never going to stop going after it what is it that we really want.

  But, unfortunately, most people don't go after what it is that they really want in life. I've seen people I know decide to settle where they are. I've heard people who I used to hang around think that having the life that they dream is not possible for them. They allowed naysayers and critics to determine the kind of life that was possible for them. Eventually, I had to limit hanging around these types of people. Why? Because after making the choice within myself that I was going to do what was necessary to get to where I wanted to be, I couldn't get weighed down by anything. And you can't either.   We all need to refuse to surround ourselves with people who think negatively. We cannot allow negativity to define our lives. We all need to refuse to have a plan B and to believe that we can't accomplish what we really want. I believe we can all have the lives that we dream if we are willing to believe that we can; if we surround ourselves with the right people; and if we are willing to put in the hard work to accomplish what we dream.   Going after what it is that you really want in life requires commitment. It requires persistence. It requires an unrelenting determination every single day. But as you work towards it and take the actions necessary to achieve what it is that you really want, you will get there. You will reach the new life that awaits you. You just have to want it and go after it, until you get it. Period.