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Nothing is perfect and, really, would we want it to be? What would we have to challenge us? What would inspire us to push past our comfort zone and do or be what we may not believe is who we are or capable of? Isn’t it the discontent of achieving beyond our limitations that inspires us? Isn’t the mere fact that “limitations” shouldn’t even be in our vocabulary.

I want to inspire you today to GO FOR IT! Stop dreaming, pining, wishing and DO IT! I am truly excited for you and WITH you. Why? Because you deserve it. You really do!

Why am I writing this today? I have had my challenges to overcome for quite some time. Thinking, “Okay, when is the pendulum going to start swinging my way?” This has become a transformative year for me. Relocating back to California, again, was scary and I had a lot of work to do to get on my feet and start over. It’s nice to be able to wipe the slate clean and just kind of start over, but you bring along with it some of your past that may need to be resolved and, in essence, some baggage to clear up.

I had a laundry list of stuff I had to do.

1. Help my mom through the difficulty of losing one of her children, my brother, to cancer one week coming into the California border. I had my own emotions to sort through to process the death of my “big” brother. Not a close relationship, but fond and admirable nonetheless.
2. Help my mom through her second hip surgery. Surgery went great, but recovery wasn’t going so well and me and my siblings almost lost our beloved mother at age 84. I convinced the facility to send her home where I would personally care for her. I even helped her to start walking again after 10 years of getting around in a wheelchair.
3. Find a job. Through aggressive pursuit, I landed a job with the State of California. I did this with my mom trying to tell me that California is just not hiring. I would tell her to stop with such talk and convince her that there were great opportunities for someone with my skill and background.
4. Find my own place. I happened to fall in the perfect place, for where I was at in my life, at the perfect moment.

All of this within the first six months coming back home to California. That, in and of itself, was quite an accomplishment.

I have been back in California for a little over two years now and this year has “success” written all over it. I had some mishaps along the way. For example, while working full-time and taking a college course and in finals, I failed a promotional exam. I was carrying a lot on my mind and just didn’t have the focus to blow up the exam. I didn’t beat myself up and think I must be stupid as hell. I still had a lot to do and knew that the perfect opportunity would arrive. I passed the exam with flying colors the next time I took it, but I was also able to make it my focus and nothing consumed my brain when the time came.

I believe we are presented opportunities when we are ready. When something that I want does not come through or I feel like I am beating my head against a wall to get it, I resolve to let it go knowing that it is not in the design, at least for the moment.

My point is, DO SOMETHING. You can’t set the wheels in motion unless you take action that gets you from where you are today to where you want to be. Interestingly, you will find other opportunities just showing up out of nowhere.

I started writing this blog on accident. I had set up a website to explore my own business. Holding down a full-time job and taking classes, I wasn’t able to market or work that part of it. I started writing. Now I have people from all over the world I get to know and interact with. I wouldn’t have had that if I didn’t start writing here. I fell into something I enjoy doing by taking action on something I wanted.

You see, we may see something that we want, but we can end up getting something better.

1. Determine. What do you want?
2. Brainstorm. What do you need to do to get where you want to go?
3. Take action. Just take that first step to get you going in your intended direction.
4. Focus. Keep going. Do the next thing.
5. You hit a roadblock. Do something else that moves you toward your desire.
6. Determination. Keep going. It’s okay to take a break and recoup, but set a limit and plunge back in with conviction to accomplish the next series of steps.
7. Celebrate. Enjoy the process. Enjoy the moment of accomplishment. Do the happy dance. Let the joy surround you in the moment and the people you are with.
8. Move on. If you have people who you feel aren’t excited with you, know when to limit or sever your time with them. You are moving in directions they allow fear to hold them back. You have courage to jump when they are held motionless. Move on to people and circumstances that will start coming your way because you have opened your world up to and expanded your vision.

Watch your world open up! It is truly exciting and you are truly courageous to put yourself out of your comfort zone, believe that you are exceptional, and have the faith that you deserve all the great things life has to offer you.

I’m cheering for you. Let me know what you’re doing in going after the “brass ring.” NO, let’s make it the “platinum ring.”

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