What Are You Going To Do About it?

Motivation has been a top of mind topic for me recently. What motivates me, what motivates others, and so on.

I’m inspired on a daily basis and not by things you would think. When I’m driving and the weather is frigid and I see someone running up a hill (or running at all, for that matter), I’m inspired. Sometimes I even say out loud “good for you!” or “you got this!”. When I see or experience someone being kind – i.e. letting someone else go in traffic, etc – these are the small things that make me breathe a little easier. 

I saw on social media the other day, a fellow real estate agent put over $7 million under contract in one week. Rather than inwardly saying “Oh fuck that guy” (**may have been guilty of this in the past**), I’m inspired by them and texted him saying, “Good for you!”. I’ve started to believe if people around you are having success, soak it in because that’s exactly who and what you want to be around. 

A lot of what I have written is about thought processes and so on. Recently, I started reading a book called, “The Success Principles” by Jack Canfield. It talks a lot about what I already believe in, the Law of Attraction and so on. If you’re not a believer in this yet, well… you’re probably not reading this, anyway. If you already are a believer, nothing  in the book so far has been rocket science and everything that I’ve read has been what I already know to be true from past experiences. However, it’s been a great reminder of focusing on your mindset and where you want to take it. 

One of the things Canfield discusses is taking 100% responsibility for your life. I paused when I read this. Again, not rocket science and if you’ve made it this far in this post, you’re sitting there thinking, well yeah. But really think about this. Every time you complain (guilty) or blame someone else or something else for your circumstances (guilty), you’re not taking 100% responsibility. 

I go back to a moment a few years ago where I was venting to a more seasoned colleague about work being slow and was really looking to him for some solutions to ease my angst. In less than ten words he put a stop to it. “What are YOU going to do about it?” It slapped me in the face, but it had a huge impact on me.

 What was I going to do about it? It sparked getting off my ass and taking action rather than complaining about my situation. Out of that, I created a real estate newsletter that I send out quarterly and have every quarter since that conversation about three years ago. I’m not saying this was a catalyst to my career taking off, but it certainly helped get my name out there and build a presence among my sphere. 

Along with a lot of people this year, there is such a thing as COVID fatigue. Everyone I talk to is exhausted. I do think we all owe ourselves a break because most of us are befuddled at why we are so exhausted. It’s because, people, it’s been a long freaking year. Shitty news, no one can go anywhere, people are sick, dying, everyone’s fighting. If that’s not draining, I don’t know what is.

Alternatively, communities are banding together to help those in need, support for small businesses abound, fighting for unity, spending more time with their families, finding creative solutions for entertaining themselves, and a bunch of other positive takeaways.

So, back to taking 100% responsibility for your life. I caught myself the other day waxing on and on about not making excuses and blah blah blah. For a while I’ve been saying “I want to do another competition, but…”
I heard myself say this recently and was just beyond annoyed with myself.

How can I sit here and talk (or write) about how everything in life is a mindset and here I am making excuses. If you want to do a fitness competition, do it. If you don’t, that’s ok, but say you don’t and shut up. Don’t say “I want to, but…”  If you want something badly enough, you’ll make it happen. As Yoda says “Do or do not. There is no try.”  

So that’s where my motivation is. I’m making an example of myself. An experiment to show people that I can practice what I preach. I’m 81 days away from my competition. That’s 10 weeks to train, eat right and get it together for something I want. And that’s what I’m doing about it.

Some may not want to hear about my journey, but if I inspire one person through the next 10 weeks of my training, it gives me reason to share.

It’s 5:45am – I’ve already had meal 1 of 8249724982749274 today and I’m heading to the gym before the rest of my day starts.

Cheers.