Success Starts Here!

I heard this today and it really resonated with me. I usually write my own thoughts, but heck sometimes someone far more intelligent and wise (that's pretty easy to find, someone more intelligent and wise than me) writes or says something far better than I ever could, so I decided to share. I must admit, I have been to Someday Isle many times in my lifetime. It is never fun to stand on it's beaches and see one's dreams just on the edge of the horizon. Still visible, but beyond reach as long as I stay on the island. This quote below won't fit everyone. People have different goals I guess. But I suspect more people than not have been on this island that motivational speaker Brian Tracy discusses, and as comfortable as it is to be there, I bet most of us vacationers would prefer to be chasing our dreams. Enjoy. "Everybody wants to achieve great goals. They want to be happy, healthy, thin, rich, attractive, financially independent. We all want the same things. But w

Son, it's your papa. I'm writing to you because there are a few things I wanted to share before you start school tomorrow. First, this year is really important to your future. So important that I am going to have to resort to all kinds of things you'd rather I not to help you succeed. I'm going to get in your business. I'm going to ask "who" that was. I'm going to want to check your homework even though you said you finished it in 2 minutes after getting home or you finished it at school during lunch. I'm going to raise my voice to you and give you a piece of my mind, and chances are you'll be grounded a time or two during the next nine months. All things that in a 15 year-old's mind sound like a total pain in the backside. You might even equate it to me disliking you. Yet that couldn't be further from the truth. You see son, I love you more than the air I breath. I love you so much, I'm going to force myself to be your father inst