Light(You), Camera(Plan), Action(Implement)

Lights, camera, action mean it is showtime.  This is where people want to put their best foot forward and showcase their abilities. Where you are the light and have fixed yourself just right to where your best is being displayed.  The camera is the plan where everything is recorded and being played out to how you want it to be.  Action is implementing or carrying out the plan with what you have envision it to be since the very beginning.  Setting goals and working hard by dedication and determination causes you to improve on the old you and instilling confidence and self-worth by going through challenges and adversities and persevering from it all.  With the right mind set and attitude, it is not impossible to reach a goal or plan.  As the saying goes, "Believing is half the battle."  Having the vision in accomplishing the goal, plan backed by the drive, determination, and commitment will gets someone to where he or she is headed.  Lights, camera, action, make it happen.

Failure Is Not An Option

Failure is not an option when one has the belief, determination, and psyche to go after what he or she desires.  He or she can already see or envisions him or herself there before he or she reaches that goal.   That person already knows what challenges and adversities lie ahead and is not afraid to still go after what he or she is passionate about.  Anything someone wants out of life is not going to come easy or handed to him or her.  But with hard work, commitment, and a positive that person has the belief and determination to achieve that goal.  Even when someone is in the process of reaching his or her goal and there are unsuccessful attempts, he or she still strives towards that goals, because one knows he or she possess the abilities, which is also his or her utilities to obtain that goal or goals that he or she is seeking.   Remember, it is not how you start, because more than likely there are going to be some rough patches along the way, but how one finishes.  Failure is not an option when one knows to expect and confidence to go after what he or she wants.  Do not be afraid, because fear limits someone's growth and will be unable to be a better you.

Who Is Your Biggest Influencer(s)?

Is there someone who has contributed and greatly impacted the way your life has shaped out to be?  I know I do.  The one(s) who has instilled the belief and confidence in you to become whoever you like to become.  Saying and believing to you that with hard work and dedication, you can succeed in whatever path in life you choose.  For me, it has been my parents.  Both who are really hard workers and had the odds stacked against them growing up.  My dad lived in an area where it was rough and jobs were scarce.  Some nights he would come home and there would be no food to eat.  He once told me that he and his friends used to go dumpster driving just to fight off hunger.  As my dad grew older he moved from the area where he lived as a child to one that had better job opportunities and a place to raise a family.  In the new area, my dad did not have much of an education, so it was going to be hard for him to find a job anyways, he dropped out of high school.  My dad somehow found a job where he made a career out of it.  He now works in upper management and still get lots of lucrative job offers from different companies.  My dad has written his own ticket despite coming from a poor area.  My mom had come from a poor area, but not nearly as bad as my dad.  She has a high school education, but found a job and turned into a career.  The job she works at has a lot of turnovers and layoffs, but she still stands.  My mom came to work on days where the weather was too bad and worked a lot of overtime.  Little things like that can go a long and can determine if an employer wants to give someone the pink slip or not.  I owe having a better life to my parents.  Without them doing what they did, I do not know how I would have turned out.  Despite what upbringings somebody has, one can turn his or her life around into something positive through hard work and determination.

Finish What You Start

Most people have heard the saying, "It is not how you start, but how you finish."  Starting something can be exciting at first because one is already thinking about the potential benefits and wonders it can be bring to one's life.  It is easy to forget about the time it may take to reach the final product and the obstacles one is potentially going to go through in the process.  Things like this are most likely going to occur in about everything one is trying to do or to accomplish.  In a previous entry called Be Goal-Oriented , I wrote about the importance of setting goals, because it avoided being complacent.  If one gets complacent, then it is easy for him or her not to finish what he or she started.  Setting goals or deadlines can help someone reach that finish line.  There will be days where someone does not work or get tired at some point and feel like quitting.  It is okay to take breaks in between working on whatever one is trying to accomplish, but do not ever give up.  He or she will not be doing him or her any favors.  Giving up can be contagious.  If someone starts one project, then give up, he or she will most likely do the same thing if that person starts another project.  Facing adversity and going through challenges are what makes a person stronger and in most cases instill confidence in oneself.  Finishing what one has started builds character, such as being a leader, resilience, determination, and other positive attributes.  One will want to take on more tasks and finishing them, because one has been through challenges and know that it is possible to finish no matter how improbable it may seem at first.  Not only is giving up or failing contagious, but finishing or accomplishing is as well.  So all and all, finish what you started because you will be happier at the end than you were at the start.