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Just some final perceptions…..
High achievers aren’t satisfied when they
meet the goals they’ve set for themselves. They’re
always looking for ways to improve. Feedback is an
important part of the improvement process. Actively seek
feedback and don’t avoid negative information about yourself.
Seek input and then make changes accordingly.
My website started solely as a bodybuilding
site, but is manifesting itself into much more. There are
already many bodybuilding sites out there, so my goal is to
provide motivation, not only in bodybuilding, but hopefully on a
much larger scale of life itself. If I have encouraged one
person out there to better themselves in some way, then I have
done my job. There are very few things better than getting
an email from someone I have never met that says that I have
inspired them in one way or another. Thank you for all of
your emails and I do my best to reply to each of you. Much
of my success in work, school, and bodybuilding is the result of
surrounding myself with extremely dynamic people. Learn
something from everyone.
To digress
for a moment.…..For numerous emails I get from the new
generation of bodybuilders looking to move out to Venice because
they want to be a pro, I will adamantly tell you to stay in
school and pursue a primary career other than bodybuilding.
I am definitely not discouraging anyone from pursuing the sport,
however, view it is a hobby and not your only choice of a
career. Unless you are a genetic freak, I am telling you
that there is no monetary reward in being a pro. If you think I
am wrong, ask how many great bodybuilders in California own a
home. Very, very few. Bodybuilding definitely
didn’t pay for my houses, cars and motorcycles. My
degrees and engineering career did. Use bodybuilding as a
vehicle to teach you a level of discipline which you can carry
over to other facets of your life. Stay in school no
matter what you do. Food for thought for the up and coming
bodybuilders.
If you want to be successful, you can learn
from the behavior of other high achievers. Put yourself in
the place of most potential, as motivation is contagious.
Driven individuals take calculated risks and constantly scan
their environment for new and relevant information. Those
who perform well, constantly strive to do better. Success
loves company. Always set challenging goals for yourself
in life and become an optimist. Keep your distance from
unmotivated individuals as that is contagious too.
"Successful people have the habit of
doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't
like doing them either, necessarily, but their disliking is
subordinated to the strength of their purpose."
- E. M. Gray
Bodybuilding, school, work, or anything
else should always be challenging and if it isn’t, then you
can work harder. Whatever it is you choose to do, perform
the job in a way that makes others successful. Separate
yourself by pushing yourself everyday in some area. You
can achieve far more than you think you can, but you have to
learn to sacrifice and live out of your comfort zone in order to
make any gains in life. Even when times are tough, an
optimist sees a failure as a result of controllable factors,
rather than a result of a personal flaw. Take away the
lesson when things don’t go as planned. When you live
your life on the precipice, you fall over sometimes. This
is ok. If you find yourself at the end of your rope, tie a
knot and hang on. There is always a rainbow after the
thunderstorm. Just learn from the experience. In my
opinion, this is what life is about.
Our lives are not determined by what
happens to us but by how we react to what happens; not by what
life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A
positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts,
events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that
creates extraordinary results.
Keep learning and moving forward in life,
but always look behind you to see who you can help along the
way…..
Stay Strong,
-WMD
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