What are You Committed To?

It's important, every week or two, to take a personal inventory. The big question to ask yourself is, "What are you committed to?"

What is your goal? What are your dreams? Do you spend most of the week focused on achieving it, sold on what's working, looking for all the signs and experiences that will get you to the goal or do you spend the week thinking about how unlikely the dream is, what's not working, why it won't work, and listening to all the naysayers who would rather tell you what you "should" be doing rather than helping you achieve the dream?

All of these experiences are gifts. In every obstacle, there's a test AND an opportunity. This is your time to say, "I really, really, really want this and I will do whatever it takes to achieve this."

I had a very interesting lesson in WalMart this morning. I was standing behind a young mother with two small kids in front of the soda machine. Her three year old son said, "I want soda" and the mom said, "No, agua." He said, "I want soda." She replied, "No soda, agua." Well, he kept saying what he wanted and his mom tried to go to one machine and buy water. Guess what? All the water was sold out. She went to another machine to choose iced tea. Guess what? All the iced tea was sold out. She went back to the original machine and what did her little boy get? Soda.

What is the lesson?

When you really, really, really, really want something and you focus on having it, the whole universe conspires in your favor and you get what you want.

Are you focusing on what you want or on what you don't have? Do a personal inventory.