❌ Don't Make "Success" Your Enemy❌
Good morning, everyone! I hope you're all doing well. Quote of the Day: "Don't make success your enemy." No one is born a success; you have to become one. You become successful based on what you choose to do, and if you choose to make success your enemy, you will never be successful in that arena. For example, if you say that you hate working out, you have just made getting in shape your enemy. If you say you can't stand tracking your food, you have just made losing body fat your enemy. Let's keep going. How good can people swim who hate the water? Yeah, they can't swim at all because they have made the water their enemy. "I hate reading," some people (a lot of people) say. You have now made an enemy of the vast information, education, and wisdom found in written words. Success is a choice (one of my favorite books, by the way). And if you choose to make an enemy of the actions that lead to success, you are choosing to never become successful in that area. How do you fall in love with something you don't like? Well, you don't. You fall in love with what and who it helps you become. You also have to understand that success does not come without work and discomfort. The food we eat every day comes from farmers growing and harvesting fruits, vegetables, and grains year-round in the hot sun. From people raising and taking care of animals. You want to see hard work? Visit a farm. The roads we drive on, the grass that is cut, the electrical lines that are put up and maintained 7 days a week, 365 days a year—all come from hard work. And continuing the conversation from yesterday: the harder you work, the less you have to worry about. Nothing is universally loved or hated. Some people love working out and tracking their food, and other people hate it. The vast majority of people who hate exercise and keeping account of their food struggle with their weight and health. So the question you have to ask yourself is: which camp do you want to be a part of? It starts with how you think about it, then how you talk about it, and lastly, what perspective you approach it from.