Do I have what it takes?
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Do I have what it takes?

What am I made of? Do I have what it takes? I want to be successful, can I do it?

Let’s try to answer your question, if you’re willing to listen.

I don’t know you, but tell me? So do you have what it takes? Everybody wants to be successful, can you make the grade? What are you made of? Why should you care? Is it worth finding out? Well, it’s interesting that you ask this question. I myself have had to ask this question many times. Therefore, I think it is appropriate that I respond to you and help you. And thanks for asking, because this is the first step to understanding yourself. Here is your answer to your question, what am I made of? How can I find out?

It comes to others at different times in their lives. If you really want to know, there are only a few ways. But all those ways require you to try your best. I myself was able to find out in athletic type activities, then games of skill, racing, flying, politics and business. If you ever talk about this with a mountain climber, a marathon runner, a businessman, a soldier after a battle, a politician, a student finishing his doctoral thesis; they will know how to tell you better than anyone. You can experience these things through many events.

I have spoken to actors, debate students, chess champions, card players, leaders, heroes, Olympic medalists, fighter pilots, corporate titans, and professional golfers, tennis players, fishermen, soccer players, baseball players, etc. Depending on your sphere of experiences, you’ll find plenty of people of young ages who can tell you the answer while they’re kicking around on skateboards, debating in class, making the soccer team, surviving the most recent relationship that week, or even making it through the grade. or parental acceptance. . The trick is when you experience these things to realize their value. In my life I’ve tried crossing raging rivers, running marathons, working to beat my personal best on track, biking from Oregon to Mexico, running for election, taking 33 units in a semester at two different colleges at the same time, I climbed mountains, grew a business and many other things.

The more things you do, the more strength of character you will feel and the stronger you will be. This is important for your healthy consciousness and mental condition. I won’t try to pretend I’m a motivational expert, but like most of the people mentioned above, I like you, you’re my biggest motivator myself. When you’re crossing a river or swimming across an open channel of the ocean, climbing a mountain, running a marathon, cycling over 200 miles in a single session, a lot goes through your mind. Then you will look within to ask yourself;

“How tough am I?”

“I can do this?”

“Do I have what it takes?”

It is similar to the little train that he said in the story; I think I can, I think I can. Some people will ask God to help them find the strength to accomplish whatever they try. Either way, it is during these times of self-induced adversity or times of battle that you can determine the answer to your question. A person who pushes himself over and over again can develop incredible strength of character. People like Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, Arnold Swarznegger, Magic Johnson, Wayne Gretsky in sports can tell you this along with former sports stars turned motivators and teachers like Vince Lombardi who has the famous quote:

“WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE NUMBER 1”

“Winning isn’t a once in a while thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do things right all the time. Winning is a habit.” losing is. There is no room for second place. There’s only one place in my game, and that’s first place. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win. It is a fact of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games attract the most competitive men. That is why they are there: to compete. To know the rules and goals when they get involved in the game. . The goal is to win fairly, squarely, according to the rules, but to win. I believe in God and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man’s greatest moment, his greatest fulfillment for all he loves–is that moment when he has to work with all his heart for a good cause and is exhausted on the battlefield– victorious.”

Vincent Lombardi

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Overcoming adversity, overcoming adversity, adapting to any situation, and having the strength of character to never give up is an amazing tool for you and your mind, but it’s not free. If you possess such talents, vision, commitment, dedication, and perseverance, then you are an incredible asset to this country, your family, and the world as well. Few possess such levels of strength of character. If you have it you will know it. And the others, who have it, will recognize it almost instinctively if you have it. Because you now share a common bond with the best of the species. It is a sense of presence that you have in your step, in your speech, in your breath. As you reach higher and higher levels, you will find fewer and fewer people who possess these levels. It is important that we notice these traits in others and allow those who need to take our experience to the next level.

The question, do you have what it takes, cannot be answered by me or anyone except you, and can only be answered during or just after such an incredible achievement at that time and place. If you really want to know the answer, you have to take some risks and go for it. Whatever “It” is is not as important as what you are.

The greatest traits of such individuals seeking to develop are perseverance and the understanding that they cannot give up.

Winston Churchill said;

“Never, never, never, never, never give up.”

If you remember the movie “Gatica”, the so-called genetically inferior brother swam out of the genetically superior brother, who could not return to shore. He didn’t have the drive or the will. How could this happen? Well, because he had not developed what we are talking about here. Do you remember Rocky against the Russian super boxer? The same thing.

Calvin Coolidge said about perseverance;

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; genius without reward is almost a proverb. Education will not it will; the world is full of educated bums. Persistence and determination are omnipotent.”

If you have seen movies like Karate Kid, St. Elmos Fire, Vision Quest, etc. captures our sense of identity and determination. Movies like “Ants, Matrix, etc. are also highly appreciated by the public because they emphasize the themes of oneself, self-determination and strength of character against all odds, challenges and the world, even mother nature. It is This is why surfers, mountaineers, marathoners, pilots, sailboats, etc. often have a deeper sense of their abilities and the power of nature and their strength to deal with those incredible forces in the middle of a marathon. , it is as if the mountain, the land or the water were asking you, well, who are you? Who are you to challenge these forces? What makes you think you can do it? Can you do it? What do you stand for? Who are you? Are you sure you can do this? Why are you doing it?

It is at that moment that you will attain a sense of self and be able to answer your question. The more you do this, the stronger your strength of character and the more grounded in reality you will be in your ability to predict your limits, test those limits, expand those limits, and accomplish more for yourself, your family, your country, your race. and children of the world. While others live in fear, involved in controversies to keep the restless natives in check, you will be able to rise above it all, accepting any challenge, refusing defeat and coming out victorious in what you seek. It’s not as difficult as you might think. There really is nothing you can’t do. There is nothing that is impossible. No one can make you believe that you are a failure without your express consent. As long as you have earned and believe through experience that you have what it takes, then you have it. If your experiences have not yet brought you to this point, you either have not experienced as much as you can or you have not challenged yourself enough.

I remember once visiting a toastmasters club meeting and thinking I could use some help with public speaking, but once there I realized they needed me as an instructor, not a student, so I taught and I looked for someone with more experience to teach me. for my own needs and for those I returned the favor. If you want to master a line of thought, skill, talent and improve yourself. You must work hard, be disciplined and never give up. You will soon find what you are looking for. I don’t have those questions anymore, but I see others do. Once you have reached this point or if you think you are about to try it. Go ahead and email me. I’d rather associate with winners, like you.

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