Yet, here you sit today wondering if you could still do what you thought about months or even years ago.

Why are you playing with your cortisol that way? Yes! You are increasing your stress.

Enough is enough.

At some point, you need to commit beyond your excuses and circumstances to where you stand in your goals and dreams.

However, that commitment cannot be one that you break easily with yourself. Let’s be real. You and I have both broken our own commitments to ourselves. Which really should be the most traumatizing break ever.

But we shrug our shoulders and move on as if nothing really happened. Nothing to look at here. Just move on.

Or do you?

Tuning in to watch the Birmingham Stallions play football in the second quarter, I was a little caught off guard when I saw the score. How could the only undefeated team in the USFL be losing to the Pittsburgh Stars?

Pretty much sums up our lives at times. But you know what, the Stallions came back to win the game holding the Stars to a BIG FAT ZERO in points scored.

That bottom of that pile was the turning point.

Never quit at the bottom of the pile.

Keep fighting for more.

Because you were created for more.

But for some reason, you and I both need a little convincing sometimes. So get ready to dig out of the pile.

The K.I.S.S. ~ Get ready to dig out of the pile!

It’s time you become a force to be reckoned with.

• No more excuses.
• No more boundaries that confine your creativity.
• No more hesitation to begin again.
• No more questioning your gifts and talents.
• No more hiding behind what you don’t know.
• No more playing small.
• No more!!!

It’s time you dig out of the pile.

1. Lead with forgiveness. You can’t question what you decided days, months, or years ago. You did the best that you can. Now that doesn’t mean you don’t learn along the way. It’s just that the beating stops so you can start.
2. Get your hands dirty. No matter what you are going after — it can be a health goal, career goal, retirement goal, dream home, family dream, knock-it-out-of-the-park goal…you’re going to have to buckle down and do what it takes. Dig in the dirt and get a little dirty. That’s how you learn, how you grow, and how you fail fast forward which leads you to miles of greatness in the long run.
3. Take A.I.M. There is no time like the present. When was the best time to plant that oak tree? 20 years ago. But since it’s not planted, today is the best day. The presence counts. So do something every day towards what matters.

And as a bonus, honor your timeline as best as possible. Life does happen and you can adjust. But don’t let that become an overarching theme to your every day.

You’ve got what it takes to live out your dreams and achieve your goals. Talk about it and then go after it!

Never quit at the bottom of the pile. It’s time to dig out and create your now!

“Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!“