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January 14, 2008

 

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."
~ Vince Lombardi

 WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING!

Good old Vince Lombardi - always good fodder for motivating words! Success on the football field was the result of the spirit he had and developed within himself, not the other way around! Sometimes we have a tendency to put the cart before the horse, thinking that we become better people through achieving success. What a near-sighted notion! We really achieve success by becoming better people!

Achieving your goals is like finally arriving at your destination after a long journey that you have taken. How many times have you heard it said that it is not the destination that's so important - it is the steps that you take along the path? It is not so much what you do, but how you do it. Regardless of success or failure, it is your efforts that are remembered and define who you are. Maybe you are a football fan and maybe you are not, maybe you are aware of Lombardi's record and maybe you are not, but we all know of Vince Lombardi's ideas about work and motivation, don't we.

Even the most menial jobs and tasks can be elevated simply by caring enough about doing them well. You can learn to respect any job when it is performed by someone who respects himself. Again, it is not the "events that occur" so much as it is the "will to excel" that impresses us. We should not worry so much about getting a better job so much as simply doing our job better!

It is also that "will to win" that drives us to keep trying, even when we do not achieve our goals. As long as you have that drive and ambition, you WILL succeed. As a matter of fact, you have already succeeded right there. Big or small, you have dreams, you have goals, and you have the spirit and confidence to carry you. Along the way, chances are that you will also inspire others with the will to succeed. That is what gains the respect of your colleagues. It is not what rung of the ladder you are on.  It's that you simply have the will to climb.

Successes can be fleeting, but the will to succeed is timeless. What will you be remembered for?