Never Give Up!

When my son, Christian, was about 8 years old, he brought a picture of a toy to me.  Mind you, it wasn't close to his birthday or Christmas. "Hey Pop's, I want my next goal to be this mini skateboard park."   He showed me the picture and all the neat things he could do with it and his growing mini skateboard collection.  He knew the way to get to me was through the "goal setting" angle.    I fought off my initial inclination to "just say no" and made a counter-offer,   "If you still want it in 30 days, I will get if for you."   Then, he gave me the look.  The one that knew there were going to be strings attached, and I said, "No conditions, if you still want it in 30 days, we will go get it.  That simple."   After 30 days, I went to him and without prompting told him, "It was time."   "Time for what?" he said oblivious.   He had forgotten.    Or more precisely, his desire for the skateboard park had waned.  Make no mistake, Christian was intense as a child...and now as a man.  This experience only exemplifies what some of us demonstrate day in and day out with most of the things we say we want.   We are casual.    There are some things on your list of life that are under the "that would be nice" category.  We see something online, in a magazine or on T.V and it sparks a momentary impulse of desire.  That is how a lot of things become impulse purchases!   Then, there is The List.  The real list.  The things that will not go away.  You write them every year.  They come in and out of focus, but in a moment of excitement and inspiration, you dare to believe in them again.  It is in that moment of belief that your "if at first you don't succeed, try and try again" mentality beckons to you...   Never Give Up!    I know you think I should quit prodding you, quit pushing you.  I can't help it.  Remember that at the top of my list is, "Helping millions achieve success...one at a time."     Someone has to be the voice of treason...yes, I said treason.  It is those treasonous thoughts that are trying to get you to slack off - to give up.  If you are honest with me (and yourself), what appears to be innocent slacking off is really just another way of giving up. "Never, never, never give up." Winston Churchill         "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." Harriet Beecher Stowe     I want to see what we can do if we generate a little more focus and muster up a little more strength to push hard these next 16 days.  Yes, I know that Rome wasn't build in a day, but I'm they sure made a lot of progress in 16 days. So can you if you... Never Give Up!   Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!