In a world full of unlimited choice, adore those who go hard for you. Commitment is a very rare thing. It's one of the rarest things of all.
We are so afraid to commit because we don't want to put ourselves on the line and screw it up. We don't want to make ourselves look stupid and do the wrong thing.
So rather than making a firm decision about what you want in life, you end up swimming in endless options and choices and never actually make a decision.
All of the choice becomes a paralysis in itself. We have so many options that we can't actually end up making a decision at all.
So when you really take a minute to look at someone who is chasing their dreams, you can begin to appreciate the rarity of commitment.
But most people don't want to get hurt.
They don't want to do the wrong thing. They don't want to make a fool of themselves in front of other people.
And yet, by playing it safe...
They of course avoid getting really hurt...
But kill everything amazing they could experience or be in the process or really diving into something fully. Sure they don't have to face the cuts and scrapes of failure, but they never get to feel elated when they finally do win.
And for many, by the time they realize that they had been living in this story, it is far too late.
So you have to truly go for it. You have to put forward your best effort and really take a dive into your dream.
If you crash and burn, you learned. You learned how something doesn't work and therefore you have the ability to move forward and figure out a way that it will work.
And if it does finally work out for you, you get to experience what it's like to have truly believed in something and really gone for it.
And if you actually learn that lesson, it will take you farther than you could imagine.
We are so afraid to commit because we don't want to put ourselves on the line and screw it up. We don't want to make ourselves look stupid and do the wrong thing.
So rather than making a firm decision about what you want in life, you end up swimming in endless options and choices and never actually make a decision.
All of the choice becomes a paralysis in itself. We have so many options that we can't actually end up making a decision at all.
So when you really take a minute to look at someone who is chasing their dreams, you can begin to appreciate the rarity of commitment.
But most people don't want to get hurt.
They don't want to do the wrong thing. They don't want to make a fool of themselves in front of other people.
And yet, by playing it safe...
They of course avoid getting really hurt...
But kill everything amazing they could experience or be in the process or really diving into something fully. Sure they don't have to face the cuts and scrapes of failure, but they never get to feel elated when they finally do win.
And for many, by the time they realize that they had been living in this story, it is far too late.
So you have to truly go for it. You have to put forward your best effort and really take a dive into your dream.
If you crash and burn, you learned. You learned how something doesn't work and therefore you have the ability to move forward and figure out a way that it will work.
And if it does finally work out for you, you get to experience what it's like to have truly believed in something and really gone for it.
And if you actually learn that lesson, it will take you farther than you could imagine.
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