Life is full of choices. I am making a choice right now. I am writing. When I read this, it is almost comical in it’s simplicity.

As people we must do. Now if you can take a goal, turn it into a plan with action steps and a time line and actually DO THEM great things grow from simple. A seed turns into a plant but only in the right conditions, with the right input and in a very orderly way.

The key is in the focused doing of simple individual steps all linked together in an orderly fashion to produce a phenomenal outcome!

Now, as humans we complicate things and get in our own way more often than not. So, how do we get passion for all we do and hold onto it, translating it into action to produce an extraordinary life?

Do not settle for what is expected. I have read many different books on overcoming, being a person of influence, excelling in life. Only to fall back into a pattern I tell myself I cannot get out of, a thought process of the average because it seems to be the easiest way. In reality it is the hardest. It takes no time at all to settle for what is deemed by the majority to be OK. The exact opposite of the top 5% rule. Running with masses is not what we should strive for.

“I’ve walked the road most travelled for too long.”

It is not OK to make excuses!

The beauty of passion is that it does not even allow for negative self talk or excuse making. It fills your head with only possibilities and action steps. The amazing opportunity to start new every day. It’s said, ” life is short, get doing, act on the plans you have. Do not limit yourself because you are a miracle that was put on this earth to strive for your potential!”

The last 10 years of my life have flown by. It seems like just yesterday I was getting married to a beautiful woman in Bellingham, Wa, that we just had our first boy, Tristan, who is now 13. Now we have 4 awesome unique, young people that depend on us to teach them how to cultivate their own passions.

I believe we are accountable to show our kids through our actions how to do this. Do we always succeed? No, as I can attest to. But, do we need to refocus and challenge life daily to cultivate our own passions for life? Yes! This is my first baby step in starting what I know will be a very challenging, enlightening and fun filled experience as I embark into a new territory for me, different from that which I have known. Into an exciting arena filled with many ups and downs I am sure, but with the passion to put in the effort needed to challenge the expected.

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