Wake Up and Get Off the 'Someday Island' If you aren't living the life that you wholeheartedly love and desire, you can change it.
By Matt Mayberry Edited by Dan Bova
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There are plenty of differences between high achievers and everyone else, but I think there is one that really solidifies the gap between the two. That one difference is that high achievers don't live on the "Someday Island." They are living on the "Now Island" and are fully creating their own circumstances in life rather than going along with what has been presented to them.
It's disheartening when I meet men and women from all different walks of life and of wide ages who have already died inside, but just haven't made it official yet. To hear them talking about their glory days 10 and 20 years ago while having no new hope or dreams for the future is totally depressing. The reason why it's so depressing is because that same person has the power and ability to live their best life right this moment -- now -- and totally redirect where his or her life is headed.
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The major reason why this becomes the point of quiet desperation for many people is because of their habit of putting important things off and living in a world of "somedays." If you don't believe me, try it for yourself. The next time you are having a conversation with a family member or close friend, ask them what they want out of his or her life. I can almost guarantee you that his or her response will be, "Someday, I want to lose 20 pounds and have that dream body I always wanted," or, "I would love to someday be in business for myself and become the entrepreneur that I've always envisioned."
What has happened is that living on the "Someday Island" is the new norm for many people. If you aren't living the life that you wholeheartedly love and desire, you can change it. Don't shut off your ability to hope and dream about the future. Right this moment can be a new beginning for you. Think about it. What would you love to do? What is your lifelong dream?
Get off the "Someday Island" and put that new idea into action for yourself. Start that business that you have been contemplating for the past 20 years. Start working and developing that new course or product that your organization has wanted to roll out into the marketplace. Start being the leader that you always wanted to be.
The fact is that you have very little to lose by going after what you desire compared to letting those same passionate things die inside of you and never unleashing them out into the world.
At the end of your life, you will ask yourself if you truly lived a purpose-driven life. Whatever that "thing" may be for you, get off the "Someday Island." Position yourself on the "Now Island" and get busy. Your life is worth way more than living in the past or ruminating over broken dreams and wishes. It doesn't matter if you are 25 years old or 75 years old, you have a magnificent and wonderful life ahead of you now.
One of the best decisions you can make in both your personal and professional lives is to get in the habit of living now, taking massive action and going after what you deeply desire, full steam ahead.
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