Yo Yo Yo. May every thought you have be destined with intention and may every action you make be fueled with purpose.
Let’s get to work.
I recently injured my neck at the gym. So much so that I haven’t been able to do much this week. Two days ago, I was in severe pain, and during that pain I found myself thinking…why am I going so hard? Why am I pushing myself to the brink? What is the point of doing all this? Who is all of this for? The funny thing is I asked these questions not even looking for an answer. It was quiet for a second and then a still voice said to me… “You do this not for you, but for future you. You do what you do so that he will be proud of you. So that he will die with no gas left in the tank and with no regrets. You do this not for the man you are now but for the man you WANT to be.” I couldnt help but to say back to that voice, “You FUCKIN right!”
Stoic philosopher Seneca wrote, “If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” This basically means that if you do not have an aim or destination in mind, no matter how great things may seem around you, you will still, forever, be lost. Let me tell you this…if you do not CHOOSE to be the man you WANT to be, then society, culture, family, women, and/ or money will choose for you. You have the power to be whoever you want to be or at the very least, die trying. Ask yourself…what does the man you WANT to be look like? What does he value? What does he love, what does he hate? What can he do, what will he do, what won’t he do? WHO is he exactly and what does he WANT from life?
The man I want to be, the man I strive to be, is committed to winning, is relentless, is competent.
Competent means the ability, skills, and knowledge to do something successfully. When I think of a competent man, I think of someone like James Bond, Bruce Wayne, my father. For you, the man you want to be, I’m sure, is something else. As long as you know who you WANT to be, your winds will be favorable. In the book, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, he states, “When you WANT something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
DECIDE what man you WANT to be and spend every waking day working towards becoming that man. Remember him on the days you don’t feel like it, remember him on the days you want to give up, remember him on the days of darkness. Remember him…and in the end, he will honor you.
WALT FACTUAL
