This question shows up in many different forms.

What would you do if you:

Knew you couldn’t fail?
Had all the money you need?
Had Perfect health?
Had Physical Strength?
Had Incredible intelligence?
etc..

For the past few weeks this question has been rolling around in my head. One of the thoughts that kept popping into my mind was “But failure is possible”. As thought provoking as the question is, reality is reality. I can do everything perfectly and still fail.

So I came to an awareness on how to approach the question:

Even Though Failure Is A Possibility. What Would You Do If You Believed You Couldn’t Fail?

Wording the question this way makes it less about outcome, and more about Choice.

Outcomes are affected by so many things external to us that its hard to gauge how things will turn out. But Choice is totally in our control. It’s the only thing we truly have.

But even with that awareness the answer is not complete.

I asked a few people what they would do. Answers that I got.

Buy a lottery ticket.
Retire and buy real-estate.
Travel to…
Climb…
Jump out of…
Sit at home do nothing.
Get a degree in…
Become a…

Some answers were growth oriented others were life wasting oriented. But still it didn’t sit right.

Then yesterday while playing squash the answer hit me (no I didn’t get hit with the ball).

In answer to the question:

Even Though Failure Is A Possibility. What Would I Do If You Believed I Couldn’t Fail?

My choice for that moment was “Win this squash match”

And guess what?

I continued to play badly.

Why wasn’t I winning now?

Why wasn’t I playing better?

The answer was twofold:

1. I didn’t change anything else except my intention.

2. In my mind “If I Was Guaranteed To Win” where would the fulfillment be.

And then the answer that had been evading my finally surfaced.

Even Though Failure Is A Possibility. What Would I Do If You Believed I Couldn’t Fail?

I WOULD CHOOSE TO GIVE IT MY ALL. I WOULD CHOOSE TO CULTIVATE MY BEST…

At that moment the game changed, I started to win.

Instead of just having intention, I directed my awareness to the skills and strength that I have, I compensated for my weaknesses and adapted my game. I put myself into the moment. I did my best.

And in the end… I Lost

3 games to 2 games. Final game lost by two points.

And you know what? I felt great.

Outcomes are not in you control, but you choice to cultivate your best is.

What will you do?

I don’t want to be broke.

I don’t want to be fat.

I don’t want to be unhealthy.

I don’t want to be alone.

I don’t want to be stupid.

I don’t want to be a loser.

I don’t want to be unsuccessful.

I don’t want to be a failure.

If any of the statements above or something similar have passed your lips, I am about to share with you a hard truth.

You DO want to be;

broke.

fat.

unhealthy.

alone.

stupid.

a loser.

unsuccessful.

failure.

This might seem pretty harsh, you may even feel this is unfair, but the reality is that actions do speak louder than words.

Lets look at ‘I don’t want to be broke”

Are you in a dead end low paying job? - Yes

Do you spend all of your monthly check? - Yes

Do you waste your money on unnecessary wants? - Yes

Do you carry debt? - Yes

Do you pay your bills late? - Yes

Do you spend more than 2 hrs a day watching TV. - Yes

Do you want to be BROKE? – Absolutely and undoubtedly YES!

Regardless of what you might tell yourself or others, if that is the way you live your life, then you will be broke. If you don’t want to be broke, change your actions.

If we were having a conversation you might try to defend and deny, throw in the “It’s not my fault” card, and more ‘buts’ than a chain smokers ashtray.

Fortunately for you this is a blog post and instead of defensively arguing, you can take the time instead for some sincere reflection.

What you say you want means very little if you actions contradict them. When you become aware of your actions you get a sense of your true intentions.

Align your actions with right intentions and your life will drastically change.

If you don’t want, then ACT how you DO want.

If you don’t want to be obese then take action that proves it.

Turn of the T.V. and exercise, throw out all the junk food in the house, don’t “super size”, eat smaller portions. When you do this two things will happen

1. You will lose weight

2. People will believe you when you say “I don’t want to be overweight”

What don’t you want? – Then stop doing it.

What DO you want? – START DOING IT!

Sorry if my words seem harsh. No one should ever sell themselves short. Life is short, we have so much potential and are busy wasting it in mediocrity.

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