Is It In You?
It is Only a Question of Will
When I was 22 years old, in college, waiting tables for beer money and tuition, I willed myself a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Looking back it was not easy, but it wasn’t hard either. If you want something bad enough the amount of effort that must go into it is irrelevant. I feel much the same way about the 4 marathons I’ve run, law school, and becoming a private pilot. Sure there is sacrifice & suffering. There may even be some (considerable) pain. But if you are determined to reach your goal, the amount of effort is insignificant.
The point of this is that anything is possible. It’s just a matter of will. So I ask you, what are you willing to do to be successful?
There is a scene in the movie The Untouchables, with Kevin Costner and Sean Connery. Jim Malone has found Al Capone’s bookkeeper but gets shot before he can pass on the information. So as he lays dying on his living room floor the most important thing — in his last moment of life — Malone can do is to pass along the information on the bookkeeper to Eliot Ness. As Ness comes to understand that he now has the bookkeeper, Malone spits blood in Ness’ face as he shouts, “WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO ABOUT IT?” But what Malone is REALLY asking is, ‘What are you WILLING to do about it?’
Art reflecting life.
I’ve sat across the table from dozens of people — both friends and foes — and asked them that very question, “What are you willing to do about it?”
If you are willing to be better, I can help.
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