i can’t and i won’t are enemies

Motivational speakers — Anyone can write a book and self-publish it, but most won’t. Photo: Summer 2017 in Glacier National Park…Lake McDonald in the background with smoke from a forest fire. i am an expert in fear and doubt – it took me 30 years to write the first sentence, two more to finish, and then an additional two more years to have the courage to publish.

You are the CEO of You, Inc.

What do you think a CEO is supposed to do?

Why?

Let me guess.

Your answer is the one you’ve been taught to regurgitate.

But you’re balking.

What are you afraid of?

Are you afraid of going off alone?

Everyone knows straying from the well-worn path, the “tried and true academic recipe” may lead to failure.

But not straying may lead to regret.

Which do you fear more?

Pick the toughest battle.

Fight regret.

And remember…

i can’t and i won’t are enemies.

i can’t works insidiously to pose as i won’t.

You can’t or you won’t.

Which one is it?

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You cannot be if…

Medical device — Just a moment in time from yesterday.

You cannot be who you cannot see.

If you cannot see yourself as active, healthy, vibrant…

If you cannot see yourself as determined, honest (with yourself), focused, and disciplined…

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What gym do you go to?

t-shirt — Yesterday at the gym. Random shirt an international visitor wore.

What gym do you go to?

Gym is metaphorical for health habits.

In 1999, when i realized how little time, energy, and commitment i had for cardio, strength, flexibility, core, nutrition, sleep, and motivation…

i began a long, slow journey to course correct.

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Spend a Summer writing in & hiking through the mountains?

Granite Park Chalet availability – sold out in about 15 minutes after reservations went on sale January 8 at 8am Mountain Time. Green equals no vacancy.

Spend a Summer writing in & hiking through the mountains?

Which mountains?

Where would you stay?

What kind of writing?

What kind of hiking?

What if you could hike to a high-mountain chalet and write at 6,600 feet (and be surrounded by higher peaks) for several days – with a cellular signal?

What if the place of your dreams was literally impossible to get into?

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Fear, fail, learn

Glacier National Park entrance sign — There are 31 beads left in the jar. There are five separate 2018 trips planned to GNP.

You know what’s hard to dream of?

Overcoming fear and failure.

And overcoming the truth – we have a vast capacity to learn, but deny ourselves because fear and failure loom over us.

Now, today, is the only time we should be focused on our long-term health.

Go.

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