Taking A Chance at Personal Greatness

Many years ago there was a movie, "Rocky", it was about a nobody amateur boxer being offered, a once in a life time, shot at the title. Rocky had a shot, with some time to train and get ready. The movie is about how he trained and prepared for his shot. Now most of us will never have the champion of the world, in any sport, come knocking at the door and offer us a chance at their title. What if we decided that we would train as though offered our own chance. We could be the star of our own reality show. How awesome would it be to pull out all the stops to find out how good we could be.

What could motivate us to make the changes we have always wanted in our athlete career. What is desired speed, strength, endurance, a defined muscular body? Think about it. For many of us it's training for our first race or our next marathon. Maybe it's a desire to reach a new level of performance or qualify for Boston. Achieve the time standard for the Olympic trials. We must first be brave to enough make the decision to take a shot.

Once we decide what our goal will be, focus on what it will take. See the new goal and visualize the desired result, a goal must be seen to be accomplished The dream may involve losing weight, strengthening certain muscles, getting in more quality miles and most of all learning more about how to do all these steps. Intensity is the name of the path to victory so turn up the heat.

Is it possible? Of course it is. We can always get better and we don't know how far we can go, till we begin the journey. Take a shot at personal greatness or just dream, the time will pass either way.

It's not just a step, it's a start.

Dave