How dedicated are you?

I talk to a lot of people who say they are dedicated, but they don’t seem to do what it takes to get things done.

It is a beautiful day today, and a friend just asked me to come for a beer.  It sounds tempting, but aside from the fact my son has soccer tryouts and I have to get to the field, I also have a blog post to write.  And you are reading it.

I am dedicated to writing a post to share with you every day.  Today is no different.  Had I made plans before now I could have written this earlier today, but I didn’t.  I am not the least bit upset, I create my life.  You create your life ~ we create with our decisions.  I decide to write.

If you make decisions in life, its important not to get caught up in making excuses for not doing what you said you would do.  Its epidemic.  There’s a lot of “all talk no action” syndrome.  Sometimes I think the Law of Attraction training that’s out there has made this worse.

I want a successful blog, I imagine a successful blog.  (For me a successful blog is one that helps you on your path and eventually helps me with my income).  I have to write to have a successful blog though.

My son worked all day today.  When I went to pick him up from work to take him to soccer, at first he didn’t want to go.  He’d worked really hard physically and was pretty sore.  His dedication to his sport is what made him ‘suck it up’ and go play for 90 minutes though.  After his practice he said that he just told himself he could get through it.  He’d be able to rest later, for now he really wants to make the Gold Team so he’s going to go give ‘er (and he did, I watched him, he played hard).

(I started this post earlier before I took him to tryouts, I’m finishing it after).

You need dedication to get what you want

Just like if you want to lose weight, you have to exercise and eat right.  If you want a better job you need to apply for one.  If you want to pay off your bills, you don’t spend money on credit.  The Law of Attraction won’t bring you what you aren’t willing to go out and get.

Dedication does pay off.  Don’t give up.  Keep going.  Its going to work.