Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with
our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the
capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think
less. To try less and discipline ourselves less.
These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices
that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a
life of wondrous anticipation.
And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can
possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much
as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To
strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can. All of us
have the choice. To do or not to do. To be or not to be. To be all or
to be less or to be nothing at all.
Like the tree, it would be a worthy challenge for us all to
stretch upward and outward to the full measure of our capabilities. Why
not do all that we can, every moment that we can, the best that we can,
for as long as we can?
Our ultimate life objective should be to create as much as our
talent and ability and desire will permit. To settle for doing less
than we could do is to fail in this worthiest of undertakings.
Results are the best measurement of human progress. Not
conversation. Not explanation. Not justification. Results! And if our
results are less than our potential suggests that they should be, then
we must strive to become more today than we were the day before. The
greatest rewards are always reserved for those who bring great value to
themselves and the world around them as a result of who and what they
have become.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
