You have to earn the right to be lazy

^^^Dexter said that to me a few years ago, and then something like

‘Shut up complaining, get to work’

And so I did

Now don’t get me wrong I am lazy, but I work extremely hard to NEVER have to do the things I don’t want to do

Equally I work very hard to kick the teeth out of my limitations and weaknesses

I’m a big fan of doubling down on your strengths…to a point

Once you have reached a certain level, it IS your weaknesses holding you back

Being lazy isn’t a bad thing

I will always advocate structured ‘doing nothing’ time as you will burn out

But most people simply aren’t working hard enough (and smart enough) to burn out

And if you are 100% happy with where you are?

My advice would be to keep doing what you are doing

Don’t do any more challenges

No more coaching

Stop telling people you are unhappy with XYZ

No more posts saying you are going to make 2019 your year/you’re going to do the thing you need to do

Because you won’t

And that’s ok

You have to choose your level of involvement

You have to choose how much you want it

You have to decide if you are going to keep making excuses or not

That is 100% your choice

But if you don’t look how you want…

Feel how you want…

Have the assets and influence you want…

You can keep pointing the finger, blaming circumstances, others or not accepting responsibility

That is 100% your right

Doing what needs to be done requires:

– Effort

– Sacrifice

– Time

– Discipline

What I’ve realised is you can have all the accountability and coaching you want

But only YOU can decide if you want to do it or not

No ones gonna make you write the posts…

No ones gonna connect you to someone epic…

No ones gonna chat to your family/friend/colleague on your behalf…

No ones gonna drop cash in your account…

No ones forcing you to overeat, drink too much, smoke…

No ones forcing you to exercise…

No

One

Is

Forcing

You

To

Do

Anything

No one

You are in control

Where you are right now – 100% down to you

If you CHOOSE to accept where you are in life then that’s YOUR choice

I say this as someone who has all too often blamed others and ‘situations’ for where I wasn’t

‘It’s ok for them because of X’ and other such things

It’s very easy to blame

Really it is

Now If me suggesting that you are lazy triggers you and pisses you off?

That’s on YOU

Not me

I don’t want to hear any excuses – you are where you are – own it

I’ve had to

Everyone successful at one point has had to

End of

It does not make you in any way less of a person or not ‘valuable’

I had to own the fact I was

– Overweight

– Functional alcoholic

– Depressed

– In debt

– Lonely

I blamed people and my situation over and over

Then I just decided – well i DEMANDED more from life

If I wanted more?

If I wanted change?

If I wanted all the things I felt I ‘deserved’

I HAD TO DO THE WORK

So I did

The diet DIDN’T start Monday

It started now

The pitches didn’t start when I’ve done XYZ

It started now

The drinking/smoking/parting didn’t ease down or be sensible

It stopped now

NOW

Is the time that matters

Doing what needs to be done when it ISN’T convenient, perfect or the right time is powerful 

So why not take action NOW and start to make that happen?