Just Before You Quit...
Just Before You Quit...
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March 15, 2024
By: Andrew E. Guy
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IF YOU QUIT NOW...Who Knows What You Could Be Giving up on?
IF YOU QUIT NOW...Who Knows What You Could Be Giving up on?
A lot of times we simply give up far too easily, and mostly because we have been told that’s the only way out, especially when we face adverse challenges in life. Now, let’s be honest, no one is immune to the quitter’s disease. We are all susceptible to its deadly blows. Coincidentally, none of us are Saints when it comes to giving up! Many of us have given up on dreams, hobbies, desires, hopes, careers, inventions, and innovations that could have changed the world for better. Many parents have also given up on children who could one day become the next president, scientist, world-class athlete, and possibly developed the cure to the next deadly outbreak.
I mean, think about this for a moment here. Can you recall a time in your life when you faced a challenge that simply kicked your tail end, and on your journey to recovery every road sign ahead said you should call it quits! Stop dreaming! Throw in the towel! Quitting is part of life! Everyone is doing it...don’t be a hero, just quit now and save yourself the embarrassment!
Most people quit too quick
Now most of us have followed those glaring road signs in our deepest moments of despair. We have all succumbed to the challenges that brought us to our knees. You may not have given up on any of the above mentioned earlier, but rest assured, everyone has given up on something. This may come to many as the latest Newsflash, but this is nothing new! And yes, as much as I’d like to say, “breaking news...this just in,” the truth is, the notion of quitting has been around for centuries.
Millions of people have quit on a dream or two and have given up on ideas that could have changed the world, but the challenges were too insurmountable for them to withstand, so they quit. Here’s the thing, no one has it all together, and the grass is never greener on the other side. If you look closely, you’ll notice that the green is only turf, fake, a smoke screen that was meant to distract you from what’s most important.
You see, the reality is that we each have our own demons to battle, and our only hope is simple to keep our heads above the turbulent waters (the challenges) that come to drown us and keep forging ahead.
There's hope
Regardless of how your difficulties appear, there’s hope. Yes, I said there is hope. If you are that kid who struggle to find your sense of self, I am telling you there’s is hope! If you are that leader who struggles to keep things going when everything around you seems like it’s falling apart, I am here to tell you, hold on, be strong, keep going.
If you are that parent who’s having a challenging time trying to get your son to get his act together, but it seems like nothing is working, hold on. Don’t quit! Do not throw in the towel yet. Matter-a-fact, change the way you look at your son. Start seeing them as a stem cell that could become anything. By the way, a stem cell is the only biological specimen that can become any type of cell in a living organism.
Think of your children as such, and the possibility of them becoming something amazing one day. Whatever you do, do not give up on them. And who knows what they could become?
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Only tomorrow will tell the stories of the struggles you overcame yesterday, but today is your only opportunity to write that story. You will need a pencil before you can begin to write. You are the pencil, but your challenges are the sharpener that will reveal the led that will transcribe the vision that you must live.
Challenges are like sharpeners
The tougher the challenge, the sharper the sharpener, the sharper the pencil, the clearer the story becomes to write. So, embrace your challenges because they only come to make you better for the future that awaits you. And here’s the deal, everything about you is your story.
Only tomorrow will tell the stories of the struggles you overcame yesterday, but today is your only opportunity to write that story. You will need a pencil before you can begin to write. You are the pencil, but your challenges are the sharpener that will reveal the led that will transcribe the vision that you must live.
Everything! You are your lived story, and the story that you live to tell is your interpretation of how you experienced it. You want this story to be a good one to tell, so when the world hears it, lives are transformed forever.
Don’t be like the geniuses who had an idea to do something spectacular but quit because they ran into unforeseen challenges that they could not see beyond. Ever heard of the story about 7up? Well, here’s the quick version: some smart shmanzy-panzy dude had this ridiculous idea of creating a soda pop called (yep, you guessed that right), 7up!
I mean, go figure, right? LOL-er!
But, who’s counting? Yes, it’s true. So, the guy went into his lab and created 1up and people told him that was a dumb idea for a drink, so he went back into the lab five more times only to get the same lousy response for the naysayers. And trial after trial he kept running into negative nannies who told him the same story: “no one cares about a drink called: 1up, 2up, 3up, 4up, 5up, and definitely not 6up, so give it dreamer...that fizz just won’t rise!
Give it a rest pal. You are not that guy. Get a real job!
Be careful who you listen too
He listened to the voices of negative people and threw in the towel...yes, he quit! But little did he know how close he came to creating one of the top 5 soda pops in the world today.
Imagine that? Someone else took the idea and went one step further to overcome just one more challenge than the 6up dreamer was willing to endure and came up with 7up. Wow!
I wonder what dream you are about to give up on that could just be on the brink of having your breakthrough.
Listen to me, DO NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT! Do not let negative people talk you out of your dreams. Keep going, go get 'em, and never give up on yourself.
There are over 8 billion people on earth and that number is growing every day. Now here's the alarming part, do you know why it appears that things are not getting better anytime soon?
This may surprise you
The answer may surprise you. Too many quitters in the world today. There are more quitters than there are winners in society today. There are more people starting over than there are those who are willing to make it to the end. Too many starters and too few finishers. They simply throw in the towel and call it quits. ARE YOU SERIOUS...MAN? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Where is your fight? Where is your spirit of "never giving up?"
Do not go out like that! Do not go down without a fight. Your little dream could become the Disney World that inspires others to dream again.
It is this same mindset that today's parents need to instill in their children. When children feel like quitting, tell them to try again; keep going, stay the course because you just never know what could happen in your favour. You may get fed up, messed up, but never give up! It does matter how much time is left on biological clock, do not go down without a fight!
So what's the takeaway here? Simple.
1. Look for ways to spur yourself on when challenges come your way
2. See your children as stem cells in the making who can become anything if you put them in the right environment
3. Winners are just quitters who simply refuse to lose
4. Winners who start never quit, but quitters never get a chance to see the finish line they started
5. All things are working together for your good, it's already done once you believe it.
6. There's no better day to start than today
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