Here’s how to defeat your excuses. Yep, we all have them. And we're good at them.
Here's the key. Make decisions against yourself.
That’s right – don’t take your own excuses – just get up and do what you need to do to accomplish your ideas. Then make it a habit.
In the book, Just a Bartender, we said, the opposite of fear is – START. Make the decision to start. Don’t negotiate with your negative self-talk…or the negative world around you. Daily get in God’s Word, read the stories of the disciples – men who didn’t always get it right, but they always kept moving.
What are your large goals? Your dreams? What ONE small thing could you do today to move closer?
One of my favorite motivational stories is of the 19th century novelist Anthony Trollope. He got up every day at 5am, reviewed his previous days’ writing, then from 5:30am to 7:30am he wrote longhand with ink and paper. Then he went to his job at the post office… by the time he died in 1882 at the age of 67 he had written 47 novels! He made it happen by making it a habit.
Think about setting up a morning ritual, the Word, prayer, pushups, a healthy drink – get up 30 minutes early every day and make it happen. Make it a habit. The most successful men I know are men who have a habit of positive forward movement every day. If they get knocked down, they get back up.
And hang out with men who care ... who are willing to choose life. Find men who love to win. If you can't find those men, find men who hate to lose.
That's why we band together as brothers at Lions Roar.
It's about building a life of resilience, servanthood, and spiritual depth - a life of significance. Becoming men that make a difference.
Join up with men who have the same heart. Men who care enough to START. Men who make following Jesus the center of their lives.
