I think it’s important to remind ourselves that there is only one thing that would keep you or me from taking what we have studied in these pages and making some major, positive change in our lives.
Ourselves.
I am the only one who can get in my way and derail progress and change. I am the only one who holds the responsibility to continue the positive habits that I have formed for the next 90 days and beyond. And you are the only one who can do it for you.
Sometimes I imagine that I can just decide it for you. I can’t, of course.
Unfortunately, I am not empowered to do that for you. The good news? You are and you can.
We know from our experiences that the challenges of life will come. The question we have before us is what we will do with those things. Will they become our excuses to hold ourselves back? Or will we use all those things, combined with what we’ve learned in this little book, and continually make progress towards something better?
Only you can get in your way. Only you can hold yourself back. Only you can derail your path of personal growth.
I must encourage myself every day. Not in a proud or haughty or arrogant sort of way, but in a way that recognizes that I am worth the effort of moving towards excellence and purpose and fulfillment. Not only am I worth it, but I am also capable of it. Not only am I capable of it, but I am also created for it.
I am created for it and when I become what I am created to be, I inspire and encourage others to do that very same thing.
And so do you.
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