The basic difference between an ordinary person and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary person takes everything as a blessing or a curse. -- Carlos Castaneda
Every day you’re asked hundreds of questions. Most of these questions will never change your life. They’re questions like . . .
Paper or plastic?
Cash or charge?
Debit or credit?
For here or to go?
Do you want fries with that?
These are “maintenance” questions; they just help you get through the day.
However, there’s one question that will change your life and make all the difference in the world:
“ARE YOU GOING TO GO ALL OUT
OR
ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD BACK?”
Are you really going to go for it or are you just going to go through the motions? Are you going to take risks or are you going to play it safe? Are you going to break out of your comfort zone or stay trapped in it?
If you are a student, I’ll bet you’re holding back in class. Are there some important questions you could ask, but don’t? Are there some questions you could answer, but don’t? Are there some important observations you could contribute, but don’t? If you answered “yes” to any of these — you’re holding back.
Every school in the country has too many people who are just enrolled and too few who are actually involved. There are too many people who are “in” school and too few who are “into” school. There’s a big difference between going to school and being a student. GO ALL OUT. After all, why are you in school??? To be comfortable or to grow?
Many years ago, the University of Michigan’s men’s basketball team met heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in an airport. After the excited players got Ali’s autograph and had their pictures taken with him, their coach said, “Champ, what advice do you have for my team?”
Ali said only three words, “Shock the world!” Ali knew that you don’t become the heavyweight champion of the world or the NCAA basketball champions by holding back.
If you hold back and play it safe, the best you can hope for is mediocre results. If you put your heart into it and go all out — the sky’s the limit.
Rob Gilbert
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