Business owners and entrepreneurs never set out to fail. In fact, the path to success must not include a failure option. (Contingency plans, sure, but only as an alternate path to success.) All of us, at some point, make promises to ourselves, our families, our mentors that we will persevere. We will succeed. The real test is your level of commitment to those promises.

What commitments have you made to yourself? Your family? Have you reached the goals that you set for today, this week, this month, this year?

Prioritization and commitment-to-course are the key.

This reminds me of a story of a philosophy professor and his final exam. Once the students settled into their seats, the professor faced the class and offered this  guarantee… “Anyone who chooses to opt out of today’s exam and leaves the room gets and automatic ‘B’ grade for the course.”  After much cheering and carrying on, many of the students thanked the professor, signed their acceptance of his offer and exited to the hall. He repeated the offer to the handful remaining. One more student gathered his things, signed off and left. The professor closed the door, took attendance of the few remaining and said, “Thank you for believing in yourselves. For you are true students of the course. My students. And for your commitment and determination, you each receive an A.”

The line between excellence and mediocrity is a fine one.

The choices you make each day, and your commitment to see those choices through, determine which side you’re willing to accept.

Do you listen to that little voice that says, “Take a day off, you deserve it. You can do that stuff tomorrow.”? I don’t mean to say that you should lock yourself in a room, away from friends and family. You need to have work-life balance. After all, what are you working for?

Those who believe in themselves and forge that ‘road less traveled’ end up building successful businesses and enjoying a sustainable lifestyle, far beyond mediocre.

The moment that you yield to the little voice, the tendency of the masses, the nay-sayers among friends and family, that’s when you join the “B” kids in the hall.

Know your level of commitment.

Ask yourself, do you have confidence in your ability to break out from the crowd, to make a difference? Would you remain in your seat when that “B” grade is offered?

Now, I apologize if the analogy dredges up bad, school day memories. Your previous grade point average has NOTHING to do with your ability to succeed. Let me emphasize that. If you’re unhappy with your academic history and you allow a memory to limit your ability to succeed, then the little voice has done its work and you’re already standing in the hall. Put that history behind you and use it to fuel your desire! Find a professor..[ok, analogies aside]…a Mentor to help you bring out the leader whom you know is inside of YOU.

I encourage you to recommit yourself to your dreams. Define clear, daily, weekly, monthly goals and stick to them. Make them realistic. You do need to get out and breathe fresh air once and a while.

I’ll close with a favorite quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny in comparison to what lies within us.“

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