The Benefits of the Guts to Step Out

Appeared August 21, 2006

God bless you all.

Last night my family and I did something that might seem kind of insane to our neighbors or family. We had some business plans to take care of, which fell through at the last minute so we decided to spontaneously drive to Tarpon Springs to eat dinner at a little sea-side restaurant. The thing that makes it odd is that it wasn’t four-star dining and it’s about 75 miles one way to get there, but it’s a fun little place with great food.

Could we have gotten the same food in town? Basically, but we wouldn’t have had the experience, or the time together. We wouldn’t have exercised the freedom to have fun that we’ve tried to build into our life. That freedom is there because we had the guts to step out and live a different kind of life. The guts to try a business that most people are afraid to do. The guts to chase a dream that we actually wanted to have, not settle for what other people told us we could have.

It wasn’t anything insanely special to do, but it’s a payoff for the courage to actually take steps to live the life you want to live. What’s holding you back from doing the same?

A business acquaintance of mine once told me this and I have since found exactly the same. He said that he had explained how to start a very productive business in a personal way to many people, but that I was the only one who actually ever did anything about it. I’ve done the same thing and rarely had anyone actually taken the steps, even though the plan for a better life was laid out for them. It happens all the time in both the training world as well as the spiritual and business world. There are lots of reasons people don’t act on things that they know would benefit their life. Some are legitimate, sometimes the time just isn’t right. However in most people it’s the lack of ability to actually take active steps to better their life. It takes courage to do that. Don’t let that be the reason you walked away from being a better man, building a better business or more powerful and incredible body, better relationships, better mind, or a more complete spiritual life.

Have the courage to step out, it brings you freedom and it will payoff!