The Game of Life is Only Over When You Die or Quit!

Why do so many people give up on life?  This question really puzzles me! I see so many individuals that just throw the towel in and quit, then sit around and wait to hit retirement which is now stretched out for many people …… till infinity. If you want to give up then stop belly aching about it and go sit in your recliner drink your six pack and leave me the hell alone.

There is a whole world of opportunity out there just waiting for someone to show up and take it. I don’t give a damn about Obama Care, the government shutdown or any of the other things I can’t control. What I do care about is in my realm of control my attitude, my work ethic, and my soul.

Success and happiness will not show up and bite us in the butt we have to attack it; we have to believe in it and in ourselves and let the good things in life be drawn to us.

Why am I on this rant you ask? I guess as I have pondered my own future it has dawned on me what a tremendous amount of opportunity exists in America if we are not afraid to believe in it. If you listen to the news you will go looking for a rickety chair and a short rope….negative, negative that’s all we are fed. To the point where half the nation believes it, we have suffered through bad administrations, bad economies and bad news people and we always flourish, just don’t give up.

I recently started thinking about all the stories that I have heard in my career about people who have overcome tremendous obstacles personally to succeed.

Take Tom Dempsey kicker for the NFL New Orlean Saints, born with no toes on his right foot and no fingers on his right hand. He kicked a 67 yard field goal with two seconds on the clock to set a record unequaled to his day. I wonder if he was worried about the bad news that was happening in the world.

 

Or what about W. Mitchell who was burned over 65% of his body on July 19, 1971 when a laundry truck turned in front of the motorcycle he was riding in San Francisco. His face and hands were badly scarred and his fingers were badly burned and he lost most fingers. He had just completed his first solo aircraft flight. On November 11, 1975 he crashed on takeoff in a small aircraft he was piloting due to ice on the wings and injured his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, but his other passengers escaped injury. The NTSB investigation indicated that the accident was due to his failure to detect the thin layer of ice on the wings during his pre-flight inspection. Mitchell would go on to become a multi millionaire.

The world is full of stories of individuals who overcame tremendous setbacks to win. My question to you is this, are you going to quit on life or play. The game plays on with or without us.

Good Selling

Bob

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