Determination Day 1: Do Not Negotiate With Yourself

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do when you don’t feel like it.

Everyone’s best days, outlook, and determination are on track when they are inspired.  The real determination shows up when inspiration is gone, when it fades away because our best motivational speaker is quiet.  The choice to continue with determination is a commitment made after the mood has changed.  The moment you start negotiating with yourself, you’ve already lost.  When everything is silent, and our pep squad is no longer chanting our name, when our bodies grow tired and sore, our true identity forms and is revealed.   “I’ll could go later.”  “I’ll might just skip today.”  “I’ll make sure I make it up tomorrow.”

Success belongs to those who move forward without needing perfect conditions.  When you feel like resting, but you know just a little more energy and determination are all you need to see yourself through to the end.

When emotions fluctuate, when obstacles appear, and comfort calls our name as a deterrent, determination is the steady voice that says, "Keep moving.”  Determination shapes who we will become, how it carries us through resistance, and why it is often the single greatest separator between those who wish and those who achieve.

Determined people don’t have these conversations.  The decision was already made.  You said you would train, work, improve — so you do it.  Especially when you don’t feel like it.  Working out is one of the clearest examples.  Your body will resist.  Your mind will offer excuses.  Determination cuts through all of it.

​ You don’t rise to your goals. You fall to your standards.