PURPOSEFUL LIVING

“Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American… the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956…But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.”
~ John Eliot, Ph.D. From “Overachievement“

Now why do we have this misconception that our heroes are fearless? We have this notion that they don’t feel the same amount of fear that we do? That they somehow become immune to fear and doggedly move forward to pursue their purpose and passion ?!? 

But, you know that’s not true.

Seriously. All the great heros feel the same fear as we do. They just know how to smile with it and rock on in spite of any fear they may have; whereas too many of us tend to never even try to step through it. We tend to lose our sense of purpose and priorities because of fear.

In the words of Dr. John Eliot, in his (brilliant!) book, “Overachievement”:

“Butterflies, cotton mouth, and a pounding heart make the finest performers smile-the smile of a person with an ace up their sleeves…They definitely would agree with Tiger Woods, who has often said, “The day I’m not nervous stepping onto the first tee-that’s the day I quit.”

Yours for a purposeful life.