The Importance Of Foundation

 Human instinct is to find the fastest way to achieve a desired result. We’re so obsessed with the outcome that we only think about how to get there.  Unfortunately the how you get there is easy, it’s the how you stay there that’s difficult.   The fastest way is rarely sustainable.  This is why people often lose excessive amounts of weight through fad diets,  just to gain it all back in the end. People fail to understand that a shack on the rock is far more valuable than a castle in the sand.  The foundation on which your success is built will decide how long it lasts.  Too often we trade a chance at a lifetime of successes for a singular moment of success. We see failure as the enemy, avoiding it at all costs.  However, true success is built on failure. Failure is not the enemy, it’s how we learn.  You can’t just skip to the happy ending without going through the struggle. The struggle is what caused you to learn and grow, It’s the reason the happy ending is possible.  Without the struggle you cannot succeed. If you focus on the outcome you will never achieve it. The outcome isn’t important, how you get there is.  If you focus on the process, you will often achieve more than you thought was possible. “Put first things first and second things are thrown in. Put second things first and you lose both first and second things.” — C. S. Lewis. 

If the current you isn’t successful, you need to become a better version of yourself before you can succeed.  You can get lucky sure, but it won’t last.   Over time you will be simply mediocre, a one hit wonder.   If true greatness is what you seek, you need to search deep inside yourself.  Who is it that you want to be? Think qualities you want to have and standards you want to live by, not things you want to achieve.  What are you thinking about? What are you watching? What are you listening to? What goes in, is what will come out. If you put junk in, you’re going to get junk out.  Don’t surround yourself with people the same as you, surround yourself with people that are better than you.  Swallow your pride and have the courage to be the worst one in the room on a regular basis.  Work hard and appreciate climbing the mountain, because without it you would never reach the top. “The people at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there”- Joshua Medcalf.  The story of the tortoise and the hare is just one of many meant to teach this lesson.  The lesson is written everywhere, we just refuse to accept it.  The choice is yours you can waste your time chasing the quick fix, or you can build a foundation on the process of becoming great.  A quick fix may be easy but it’s worthless in the end.  Choose to build a solid foundation, and reaching your full potential will become inevitable.