You may have heard this story, but it’s worth repeating:

This kid came home from school one day, slammed his school books down on the table, ran upstairs, slammed the door, and broke down and cried. It was his 10th-grade year. His mother came in and said, “Son, what’s wrong?” He said, “I got cut … I didn’t make the team … they said I was too small.”

With incredible wisdom, the mother said, “Son, it’s not the size of the person in the game, it’s the size of the game in the person.” She left.

It clicked. In a huge way. Like nothing ever had before.

The next morning, he got up at 4:30 am and started practicing, every morning, every evening, every day, every week, every month, relentless, nonstop.

His fight had been ignited, and he would not be denied. Through the snow, rain, sleet, ice, wind and hail. He kept practicing, gave up movies and things that he had done before.

The fight kept getting bigger. And bigger. And bigger.

The next year he made the team.

His name? Michael Jordan.

Get your game on

So what’s the size of your game? For what in your life do you have that same kind of passion? What are you that hungry for? What’s the size of your game?

People approach the things they want to change in one of three ways: 1) I want to want to, 2) I want to, 3) I must.

I want to want to: These people give some kind of intellectual assent to the notion of change. It looks like “Yeah, that’s something I should do” or “It sure would be nice if.” Don’t count on any change here.

I want to: This is a little bit better than I want to want to, but not much. Here you will find a lot of lip service about change.

I must: Things happen here. Actions are taken, and progress is made. The state of “I must” means that change must happen, no matter what.

To what in your life can you bring that same kind of passionate commitment? How big is your game? How big would you like it to be? Could it be your marriage, your family, your job, even a hobby?

Next question. What are you waiting for?

The answer is, nothing of any significance.

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You procrastinate, I procrastinate, all God’s children procrastinate.

In other words, it’s normal.

At the same time, there are some things about procrastination that are not normal.

I believe that procrastination has some magical powers that we need to address if we are going to be able to beat this monster.

Magical Power Number 1 - Procrastination can take a task that is something relatively small, and make it seem gigantic.

Magical Power Number 2 - Procrastination can take a task that is something that will take a relatively small amount of time to complete, and make it seem like it will take forever to get it done.

And it does not stop there. These two magical power combine to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts by continuing to grow and grow into something so humongous that you become overwhelmed and just quit.

Score another victory for procrastination.

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So what’s the size of your game? For what in your life do you have a burning passion? What are you hungry for?

How much passion do you bring to your life? Here are three categories, only one of which you want to live in.

People approach the things they want in life in one of three ways:

I want to want to

These people give some kind of intellectual assent to the notion of change. It looks like “Yeah, that’s something I should do” or “It sure would be nice if.”

Don’t count on any change here.

I want to

This is a little bit better than I want to want to, but not much. Here you will find a lot of lip service about change.

I must

Things happen here.

Actions are taken, and progress is made.

The state of “I must” means that change must happen, no matter what.

To what in your life can you bring that same kind of passionate commitment? How big is your game? How big would you like it to be? Could it be your marriage, your family, your job, even a hobby?

Next question. What are you waiting for?

The answer is, nothing of any significance.

Just one more question what’s stopping you?

The answer is usually yourself.

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