The Rope and Your Responsibility.

Pat Riley has a saying he uses to not allow his players to feel they have an excuse for mediocrity and losing. Riley says, "You need to be an active participant in your own rescue. You need to grab onto the rope." If you don't know who Pat Riley is google his name. He's a basketball dude.

Man, why is it that we have so many cool expressions and examples from the sporting world we can't use in daily life. Where I work this is the common saying. "We have an obligation to help them be successful." I agree whole heartedly. However, doesn't the person who can't stop having conflicts with the customers have an obligation in there success as well? You know, the person who is continually late for work, don't they have an obligation in there success as well? That person who is continually sick on Fridays and Monday's, should they not have a hand in their own success?

Get my point? Good, because political correctness is not my gig. If I'm not living up to my obligations, expectations, and responsibilities I can cry all I want about how hard life is. WAAA! Build a bridge and get over it Daniel. No one, I will repeat that. NO ONE is more responsible for your success than you. Life does through us some weird obstacles. but the rope that everyone is throwing you is something you need to grab onto.

If I want to write my next blog, or book, run my next race, who is it up to? The establishment? Oh here is my favorite scapegoat, the top 2%. Yeah, that's who I blame for my lack of success in doing what I agreed to, Yeah I don't like the contract I signed so your to blame. Ill find anyone who can take the fall for my lack of success, because they are obligated to help me succeed.

Get over it already. Your responsibility is to be successful how ever you define it. I don't care how you define it, that's your gig. Just shut up when it doesn't go right and either move on or find a new way.

Every time I've failed in my work, writing, racing and living it comes down to one dude, me. So I grab the rope and look for a new way. I thank the people who stood on the shore and tossed the rope, I don't expect them to take the blame when I don't succeed.

Your obligation in life is this, be awesome. Be awesome enough you can throw a rope to someone they can grab. Be awesome enough to show them how to succeed so they don't have to depend on you. Be awesome for awesome's sake. Define awesome and carry the rope to pass it on.

God Bless

Daniel

"Live remarkable and follow the Spirit in your heart."