Only a person who risks is free.

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk to failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow,But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free.

Being true to yourself is the goal, and only you know if you’re giving 110% and if you can reach down inside yourself and pull out more.

The path to success is a challenge; one of the strategies that are useful is giving yourself a written list. To create a successful list, you must give yourself a goal; make it a small goal, at first, just to prove to yourself that it is possible to succeed, then increase it daily and you will find the goals get a life of its own and will grow and grow.

Deadlines and time constraints are a pain in the butt, but if you set them up and work to accomplish them, they can be very useful tools.

Looking at my time in school I always waited to the last minute to finish my homework or work on the school project, I always maintained a solid C average, much to my parents displeasure, and after my report card arrived, mine too. I didn’t learn till much later in life that if something is important, you have to give it the importance in your mind also. When we are faced with a difficult task, one that we are not sure how to complete, we find excuses not to do it till later, why do today what can be put off till tomorrow.

Get a piece of paper and a pen, don’t use your computer, writing something down gives the idea power, and you need all the power you can get, write it down on several sheets of paper, then post them all over the house, do this for two reasons, one writing it down makes your mind remember it better, two if you take those several sheets of paper and post them all over the house, where you will see them several times a day, then you never have the excuse you forgot. It helps keep the desire alive,

List what you need to do next, try not to jump ahead to something that needs to be done next week, it is important you place the items in the correct order. If you don’t follow the steps in order, then it is just a test of your writing skills, and a waste of your time.

If you don’t find fixes, your dreams will be nothing more than pipe dreams.