No Ambition-No Start; No Work-No Finish; No Commitment-No Significance!

AMBITION - WORK - COMMITMENT!

According to the Dictionary, Ambition is defined as a) An eager or strong desire to accomplish something; b) Object, objective or GOAL desired; c) The wish, power, and ability to begin and follow through with a PLAN or task.
 
So ambition is critical to your business and life.  It creates clear expectations and drive or motivation.  But without execution (work and commitment) you don’t produce results.  Today is an opportunity for you to take the pulse of your ambition, your work habits and your commitment level.
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson had many profound things to say about ambition, work and the process of success:
“Without AMBITION one starts nothing. Without WORK one finishes nothing.
The prize will NOT be sent to you. You have to WIN it.
The man who knows HOW will always have a job.
The man who also knows WHY will always be his boss.
As to METHODS there may be a million and then some, but principles are few.
The man who grasps PRINCIPLES can successfully select his own methods.
The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have TROUBLE.”

“All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man/woman had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.”

Robert Moorehead wrote perhaps the greatest essay on commitment ever written:
 “My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate… at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in a maze of mediocrity. I won’t give up, shut up, let up, or slow up.”

This week, take some time to renew your God-given right to dream and formulate huge ambitions.  You have the opportunity to make your dreams and ambitions real - to actually live the life you desire. The key is to turn your dreams into goals, goals into plans, plans into specific actions - then work your plan, and commit to completing your actions such that your desired goals, dreams and ambitions are fully realized.

Right now is the perfect time to reconnect and recommit to your goals and plans. This may be the most important 5 minutes you will spend today.

DAILY PRAYER  
Ask the Lord to enlarge your territory, to spread your tent pegs, to take you higher.  Commit your works to the Lord.  Help us Father, to stay steady at the task, to be protected from distraction, to be resourced with provision and help, and to be about purposeful and significant work.  In Jesus name, Amen.

It is ok to be selfish to take time each day to review and reconnect to your dreams and goals, your plans and actions - EVERYDAY.  Ambition, work and commitment all start with a deliberate habit of focus and awareness.  Give yourself 5 minutes to mediatate on such things - you, your family, your business are worth it - aren’t they?