I found this on a website called "Accelerator For Success" (link HERE)
In a post titled "You Can’t Drive Forward Looking In The Mirror", I found this wonderful excerpt. After reading it, read it again and think about it, and whether you are looking forward or looking in the rear view.
[There] is nothing more damaging to your future potential than spending your present dwelling on the past. Whatever has happened is over. Glory or defeat, once the clock struck midnight, the day was done. You are reborn each morning, and who you are each day is defined by what you do that day and that day only. You are not your past. You are only your present and your present actions will determine your future.
Now, let the past instruct you so you can be wiser marching forward, but don’t let it continue to suck you backwards... [Let] your past be “a school master, not a club.” Let it instruct you, not continue to beat you down. Look back for lessons, not excuses.
Oh, and by the way, that [diploma or] degree you [will earn or have earned will be] deemed irrelevant within 18 months after graduation. What you have learned lately is what’s important. The dusty trophy on your shelf won’t pay your mortgage, time to get into today’s playing field of life and play with intensity. There is a great line I heard that says, “You can never obtain success, you can only rent it and the rent is due every day.”
It’s great to achieve, celebrate your victories and be proud of your accomplishments, just keep your eyes on the road ahead and not fixated on your rearview mirror or you too, might find your life accidentally smashed into an object you didn’t see just in front of you.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Something to think about. (But only if you are serious about being successful.)
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Today is YOUR opportunity to be the person you are meant to be. Wishing you all a great meet!
Thank you for the re-post ;-)
Bill Covert
The Accelerator for Success
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