If you could respond with your thoughts....

[Drgnslyer]

There comes a time in a person's life where they pause to consider their path. When you reach a plateau and look back at what you have accomplished, and at the timeframe in which it took for you to reach your current status, you tend to take a moment to reflect on your current situation and how you have managed to attain your goals and aspirations. Once satisfied that you have reached those benchmarks in your life, a tough question comes to mind...where next?

Once you set yourself a long term goal, all your focus and determination is bent upon attaining that goal, which is reaching that plateau in life and being able to sustain it. It turns to the point where survival is no longer your primary focus, instead the journey towards your goal becomes the entirity of your being. Once your goals are attained, the entirity of your being is extinguished, and it's time to find a new purpose. The steadfast standard purpose to life, thanks to human nature, is survival.

This is a tricky situation, you have spent years reaching the point where you are content and secure with your mission, and once reached, your progress forward is stopped during that moment you focus on survival. The difficulty lies within the concept of once you stop, it's that much harder to get started again...think about how much energy it takes to get a steam locomotive moving forward....sure once it's going it's impossible to stop immediately...but once stopped, it's not like you can exactly turn on the jets and start flying around again.

Human nature leaves us much the same way...determined people will be 'hellbent' upon reaching their greatest desires, and will overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to reach that goal...those roadblocks become future roadkill along the individuals pathway to their greatest dreams and desires.

Once you reach your plateau, it no longer matters how much you've achieved in how short a period of time....the true test becomes keeping that momentum into the next challenge and focus in life....and even more difficult, knowing where that focus is.




Now naturally everyone in life needs a time for their minds and bodies to rest, relax, and recouperate after a hard drive to reach a milestone in their life...but at what point does that rest become complacency, and when can it become the next drive to that next signifigant milestone.

One really needs to remember their ultimate focus in life, their primary end result, the life of their dreams...do they currently have everything they desire, or do they still lack certian fundemantal pieces to their own individual puzzle. Remembering their ultimate dream lifestyle is the only thing that will help them retain their drive and determination to keep their momentum forard, and keep them from allowing their life, like the steam locomotive, to stall and grind to a hault. Once that locomotive stops, it becomes a matter of survival, no longer a matter of advancement.

This raises the question of what happens once you have reached your dream life....well once you have attained everything you could possibly desire, you no longer need to simply survive, that has already been taken care of...no longer will you fear what is around the next corner, for you already know what's there and how it impacts your life. You have nothing more that you can attain that you have not already filled a purpose for...and you can allow yourself to simply relax and enjoy the remainder of your years, however long that may be.





Years ago I began a personal quest to overcome all issues in my life and shoot well beyond my peers from adolesence. I have done that, it has been a very successful milestone achieved for myself in half the time I had anticipated needed for it...I have found myself sitting on top of this new plateau thinking 'what next? where else can i go from here?' and somewhat baffled at (a) the speed that i have reached this point in my life and (b) the signifigance of the life i now lead. I imapact other's lives with every action I take, be it friends who look up to me to inspire them to live their lives to the fullest, be it the next person I meet on the street who wants me to make their day that much more special by doing the little things that make a difference, or be it my employees who need me to make their liveleyhoods secure through strong and capable leadership and vision for the future.

In this process of these realizations striking me, my train has stalled, and I am now in the process of getting it moving again...and once again I find myself calling upon those around me to help get it rolling forward. Again, I am asking for help from those around me...and I couldn't be more thankful that I am.

Through my journeys I have learnt that pride is an expendable resource...really when you boil down life, pride is nothing but a self defence mechanism that when unchecked, will turn into a personal ticking timebomb. Humility is critical when achieving a balance to your life, and that is reflected in those who you are around the most. The best indication of a leader is reflected in the group they lead, however large or small.

Simple survival isn't my cup of tea...achievement and advancement through life is what really makes me tick, the ability to inspire and motivate large groups of people is what makes me feel fulfilled on a day to day basis......along with the sheer joy and exuberance of a loving, growing relationship with someone close to your heart.

My natural tendancy is to find the next level and reach it by however means nescessary...this includes making myself close with those who I need to learn from. I've had many mentors over the past few years...and no, they won't ever leave me, their teachings are everpresent, and I do relate to them on a daily basis, but I feel the need for someone to challenge me to reach the next level, and to help me reach that level through adequate guidance, to tell me what's around the next corner, and tell me how to overcome it, and encourage me to overcome it on my own power so I have the experience and knowledge of how that particular problem works so If I ever reach a similar roadblock in the future I can accurately react to the situation and find a prime solution with minimal guesswork. And such my next goal is laid out....find that next leader in my life to learn from, and absorb their knowledge to the greatest of my ability, and learn how to surpass their mark in life by, again, whatever means nescessary.

It is that time once again, to be stepping up to the plate and responding to the challenge facing me...that challenge is to become a better person in and out...grow my leadership capability and let everyone see who I am in earnest. It's a simple solution to a simple problem really...the only difficulty is looking at yourself to find it instead of naturally looking out, finger extended.