Paying the Price - Self Improvement Bootcamp - Day 6

I am a strong believer that in Order to get something, virtually anything, you need to pay the price. Sometimes, the price is monetary, sometimes you need to pay with your time, your energy, but you need to pay the price. A perfect example is this Self Improvement Boot Camp. You needed to invest your time, or pay the price to get the benefit of the boot camp. You need to make an investment in yourself and your future.

The goal is to get back more than you give up. Vince Lombardi, the famous football coach said that: “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

The question that I ask myself and people all of the time is: What are you willing to do to get what you want?

I’ll give you a personal example. I made a decision to watch less television. I gave up a lot of television watching and it has given me more time for many other things. My challenge for everybody watching is to write down one thing that you are willing to give up. Be as specific as possible.

It could be chocolate cake for a month, or giving up an hour of television a night - whatever makes sense for you. You might want to invest in courses or books on Self Improvement. Write down what you are willing to do.

I want to leave everybody with a few examples to think about.

• If you want to be in great physical shape, you’ll need to work out regularly at the gym.
• If you want to feel well, you’ll need to eat well.
• If you want certain types of job advancement, you’ll need to go back to school.
• If you want to improve your lung capacity, you’ll need to Stop Smoking cigarettes.
• If you want to meet the man or woman of your dreams, you might need to go on 100 dates to meet somebody
• If you want the ideal job, you might have to Interview for 50 jobs to get.

  You have to pay the price, but in almost all cases, the benefits far outweigh the costs.