Are You Committed To Win?

All to often people who have failed to reach their goals simply lacked the “Commitment” to WIN! Why is it so  many people easily accept defeat and never again step into the arena of “going for their dreams?”

I know it can seem like there is no seemingly possible way YOU can see to achieve your dreams. That’s when I know someone has their eyes and focus on their current ability, circumstances and past failures. Had I kept that outlook when I approached the school superintendent about starting a band program, I never would have gotten it up and running.

When I first walked into his office and said “I want to start a band program,” his initial answer was that I did not have the skills or experience. After all, I was not even a music major in college. I majored in sociology. But that did not deter me. I was COMMITTED to WIN! I held a vision of that band class for two years before I got my opportunity. And so two years later, I was asked by this same superintendent who told me no and the current school principal to start a band program.

I was not only committed to win, but I was committed to EXCELL! I had a budget of zero dollars, not one single piece of band equipment – no chairs, no music stands, nothing! And yet, out of pure PASSION and DESIRE and COMMITMENT, by the time our Christmas program rolled around three months later, I had forty band students, music stands, instruments, sheet music – EVERYTHING I NEEDED to EXCELL. And when those kids performed that night, it was phenomenal. It was one of the most transformational experiences of my LIFE! God had a plan and all I had to do was have faith in His plan for me.

The poem below sums it up so well, that I wanted to share it with you. I want you to explore your Demension for Greatness!

Your Dimension Of Greatness

No one can know the potential,
Of a life that is committed to win;
With courage – the challenge it faces,
To achieve great success in the end!

So, explore the Dimension of Greatness,
And believe that the world CAN be won;
By a mind that is fully committed,
KNOWING the task can be done!

Your world has no place for the skeptic,
No room for the DOUBTER to stand;
To weaken your firm resolution
That you CAN EXCEL in this land!

We must have VISION TO SEE our potential,
And FAITH TO BELIEVE that we can;
Then COURAGE TO ACT with conviction,
To become what GOD MEANT us to be!

So, possess the strength and the courage,
To conquer WHATEVER you choose;
It’s the person WHO NEVER GETS STARTED,
That is destined FOREVER to lose!

~ Author Unknown ~

Being committed to win is a decision. It is not a feeling. Feelings come and go and can not be relied upon. You may feel great today and lousy tomorrow. Most people react to their feelings. True commitment says I am going to do this regardless of how I feel, what people say or think and no matter what my current circumstances. True commitment is a conscious state of mind where you do whatever it takes to keep moving forward. If you need coaching, you get it. If you need training, you get it. If you need accountability, you set it up. If you need to work on your mindset, you work on it. Whatever you need to do – DO IT!

If you really want to be Committed to WIN – then you will jump through whatever hoops you need to jump through to WIN! If that means placing reminders throughout your home, so be it. If that means reading more, praying more, meditating more, seeking more, learning more, etc – so be it.

Are you starting to get the picture of Committment? It is a Decision. It is that “stick to it” attitude that Abraham had, that Moses had, that David had…in the midst of every obsatcle, tragedy and even when they failed to follow God’s leading, they stuck with it and kept moving forward.

BE Committmented to WIN!

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