Habit 1: Taking the Initiative Part 2

Have you ever tried to put the skids on an ant? It’s virtually impossible. They
never stop. Put one to the test someday. Pretend you’re five years old again, and make a little hill in an ant’s path. The ant will walk up and over the top without braking. It will go into a hole, over a log, through grass. If it can’t go through, it will go around. An ant will never turn around and walk the other way, no matter what obstacles are in its path. Try applying that tenacity to your life. Of course, you’ll want to use your brain, too. But in the determination department, be an ant. Refuse to be stopped.
Keep going, make proactive choices, and learn as you go. People who patiently persist finally see their dreams come true.

If you could develop a new talent, what would it be?

If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would it be?

If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

What’s stopping you from doing any or all of these things?

You have the choice, don’t you? What would it be like if you lived your life as a work of art in progress? If each breath and each action were part of an unfolding masterpiece? If you saw the shadows and light areas as part of the composition? Accepted it all? Found joy in the beauty of it? Where are your choices taking you? What you make of your life is up to you. Every person creates his or her own reality. Authorship of your life is one of your absolute rights, yet so often people deny that they have the ability to script
the life they desire. They look past the fundamental truth that it is not our
external resources that determine our success or failure, but rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations.

Record your plan for implementing ways to make these things come to fruition