There is a great book titled The Lone Survivor....it is a true story about Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal. Marcus and his brother decided they wanted to become Navy Seals when they were in their teens. The quote from Marcus is very profound.
"Deep down I knew there was something more required to make it into the world's top combat teams. And that was a level of fitness and strength that could only be attained by those who actively sought it, nothing just happens. You always have to strive."
We have a great company, awesome products and a compensation plan that is really quite incredible. But as Marcus says in the above statement, nothing just happens. You always have to strive. What might strive mean? try for...strain for....seek to....aim to....make a stab at....dare to....struggle for....fight for....I think you get the point. Nothing just happens! Just because we have the company, products and comp plan we have doesn't mean that success is going to happen. Not a chance.
If you really want to know what it takes just read again the words that might describe "strive."
Here's what I know: we experience the struggle, dare to approach some people, seek to understand just what does it take to make this really work at the level at which we want to be, try different things and then settle for the basics time after time, aim to maintain an attitude that would keep us on a good path. It's worth it. It's worth every challenge, every struggle, every ounce of effort it takes to build. You will never regret putting in the time and effort working at this business. The things people usually regret the most are the things they didn't do, not what they have done.
Are you striving to change your future?
Enthusiastically,
Gary Burke
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