{"id":1865,"date":"2014-04-16T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2014-04-16T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:00:42","slug":"by-any-means-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/2014\/04\/16\/by-any-means-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"By any means necessary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are you willing to do to make your dreams a reality?\u00a0 In all the success stories I\u2019ve heard, sacrifice is always a part of the journey.\u00a0 I know from personal experience that in order to make our dreams a reality, we have to\"Willingness-to-Sacrifice-300x297\"<\/a> give up some things.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s changing habits and behaviours or the people we spend time with, there are sacrifices that need to be made.\u00a0 It really comes down to how bad you really want your dreams to come to fruition.\u00a0 Are you willing to lose sleep, give up television and release negative people from your life?<\/p>\n

Some of the sacrifices we need to make will be easier to commit to than others.\u00a0 What we need to remember is what our willingness to let go of certain things will mean for the creation of the life we want.\u00a0 If we want something bad enough, we must be willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen!<\/p>\n

This is why being clear on our priorities is such an important thing.\u00a0 When we\u2019re clear on what\u2019s important to us, we know where we should be focusing our time and energy.\u00a0 When we are struggling to make our goals a reality, we have to take stock of where it is we are spending our time.\u00a0 Are we doing what we need to do to get things done, or are things that aren\u2019t getting us any closer to making our goals a reality constantly distracting us?<\/p>\n

We often talk about not having enough time in the day to get everything we need to get done completed.\u00a0 What we often overlook are all of the ways in which we use our time ineffectively.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s watching television or playing games or doing other things on Facebook, there are many ways in which we don\u2019t use our time in the most effective way.\u00a0 Once we are clear on what we want and why we want it, it\u2019s easier to understand what we need to do to make things start to happen in the way we want them to.<\/p>\n

The same can be said for the people we spend our time with.\u00a0 If the company we keep encourage our bad habits, discourage us from following our passions and keep us in a negative frame of mind, then it\u2019s time to let go!\u00a0 As hard as it may be to let go of some long-term friendships (or keeping distance from family members), may be necessary in order for you to stay focused, inspired and motivated in the pursuit of your goals.<\/p>\n

We all know that we have habits that lead to self-sabotage.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s procrastination, looking for excuses or worrying about whether or not your dream will ever be a reality, these are all activities that keep us off-track in the pursuit of our goals.\u00a0\u00a0 We need to increase our awareness of the habits that are serving us and helping us get closer to realizing our goals and those that are holding us back.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have to sacrifice our families, our health or our integrity in order to make our goals a reality.\u00a0 We do have to let go of the habits, beliefs, and people that we allow to keep us from making our dreams come true.\u00a0 We are the ones who control our destiny.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t living the life you want and aren\u2019t on the path to making your goals a reality, then you have to get honest with yourself.\u00a0 Ask yourself why you set the goal in the first place and what you\u2019re willing to do to make those goals manifest themselves in the way that you envision them.\u00a0 Remember, no one said it was going to be easy, but it will be worth it!\u00a0 If you\u2019re looking for inspiration to get you on track, watch this YouTube clip<\/a> and then ask yourself \u201cwhat am I willing to do to make my dreams come true?\u201d\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are you willing to do to make your dreams a reality?\u00a0 In all the success stories I\u2019ve heard, sacrifice is always a part of the journey.\u00a0 I know from personal experience that in order to make our dreams a reality, we have to give up some things. Whether it\u2019s changing habits and behaviours or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[383,453,21,445,675,124,676],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughtoftheday","tag-achieving-goals","tag-distractions","tag-dreams","tag-goals","tag-life-priorities","tag-old-habits","tag-sacrifice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}