I’LL NEVER GET A BOOK DEAL

I recently saw a post that focused on one single word that can change your life. The word was “yet.” “Yet” points to your potential, to what you are capable of doing even if you haven’t accomplished it. The post made sense. Too often we look in the mirror, mired in what we haven’t done, as though all chances of accomplishing our goals have passed. We’re too late.

Imagine you want to run a marathon. The idea is that instead of saying, “I haven’t run a marathon,” you tell yourself, “I haven’t run a marathon yet.” See the difference? You haven’t failed; you just haven’t reached your goal.

But there’s a problem with that word “yet”. Unless it’s backed up by planning and action, twenty years from now you will still be saying the same thing.

Bookshelves are filled with one word promises to change your life. Three easy steps to the life you’ve always dreamed of. Those books sell.

Here’s the truth. Substantive change takes work. A lot of it. It will be painful. It will be frustrating. It can make you question why you want to change to begin with. There is nothing easy about it. I’ve run a marathon. The only easy part was registering. Everything after that was a grind.

As you look toward 2025, I hope you have made some ambitious goals. I genuinely hope that you recognize what you are capable of accomplishing, and that you realize some of the things you haven’t accomplished are just things you haven’t accomplished YET.

And more than that, I hope you choose the ones that really matter to you, and that you put all the planning, all the sweat, all the tears, and all the work into crushing them. It will be a challenge, but you will be so incredibly proud once you are on the other side.

Happy New Year!