Have you ever been in a situation where you know you can do better, but you are just not putting in your best? Or it's like you're not trying your best - BUT YOU ARE! You're giving it all you have - your sweat, tears, and blood - but somehow you just feel like there is more to be given! It's like you're punching against a brick wall. It's not something anyone needs to explain to you. It is something you feel: helpless and weak.
I used to say, when situations like these arose, that I was shocked at the outcomes of my endeavour. Now that I think about it, "shocked" does not even begin to describe the emotions attached with watching your best effort count for nothing. It's a position you're in when the expression "my heart skipped a beat" becomes a reality. More than anything else, you want to go back in time and just... DO SOMETHING! You want to wake up and find out you've been dreaming.
A part of you can 'taste' the victory. Somewhere, deep down, you know what it would have felt like if you succeeded. You know how you would have celebrated the results with your friends; just a feeling of satisfaction and peace would have even been enough - at least compared to this disappointment.
If you can imagine yourself with the great result you worked so hard for initially, then you can get it! The sad part, however, is that the normal tendency you will have is to give up.
WHY?!
Does it even make sense?! That after you have worked this hard at a goal for just one time, you're ready to quit?! Of course not; it makes NO sense! Indeed, sadness does have the ability to cloud your rational thinking; and so, decisions you made earlier while you were still logical, now seem pointless to you.
If you can still hold the picture of success... If you can still visualize what would have happened had you gotten the result you wanted, then there's still something inside you that can get you your goals!
You may feel tired. You may feel lazy. You might even feel like you don't care anymore whether or not you succeed at your goals. If, however, you thought it was possible - the first time - to succeed, NOTHING should change your mind now! Nothing!
YOU WILL GET IT!
Round two. FIGHT!
I used to say, when situations like these arose, that I was shocked at the outcomes of my endeavour. Now that I think about it, "shocked" does not even begin to describe the emotions attached with watching your best effort count for nothing. It's a position you're in when the expression "my heart skipped a beat" becomes a reality. More than anything else, you want to go back in time and just... DO SOMETHING! You want to wake up and find out you've been dreaming.
A part of you can 'taste' the victory. Somewhere, deep down, you know what it would have felt like if you succeeded. You know how you would have celebrated the results with your friends; just a feeling of satisfaction and peace would have even been enough - at least compared to this disappointment.
If you can imagine yourself with the great result you worked so hard for initially, then you can get it! The sad part, however, is that the normal tendency you will have is to give up.
WHY?!
Does it even make sense?! That after you have worked this hard at a goal for just one time, you're ready to quit?! Of course not; it makes NO sense! Indeed, sadness does have the ability to cloud your rational thinking; and so, decisions you made earlier while you were still logical, now seem pointless to you.
If you can still hold the picture of success... If you can still visualize what would have happened had you gotten the result you wanted, then there's still something inside you that can get you your goals!
You may feel tired. You may feel lazy. You might even feel like you don't care anymore whether or not you succeed at your goals. If, however, you thought it was possible - the first time - to succeed, NOTHING should change your mind now! Nothing!
YOU WILL GET IT!
Round two. FIGHT!