Motivation Manifesto Part Four

1. We Shall Meet Life With Full Presence and Power.
2. We Shall Reclaim Our Agenda.
3. We Shall Defeat Our Demons.
4. We Shall Advance With Abandon.
5. We Shall Practice Joy And Gratitude.
6. We Shall Not Break Our Integrity.
7. We Shall Inspire Greatness.

As we overcome fear and defeat our internal demons, we must recalibrate our entire mindset toward advancement. Ours must become a life of courageous action and perpetual progress.

The majority of the world’s people are not advancing at the speed of which they are capable. They have not sought self-mastery and so they lack the personal power to direct their energies. Wrong thinking and weak wills are preventing them from extending fully from their dreams. It is like watching a cheetah stroll lazily all of its life, never powerfully stretching and leaping at the staggering speed within its potential.

To reclaim our power, we must seek an immediate shift in our belief about how influential we can be in shaping our reality. We must understand that nothing in life, including our circumstances or potential, is fixed. Instead, we must believe that we can bend reality to our own preferences, crafting the lives we desire through disciplined learning and initiative. We mustn’t wait for permission or perfect timing any longer. Instead, we must be courageous and self-reliant, moving forward at a moment’s notice. We must see struggle as positive and necessary for our growth and ability to innovate and serve. And we must know that all we need is accessible in the present – there is an abundance in this world to be had, and everything we need to begin in the great quest toward a free and fulfilling life is already within us. Should we live from these beliefs, then we shall reach levels of motivation and happiness undreamed of by the timid masses.

Our challenge is that we have been conditioned to believe the opposite of these things – that bold action or swift progress is somehow dangerous or reckless. But a certain degree of insanity and recklessness is necessary to advance or innovate anything, to make any new or remarkable or meaningful contributions. What great thing was ever accomplished without a little recklessness? It is reckless to try something that has never been done, to move against convention, to begin before all conditions are good and preparations are perfected. But the bold know that in order to win, one must first begin. They also deeply understand that a degree of risk is inevitable and necessary should there be any real reward. Yes, any plunge into the unknown is reckless – but that’s where the treasure lies.

When our hearts yearn for action and growth, we should care little about what society says is possible or prudent. Let us judge for ourselves what is worth the risk. Let us decide what progress really means in life, as it surely means more than inching along like snails. Let us decide to take our first steps without knowing how the journey will turn out. If that defines us as reckless and crazy, then let us accept that fate and celebrate the fact that we shall not be cowards. Let us declare: We Shall Advance with Abandon
-Brendon Burchard

“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.”
-James Freeman Clarke

“Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.”
-Thomas Edison

“The moment a man ceases to progress, to grow higher, wider, and deeper, then his life becomes stagnant.”
-Orison S. Marden

“A lack of focus leads to a lack of progress. Focus. Grind. Grow.”
-Anonymous

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
-Benjamin Franklin

“Small shifts in your thinking, and small changes in your energy, can lead to massive alterations of your end result.”
-Kevin Michel