I am a motivational speaker. I love all things about the spoken word. Words are things to me. Words move mountains, words change lives, words are the essence of being. The use of words was one of the reasons I loved Denzel Washington's movie, The Great Debtors. As a speaker myself, that movie captured how words can change things.
One of the principles presented in the movie was the Have to/Want to principle. The exact principle is, "You do what you HAVE TO do so you can do what you WANT TO do". As the kids would say that's the TRUTH. There are certain parts of our daily lives, our careers, our relationships that feel like drudgery. In fact, there are times when we look at situations and wonder why am I doing this? Why am I doing this paperwork when I hate paperwork? Why am I having to do this or that with my spouse when I don't like doing it? Why? Why? Why? Well the answer most times to the "Why?" question is The HAVE TO/WANT TO Principle. Sometimes in life we literally have to do things that we find boring or insignificant so we can experience the WANT TO part of increasing our income or having a better relationship or having a better life.
The best example I find is in the area of loosing weight. Everyone I know at some point in time wants to loose weight. However, they are not typically successful. Why? They can't get the HAVE TO right. If you want to loose weight you HAVE TO eat right and exercise. If you do those two things you may WANT TO purchase new clothes to show off your new body or go on a island vacation to show off your new body. However, if you can't get past the HAVE TO part you can never get to the WANT TO.
So as you go through your day, week, month, year, life remember that:
YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO SO YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!!
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