{"id":5,"date":"2009-05-01T15:16:54","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T14:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2011-10-30T00:08:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T23:08:16","slug":"vision-vs-frustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/goal-setting\/vision-vs-frustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Persistence, Keeping Your Eyes On The Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em> <\/em><strong>Keeping your eyes on the prize<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>In boxing it\u2019s not the last punch that wins the fight. The last punch\u00a0only seals the deal!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">How the hell can you and I stay on target with\u00a0our goals that\u00a0were set, after some moment of inspiration when you were listening to some Personal development guy chirping on about \u201cYOU CAN DO IT,\u00a0 THE\u00a0 POWERS\u00a0\u00a0IN YOU\u201d. Now you\u00a0 find yourself \u00a0in the middle of,\u00a0The\u00a0Main event and the star\u00a0is you. Its time for you to\u00a0pull\u00a0the rabbit out of the hat,\u00a0 but hell is breaking out around you, and\u00a0have not seen the sunrise of your vision as yet, should you still be smiling!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Hold on to your vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Yes yes Yes hold on to your vision,\u00a0\u00a0why because at this time and place we or just going though the process. In the online world we are educating, building relationships, delivering \u00a0great value. On the offline world some of us are juggling the day job, the school run, family and social life and our goals. I heard somewhere that success is not a destination its a process, successfully getting up that much earlier, successfully showing up to do that days work, successfully smiling when you originally felt like frowning. So of course you may feel pissed off when you\u2019ve been running for weeks on end solid and you can\u2019t see any shift in the weight, but to the learner-ed observer they can see that you\u2019re in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;When riding a bike every turn of the wheel brings you closer to your top speed after that your just cruising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frustration is a bitch, we need to turn it into a lady with a great smile and a body to die for, but first we must mature and treat our emotional frustrations like progressive adults. Knowledge is the key to set your mind and emotions free. We must love and protect our emotions as a lady should be loved protected. we most arm her with the weapons she needs to defend her self \u00a0from these bad guys fear, negative thinking, closed mindedness. \u201cSuccess can be attained in any branch of human labour, there\u2019s always room at the top. 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