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1. Do Others Choose Your Goals?

2. I used to do a lot of backpacking.

3. Once me and a buddy decided to take
the back route to Mt. Whitney.

4. Most people go in through the front,
so it's really crowded.

5. But the back way in is a lot less
crowed, and therefore has a lot more
wide open meadows and streams and
lakes with a lot of fish.

6. The back way to the top is a five day
hike.

7. The front way is two, one if you start at
dawn.

8. The first day was the worst.

9. Fifteen miles.

10. We wanted to push over the first pass,
which was very difficult.

11. One stretch of about two or three
miles was particularly grueling.

12. A long, uphill walk on very loose
gravel.

13. It was so loose that simply walking
forward, by pushing off with your feet
you lost a little ground.

14. But once we got over that first pass, it
was magnificent.

15. A HUGE valley with several small lakes.

16. Plenty of fish.

17. No other people.

18. On the other hand, I've been car
camping quite a bit.

19. Where you drive right up and park.

20. Sometimes people even sleep in the
car.

21. You can bring huge coolers filled with
food straight from the grocery store.

22. It's only sort of camping if you sleep
outside.

23. But nothing comes close to sleeping
on the ground, under the stars,
knowing there's no other people
around for fifty miles.

24. Everybody wants more out of life. But
few people are willing to put in the
work to get there.

25. Some people spent a great deal of
time, money and effort looking for
"shortcuts" that will circumvent the
necessary work.

26. If they'd spend that SAME amount of
time, money and effort on ONE GOAL,
for at least a year, they would make
amazing progress.

27. Most any goal you want (at least that's
worthwhile) WILL take time.

28. It will take effort.

29. And you will have those long uphill
climbs that seem like you're putting in
TONS of work and not making any
progress.

30. That is when it's easiest to quit.

31. To question your motivations.

32. That's when the self doubt starts to
creep in.

33. You may even find that the biggest
obstacles between where you are and
where you want to be are your own
doubts and fears.

34. Does this mean if you remove your
doubts and fears your goals will
magically appear?

35. Nope.

36. But the required ACTION to get there
will be much more fulfilling.

37. So much so that you'll enjoy doing it.

38. Even if others think you're crazy.

39. If you don't take efforts to create your
life, somebody else will do it for you.

40. Most people are content to do that.

41. It's safer.

42. Less scary. You won't get in trouble.

43. But you won't get much else, either.

44. What do YOU want?

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