The Only Race That Matters

The race for dominance

The race for dominance.

It sounds funny when you say it out loud.

Life is not about the fast and the furious. I tend to think it's more about the slow and steady.

People try to say it's men against women. Women against men. Intelligent versus the non-intelligent. Weak versus the strong. Stubborn versus the passive.

It has nothing to do with all that.

Truthfully, the only person you should be in competition with every day is yourself.

Dominating old patterns. Dominating old mindsets. Dominating old soul traps. Dominating all the things that—if you were to look at your life one year from now and you don't do something about them—you'll be in the same place you were the year before.

I've said this many times: nothing scares me more than being in the same place I was at the same time last year.

That should be your motivation too.

The morning air is my motivation. It should be yours too.

Every day you get the opportunity to wake up is a blessing from God. Every day you get the opportunity to begin again is a blessing from God.

Don't waste it.

Don't even waste your time feeling pity on yourself for all the things you didn't do before. You can't do anything about those things. Let it go.

But what you can do is this: if you have to continue to start over until you get some momentum, do it.

The most important thing you need to remember is this: we hear that old saying, "Two steps forward, one step back."

Remember, even in that saying, you're still one step ahead.

You're still one step ahead.

You're not starting from ground zero.

But for those of you who are starting from ground zero? Congratulations. You made a decision. That's half the battle.

Now get going and do something today that will make your future self extremely proud.