How successful someone is, is generally determined by how many times they actually take the wheel and drive.
I know that more often than not I’ve either put the car into cruise control, or just let someone else drive altogether. It’s just easier that way. Little risk. Little responsibility. But it’s wrong, and it’s not the way I live my life anymore.
I lost a year in my pre-teen years. I’m not quite sure what happened. But I withdrew into myself. I didn’t speak a word to anyone other than my parents. Not at school, not anywhere for the entire year. I felt in control, but in reality what I was doing was driving in the wrong direction and setting the cruise control to see where it took me.
It didn’t take me anywhere.
So how do you start taking the wheel? Start with the small things. Get up early, start the day with the wheel firmly in hand and the accelerator flattened.
What I’ve found is that successful people in my life have grabbed hold of that wheel, and driven towards uncertainty. Do they fail along the way and get lost? Ofcourse. But it’s what they do with those failures that see’s them through to the next unfamiliar sky.