Finding Your Path to Success

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

— Abraham Lincoln

With less than a month to go before the next Presidential election, I thought a quote from a former office holder would serve as inspiration for the day.

In pursuit of life and career goals your resolve is the power behind your vision. Equally important as knowing what you want, is knowing why you want it - this core value is an essential navigational tool. Your resolve is your guide for plotting a powerful course of action and evaluating opportunities to determine if they serve your vision.

Held firm, your resolve can help you to overcome fear, detractors, road blocks and even failure along the way. Without resolve, you are ambling toward a desire, a wish. While you may achieve your goal either way, with resolve the destination purposeful, designed, intentional. Without first establishing the why, you may find yourself asking the question after you have arrived.

Any time you are charting a new course, you will encounter those who will tell you why it isn’t the “right path“ and your own fear may offer a few objections as well. Your job is to establish your own resolve to succeed, set your feet firmly on the path and then decide how to make it your path one step at a time.

I do not believe in wrong roads. There is only the road you are on and the turns you choose to make.