But I Don’t Want To
As the Father of a 2 and a 4 year old, I have the luxury of hearing, “But I don’t want to!” quite often. Not that it’s a bad thing, but it’s what you’d expect from a child.
Curiously enough, I meet many grown adult business owners who use this phrase all the time. They just use different words or actions to say it. “That’s not my job,” “Well, I did my best,” “Well, when the market crashed…” As adults, we’re really good at making our child-like comments/behaviors sound logical and justified.
There aren’t very many things we can’t do in our country if we really wanted to do them. It’s usually just a matter of actually WANTING to do it.
Yes, even in this economy there are more options available to people than they care to admit. It just takes a certain level of ambition, willingness, and some hard work, which would mostly come in the form of education. By education, I don’t mean attending a university, rather, I mean learning by doing. If you’re willing to take a risk to learn a lesson, you’re ready for a real education.
You don’t like your job? Create a new one, without even leaving your current job! Be creative enough to figure out what would make your job come alive for you, and then start doing it… at the risk of getting fired. Most people who are willing to take that risk end up with a job they actually like doing, either where they were, or someplace else… the point is that they start doing something they like, instead of settling for what they’ve got.
You don’t like your spouse? You can have a whole new marriage without ever getting divorced. Just like with the job, it’s going to take some personal risk on your part, and a lot of hard work.
You’ve got very entrenched habits and thought patterns that have made your job and your marriage the way that it is. Stepping out of that groove is far easier said than done. As a Warrior, I’ll never promise you easy, I’ll only promise you “worth it-ness.” Do you want a risk worth taking, or do you prefer to arrive to death safely?
It all comes down to you!
Are you willing to step out of your own head long enough to see what other people’s objectives really are? To realize that you’re not the only one with objectives that matter? Are you willing to take personal and emotional risks?
OR, HAVE YOU JUST COME UP WITH A REALLY CREATIVE AND CONVINCING WAY TO SAY “BUT I DON’T WANT TO!”
Look at some of the areas in your life where you might be saying “But I don’t want to.” Job – Marriage – Education – Network – etc.
You can create a whole new “X” without changing your “X.”
The only thing in life that really needs to change is….YOU.
“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
~Dr. Seuss
And anyone as brainy and footsy as you,
can make a whole new life in whatever you do.
When things get so tough you don’t want to fight through,
you won’t be the one who says, “But I don’t want to.”
~Yours Truly
