If there is one thing I have learned over the past year it is that we are blessed to be living in a privileged society. There is one single thing that we have above other societies that we seem to take for granted……..opportunity.

Living in Canada I have the opportunity to be as successful as I want to be. There is nothing holding me back. I often hear about how lucky a person is that they are wealthy and successful, but it boils down to this: You control your own destiny. You make with your life what you strive for. Your successes or failures are your own doing and the opportunity exists for you to make what you want with it. All you have to do is put forth the effort and determination to reach out and grab that goal. There is nobody or nothing holding you back. The hard thing is that you have to have the proper mindset to have that determination. You have to believe in yourself, because if you don’t then nobody else will.

I have realized this over the past year. At the end of summer last year I was overweight out of shape and unmotivated. I was basically just putting in time day to day. Thankfully with some help from family I was able to break out of this and get my life back together. I set some short term goals, and have been working as hard as I possibly can to meet them. One of the goals was to get in shape for this summer. I think I have been able to meet this, I lost 40lbs and am probably in the best shape of my life ( and I used to mountain bike quite a bit when I was younger ). You definitely have to have the right mindset to keep yourself motivated to go to the gym. It’s not easy, and there are so many things everyday that work against that motivation. Thankfully I have been able to break through them successfully for just about a year. This has built confidence in me to make me believe that anything is possible if you set your mind to it.

Your number one enemy is yourself. It’s doubt. Everyone has that voice inside of them that says it’s not possible, you can’t do it, there is a problem with _____, you can’t be successful because of ______. I am here to say that that voice is full of bullshit! You need to have the right attitude to believe that you CAN, and WILL! If you are able to master that voice, and have the hunger to want it bad enough there will be nothing that will stop you from achieving your goals. Don’t make anymore excuses. Go out and get what you want! Set some goals, quiet that doubtful voice inside of you and never give up! I’m not saying you will never suffer any failures, but if you work hard enough, and have the hunger to succeed you will be successful.