Determination

The Power of determination

Written & brought to you by

Ken Crause – Business Transformation Coach.

A true story was told about some climbers who on a certain day were going to attempt climbing the south face of the Matterhorn Mountain. As the climbers prepared for the climb, a T.V. reporter walked around interviewing the climbers. To each one she asked, “So, do you think you will make it climbing this mountain today?” Most said things like, “I am sure going to give it my best shot”, or “I sure plan to”, or I hope so”. But one climber said emphatically, “yes I certainly will”. The reporter was taken aback by this seemingly brash statement and asked him, “how can you be so sure?”. To this he simply smiled and replied,

“Because I have decided to, no matter what it takes”.

As it turned out the weather turned bad and many had to give up their ascent of the mountain that day. Only one climber actually made it … you know who that was right?

Resolve is one of the powerful forces residing in every human being to do anything.

People have broken out of the most secure prisons by resolve. Others have stolen priceless treasures from highly secured vaults by resolve. I am not suggesting you use resolve for corrupt things, but I do want you to understand that by resolve, you will overcome every obstacle, every adversity and everything that stands in your way.

RESOLVE IS CERTAIN OF THE OUTCOME BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGIN

(by the way this is what the Bible calls FAITH)

Knowing that you can is great, but it’s not enough. Once you have concluded the possibility, you must then resolve yourself to do it NO MATTER WHAT. It is this thing we call resolve or determination that carries champions to the finish when others drop off because the adversity is too great for them and they run out of strength

In February 2010, the Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver Canada. Someone had the bright idea to start an advertising campaign – “do you believe?” Athletes were told to believe that they would win, to see themselves winning, to resolve that they were going to win. Did it help? For the first time in history Canada won more gold medals and eclipsed every other country in just about every event.

Do you think for a moment that it was mere chance or that fate had it that Canada would do so well? It had nothing to do with fate, luck or good fortune. I like what a once famous golfer named Gary Player said to a reporter after he shot a hole in one. The reporter said, “Wow that was a lucky shot”. Mr. Player smiled and said, yes it was and you know what I have found?, “the more I practice, the luckier I get”.

Belief can turn a mediocre performance into spectacular.

A famous story in the Bible is of a young teenager named David, who took on a giant named Goliath. David believed that he would kill the giant and took what he was most skilled at – using his sling to do the job. He thought of a way that did not require a sword and armour – the tools everyone else were dependent on. David thought outside of the box, he lived by the principle “There is no such thing as can’t” and then the next step – “I will kill this giant today”. And so he did. He did not consider the fact that he was not a trained soldier. The fact that he had no idea how to use a sword – he had not been to “war university”, yet he did what nobody else dared to do. He killed a giant with a single stone.

WHETHER YOU HAVE A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR NOT IS IRRELEVANT. WHAT MATTERS IS YOUR RESOLVE AND ATTITUDE.

IT MATTERS NOT HOW OLD OR HOW YOUNG YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU ARE A MAN OR A WOMAN – IT IS “TO ALL WHO WILL BELIEVE”.

1.      If you want to succeed, then you MUST adopt a new belief system. You must get over your past, you must see yourself for who you want to be.

2.      Then you must look for possibilities and then you must resolve to do it, holding nothing back and determined to overcome every obstacle that gets in your way.

You can do it if you want to badly enough. Failure is your choice as much as success is.

Become a man or woman of courage and character instead of one who complains, feels sorry for themselves and blames others or other things for their failure.

This is the Essence of Success. Dare to believe. Dare to let go of your “safe harbour” and go and make a difference.

Ken Crause – Business Transformation Coach

Email: ken@crauseco.com