What do you want?  In life?  Through work?  Through family?  Through friends?  What is it you reeeeeeeeally want?

Do you have it?  And if not, can you clearly see that you’re getting there?  That you’re heading in the right direction?

These questions led me to a journey of discovery.  And I’ll be honest…some of the stuff I found, I didn’t like.

I discovered that there were a lot of things I said I wanted.  However, looking at the results I was generating, those weren’t the things I was truly committed to.  They were other things I was more committed to holding on to rather than letting go of in order to get what I said I wanted.

Recognizing the disparity between what I said I wanted and what I was actually committed to was devasting…and empowering.  It was devastating because I realized I’d spent so much time and energy pursing things that, based on results, were preventing me from getting to where I said I wanted to go.  And it was totally empowering because I realized that I could shift my energy towards things that were in alignment with what I said I wanted.

And in six months, I started and completed a book.

In six weeks, I released 50 pounds.

Within one year, I negotiated a dream position on a dream project with a dream team.

And here’s the amazing thing.  All I really had to do was get crystal clear on what I really wanted.  What I reeeeeeeeally  wanted.  And then focus myself on achieving those things.  On finding the opportunities to move me towards those goals.  Opportunities that were already all around me, but that my competing commitments prevented me from seeing.

Everything you ever wanted is right in front of you.  It’s there for the taking.  Do you reeeeeeeeally want it?