Pressure is what can burst pipes, but, let us not forget that pressure is what is used to create diamonds.

We all must deal with pressure at different points in our lives. How we handle that pressure determines whether or not we turn to Dust or Diamonds.

Lets take Michael Jordan for example. This was a man who, every time he stepped onto the court, was under pressure to take that game winning shot.

“I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life…

                And that is why I succeed.”

Jordan never shied away from pressure. He stared pressure straight in the face. He wasn’t afraid of the outcome. He was focused on surpassing everything in front of him. “What if?” statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you’ll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and help achieve your goals. Calm people like Jordan know that asking “what if?” will only take them to a place they don’t want—or need—to go.

Your mind-set on how you view pressure will help develop your character. You should view pressure simply like this;

 ‘The world is telling me that it’s my time to prove myself, to show everyone what I am really about. This is my chance and I refuse to let anything stop me’.

So next time you feel the weight of the world pushing you down look at it as an opportunity to prove your worth and lift that weight up. Much like squatting in the weights room; The heavier the load on your shoulders the stronger you become after you have learned to lift it.

Start Unknown. Finish Unforgettable

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“Everything negative – pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise”

Kobe Bryant

We all have limits. Right?

Of course we do.

A sprinters speed limit is reached after 6 seconds.
Humans reach an IQ limit at 220. (Although others have been 'estimated' higher)
The limit anyone has ever gone without sleep is 264 hours.
The heaviest deadlift ever recorded was 457.5KG.


We know all of the above limits and more because a lot of people have studied and tested how far they can go for ages to find exactly where the limit lies. Whether it be mental or physical, we have tried and tested it.


Have you ever reached your limit at something? Think hard, because I'm not talking about something as silly as getting amazing at Fifa. I am talking about your human absolute limit! The limit you must know to ascertain how far you can go in life.


I bet you don't know your limit! Do you?


You don't know how far you can run. How far your body will go before it truly gives in. How much you can take of someone's bullshit before you snap. How high up the ladder of success you could go. The list goes on and on.


Why don't you know? Here it is! BECAUSE YOU'RE WEAK! You're scared to go all out for greatness, you say you want it but you don't want it bad enough. You have listened to all the haters who said that this is as far as you can go, the haters who say those things because they are scared of what people like you can do. Fuck all those people. You have to be a wolf! If they throw you to the wolves, come back leading the pack! Grab life by the horns and take control once and for all.


Now, when you do decide to man up and go for broke, let me tell you, there are going to be people, lots of people, who don't like you. If you are the type of person who cares what your work colleagues think of you, who won't do what you want to do because you care what others think then please leave this site immediately and don't come back until you have changed your mindset and are ready for the next phase to greatness.


Do you think Usain Bolt ran 100m in 9.58 seconds by going 50% in training?

Do you think Michael Jordan, when he was cut from the high-school team said "well this is as far as I can go"?

What about Margaret Mead? After she had bottles thrown at her during her first march, did she give up?

Of course they didn't!! They said no, I haven't reached the limit yet and I won't stop until I get as far as is humanly possible, and that is exactly how you need to approach life from this moment on.


So as I leave you this week I have 2 simple requests.


Get out there and find your true limit, and, study the picture at the beginning of this post and answer me this question; Which one describes your limit?


Fly your own flag

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What is your dream? Have you decided upon how you want to live your life, who you want to live it with and where you want to live it?

We don’t know what your dream is (Feel free to share it below) but we just want you to know one thing. If this is the only message you take today then make sure you read carefully….

IT’S POSSIBLE

Whatever you want to do with your life, it can be accomplished. We are not sitting here telling you this from our ivory tower; we are still chasing our dreams each day. We are not close but at least we know we are closer to accomplishing them now than yesterday. We tell you it’s possible because that is what we believe in. But there is no escaping the truth; you WILL incur a lot of disappointment, you WILL fail, you WILL encounter setbacks, you WILL be heartbroken but at the end of the day it is all a part of the process. That journey and that end result is what will create the person who is going to leave their mark on this world.

So get out there, and start making your dreams become a reality because if you don't build your dreams someone will hire you to help build theirs. Visionaries change the world because they are bold enough to chase something they believe in, and are smart enough to ignore the naysayers.

Just remember that some people die at 25 but aren't buried until they are 75.
 Don't be one of those people!

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. -T. E. Lawrence

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? -Robert Kennedy

Start Unknown. Finish Unforgettable.

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