The only limit you have is the belief you have one.

In 1906 football changed. The forward pass was legalized, but no one adopted the strategy. Instead, they clung to their traditional running and kicking. However, St. Louis University practiced the new play and implemented it. They outscored their opponents 402 to 11 that year and changed the game ever since. Like the University of St. Louis, we, too, need to drive ourselves to embrace our future possibilities. 

If you are going to empower your performance, you must drive yourself more than anyone else. You can’t wait for someone or something to motivate you…that is your responsibility. You will never be who you want to be tomorrow if you don’t start being who you want to be today. 

Georges Clemenceau said, “A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action.” Motivation happens when you do something motivational. If you wait for a feeling to hit you before you act, you may be waiting forever. We can’t wait for the “feeling” in order to act; we must act our way into “feeling.” When we step out and begin to do the things that will better us, we will get motivation.

If you are going to be a person of action that drives yourself, you have to get disciplined, get determined, and get decisive. As we come down the home stretch of this year, start gearing up for all the things you want to change about your future. Begin to believe God for amazing opportunities this next year.