Make It Rain

I guess my last post was a bit misleading. I didn’t mean to come off as saying that there was a lot that I believe I should change about myself, especially that there is anything wrong with me. By reading it again I can see why people might draw this conclusion but this is far from the truth. I don’t think there is anything wrong with me, but I do believe there’s always room for improvement.

Continuous improvement is the best way to make one self better over the years and not become stagnant. I always find elements of others that I think are good traits and try to incorporate them into my own life, and if I notice something someone else does that bothers me, as well as others, and I see myself exhibiting that same behavior I try to eliminate it from my daily operations.

It goes along the line of my belief in personal capital. It’s sort of like money capital, but less tangible and it can’t really buy you anything. It’s the reason I work out, it’s the reason I try to make myself better than my former self. I never compare myself to anyone because the only person I want to be better than is my old self. I try to push my own limits as much as possible to find new levels that I didn’t realize I could reach.

The best thing I learned as a child was that I will never be perfect. I will never be the best. It’s not bad to know because it makes you work that much harder to set the bar ever higher for yourself. I want to achieve because I want it, not because I’m trying to be better or more perfect than anyone else. Rome was once the most powerful city-state in the world then got lazy and collapsed. I don’t want to get lazy.

Sometimes I fail at pushing myself all the way, but I’m only human. Trying to completely eliminate laziness has proven to be like trying to hunt down Moby Dick. Bambi is a lot easier to catch than a whale, but in due time this may be gone too. Although it might be a good idea to go ahead and let the white whale go since you can’t always be 100%...