True Success Comes From Within

“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.” -- Thomas Henry Huxley

I was putzing around my quote sites this morning and found this and it really spoke to me.  "To make yourself do the thing...." is right.  The more I think about it the more I'm convinced that this is the absolute key to success.  Some people are dependent on others to motivate them.  They need to know that if they don't do whatever it is they're supposed to be doing someone will notice and say something.

It's kind of like going to Confession.  Sometimes, you do the right thing just because you don't want to have to admit during Confession that you did the wrong thing.  And for some that's necessary.  Some people require the accountability and it's what keeps them doing the right thing.

Those people are weak.

One day their confessor/coach/workout buddy won't be around and then where will their motivation be? And without their external motivation, what will prompt their training and the continuation of their abilities.  No, true success comes from finding the strength within yourself to do what you know you should do when you know you should do it.  Only then can you know that you will continue to do the right thing even when there's no one else around. Because only when your coach is yourself can you be sure that your coach will always be around.

Now if you'll excuse me, my inner coach is telling me to get away from this computer and get my butt to the gym because we have goals to reach and walls to break through today.