From time to time, we all require a checkup, to ensure there is no illness or hidden maladies requiring our attention.

This applies to every aspect of our lives.

Sometimes when we look close enough and ask the right questions, we get to the root of our ills. And once we identify those things holding us back. We can free ourselves from what doesn’t benefit us.

If those things were left to metastasize problems could arise in other parts of our lives.

Not all opportunities are great opportunities: Check Up required

A few years ago, I was presented with an opportunity.

I had to decide whether I would be a part of a start-up.

The opportunity was promising. However, I could not help but feel something was missing.

Anxiety ran deep.

Frustration was my residence, and I couldn’t’ identify why?

But this opportunity didn’t drive me or excite me. So, I was speculative, and I never had full buy-in

A Self-Check Up: Patience is a Virtue

The real revelation came after two other amazing opportunities presented themselves. These opportunities would give the start-up an amazing lift-off. However, quite a bit of leg work was required to take advantage of these opportunities.

But they were excellent opportunities that would mean big things for this start-up.

So reluctantly (You heard right)  I took the ideas and presented them.

Checkup checklist: Symptoms

Always check the barometer of your environment. That day I felt a chill that would make Alaska blush.

Given our goals and needs, those offers should have raised the excitement up a notch.

But that was far from the case.

The opposite happened. The proposals sat there.

No one acted.

And I was livid!

Weeks passed with no response and no action.

When the members met again the same issues, issues that would have been addressed by taking advantage of the proposals, were still on the table.

My frustration exploded.

An eye-opening diagnosis can change your life!

Right then I knew what I needed to do,

I needed to excise myself from the group immediately!

The diagnosis:

The problem was as much Me as Them I was not motivated. The energy was off. The frustration was greater than the vision.

Sorely, nothing moved the others either.

Apathy spread like a virus, and it was seeping into other areas of my life.

Truth Be told: If our heart was not in it. That business would never be great.  

Muhammaed Ali once said,
“If the heart is not great the man [individual] can’t be great!” 

With the same thinking, if the heart towards an endeavor is not positive then the outcome will not positive. 

Checkup Complete: Act on What you Know

Once I excised myself, I was better for it.

As I write this, I hope others will have the courage to do the same.

Because what you are not driven by, will drive you, and not in a good way.

Final Words

We all need to stop and assess the health of the things we are involved in. This l ensures we remain whole, healthy, and happy.

If you are not willing to do what it takes to realize a dream!

When you realize an opportunity does not fire you up?

If you let opportunities that could propel your dreams slip through your fingers,  ask yourself an important question.

Is this really what I want?

Not until you can ask yourself the important questions, get rid of those things holding you back, and be willing to take advantage of the opportunities will you be successful