Step 7 Run your own best race

TRUE SUCCESS ISN'T A DESTINATION; IT'S A FEELING. IT FLOWS FROM FORGIVING YOUR FALLIBILITY, CELEBRATING YOUR BLESSINGS AND FOCUSING ON DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. GENUINE SUCCESS IS NOT DETERMINED BY YOUR EXPERIENCES IN LIFE, BUT BY YOUR CAPACITY FOR LIFE. BUILD IT DAILY.

 

This book began by inviting you to connect with the highest vision for your life … to decide what you want your life to stand for … to find your ‘why'.

Which is all well and good. But the biggest challenge many of us face as we juggle life's priorities and pressures is to live our ‘why' on a daily basis. To show up for life purposefully, passionately and fully present … day in, day out.

Easier said than done, right?

Which is what running your own best race is all about.

To help you bring your best self to your biggest challenges … daily.

On the days when everything goes marvellously to plan and on the days when nothing does. On the days you're well rested and ready to take on the world and on the days when you're tired from being up all night with the kids and you want to sack your clients.

THE REALITY IS THAT IF IT WERE EASY TO BRING YOUR BEST SELF TO THE BIG GAME OF LIFE EVERY DAY YOU'D BE DOING IT ALREADY.

But it's not.

You're busy. You're juggling. You feel constantly pulled in different directions, you aren't sure where to focus first and while you understand intellectually that your experience of life is up to you, you sometimes find it hard, like

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