The secret to achievement
Jun 11th, 2009 by Adam
Action steps as the cornerstones to achievement
And 13 years ago,as a 17 year old at a critical point in life, I looked down each path stretching out before me. I could see that whichever I chose would determine the rest of my life…
I knew what it was like to be drug addicted and homeless, broke and depressed. I also imagined what it must have been like to have abundance in joy and wealth. I was sure I would never regret the hardship of my experience (I could already see the value in difficulty) but something had to change.
For years I had beat my head against a wall with my desire for change but inability to put it into action. I coined a phrase and laughed to myself at its thought, “The harder I try, the farther I’m pushed”. This perfectly summed up my entire lack of will power….. HOW could I change when all I felt was that I could never change?
The turning point came when I had actually, finally had enough. I could no long go on wasting away, making poor decisions that were destroying any chance of me achieving my idealism’s dreams.
Having reached this point and come to this crossroad of two different paths, I HAD TO make a decision. My Life depended on it. What I chose here would certainly become the cornerstone of my failure or success…
At 17 years old, I chose to give up that drug addiction lifestyle to make way for a new life of my own design. It could take many years but I was ok with that. I knew that if I didn’t DO something now then I would always remain in the same place chanting “why?”
That point in my life taught me something that I had certainly guessed was true, that one must DO something for anything to happen.
If You constant DO even the littlest things to follow your dreams then you will be on your way to laying the right foundation for your future success.
To your unconventional success!
Adam Shields
PS.. I QUICKLY relapsed again after this moment. Sucks! Life’s a bitch I guess! It took me a few more years before i kicked the habits completely. Around 21 I guess… 
