Where is Your Heart?

“Our failure is not because of a lack of ability but most often because of a lack of conviction. Don’t be afraid to put your whole heart in to something you want to achieve.”

Have you ever wondered why you can’t seem to accomplish those things that you desire most in life? Many times we blame our failure at reaching our goals on our lack of ability. We think I am just not talented enough, or smart enough, or lucky enough to attain what I’d like to achieve in life. The truth is however that most often we do not lack the ability to accomplish our goals, rather we lack the conviction to realize them.

Faith in oneself is so critical to success in life. In fact half the battle in accomplishing our goals and dreams is simply believing that we can. Until we believe, and I mean truly believe, most likely it will never happen. Without a true belief in ourselves, it becomes difficult for us to throw our whole heart into what we are doing. And accomplishing something great nearly always requires our whole heart and energy.

Sometimes we fail to believe or to throw our whole heart in to something because of fear. We fear we might fail. By not putting our whole heart in to something we retain the ability to have excuses when we don’t attain our goal. It becomes so much easier for us to deal with failure by saying ‘oh it wasn’t really that big of a deal’, or ‘I didn’t really try’ or ‘I didn’t want it to interfere with other things in my life.’ Making these kinds of excuses and failing to put our whole heart in to whatever we are trying to accomplish however leaves us empty and unsatisfied. And in the worst cases, it can lead to depression. Thus we cannot afford not to put our whole heart in to what we are doing and even if we fail, we always feel much better about what we have done.

Most of us have goals and things we are trying to accomplish at home, at work, and elsewhere. Putting our whole heart and having true conviction for those things we are trying to accomplish in every aspect of our life makes things sweeter and more enjoyable. Like baking our favorite pie and then never eating it, working toward something without true conviction will leave us unfulfilled. Thus in everything we do, we owe it to ourselves and to others to put our whole heart in to it. And I’ve learned that when we work with conviction in one area of our life, it will help us have conviction and be more successful in other areas of our life. Give it a try.

Unfortunately it has been my experience in life that many people do not put their whole heart in to what they are involved in. And many make excuses as to why they do not but ultimately it is up to us to decide. Regardless of the excuses only we keep ourselves from applying our whole self in to what we are doing and denying ourselves of the satisfaction that comes with such effort. It has also been my experience that those who put their whole heart in to everything they do enjoy a much higher level of satisfaction and success in life.

Thus, we can’t blame our inability in accomplishing our goals on our lack of ability. Instead, we must measure our conviction when striving to achieve them. Do we truly want them? Is our heart in it? If not, than we need to evaluate what we are doing and either change courses so that we can work with conviction or stay the course with a determination to be committed to attaining our goals. I believe this simple truth can have a profound impact on our success in life.