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Honor, Courage, Commitment was the core values of the US Marine Corps while I was in. The greatest of these is the commitment to continue, to push forward, to win, and to complete anything.
The commitment to continue doing what you need to do to win, day in and day out without any visible sign of change, is how you change your life for the best.
Most people want one great thing, or one big push to become great in life. They are looking to score that last point in the final game for the big victory where people will carry them off on their shoulders and that will continue for the rest of their lives.
I know you are different. You are better. You want to be better or you wouldn’t be reading this article.
It is the commitment to doing the little things day in and day out that will make you great at what you want to do and be in life. No one thing will change you. It’s the refinement that commitment brings that makes you better.
If you want to be more physically fit, it’s going to the gym every training day and doing your best for weeks or months until you see a difference.
If you are trying to lose weight, it’s about doing that diet for a month before there is any change. And then continuing to do that diet just to stay where you are.
If you want to be great at business, it’s about reading lots of books and learning lots of things. When one starts making you money, do it again and again until it doesn’t work anymore. Then go find something new and do it again and again and again.
There aren’t very many secrets in life. Most things are simple, just not easy. If you want to be rich, investing a percentage of your income and doing it, again and again, is how Warren Buffet become one of the richest people in the world and manages more money than the wealth of some countries.
Very simple, just not easy. It takes work. Day in and day out. It takes commitment to continue doing that one thing when it seems like the entire world is on fire. You just have to keep doing it.
The 75 Hard challenge is here to help you gain that commitment by doing five things every day for 75 days. It will teach you to be committed to doing something. If you finish it, you will be better. If you fail, you will be worse. It’s simple, but it isn’t easy.
Ben Branam
P.S. I’m starting a 75 Hard Challenge Monday, July 12th. What to succeed with me? Download the beginner’s guide and prep yourself to do the work to gain self-disciple to win in life. Send me an email and let me know you are in. Go to here and sign up!