"As is" is your today. Is it what you expected? Are you happy, fulfilled and motivated? Or are you blaming someone else for failures in your life? Do you even know why you don't feel fulfilled, motivated or happy or sad or upset? A lot of us are not even aware what causes these feelings .

As part of my journey to answer what makes me tick better I spent a lot of time working on what makes everyone tick. I wasn't particularly interested in psychology, but I was interested in what psychology was trying to answer. I knew that if I kept looking right questions would finally appear and then answers would come from that.

The point is, never quit looking, asking questions, reading and studying. If you quit being curious about what is going around you when you left high school or college then you have missed most of what living is all about. Those two venues were only there to prepare you for a lifetime of discovery and adventrue. I have changed careers over three times in my 30 years of working history, and I fully expect to change several more times before I expire. It is never too late to change and learn something new. Your brain grows every time you do, so use it and it gets better and better.

"As is" sets stage for what "Can be" with lots of diligent thinking, hard work and perserverence. If someone told you it would be easy, they told you a lie. If they told you it would be greatest thing you ever lived, they told you truth.

"Can be" is jar full of dreams, possiblitiy and glory. It is stuff that drives anyone to achieve anything. I know many of you watched Summer Olympics last month. So many examples of "can be" showed up on gym floor, running track and swimming pool that they are too numerous to recount. Every one probably has their favorite story of supreme performance, and excellence from Summer Games. But there is one common thread in every story, thread of belief in "can be" inside each athlete.

"Can be" is born out of a lot of practice, study, and focused effort over many years. These all program our minds to recognize those moments of serendipity and discovery for us. All this means having a central point of principle which drives us to measure all our actions in light of our central desires. It often means taking risk for our actions.

If you come to me and say "Andrew, you just don't understand my situation. It just isn't possible right now to..." I do understand. You are afraid to risk what you have now in order to get what you really want in future. You think it is more important to hold on to what you have now, than to reach for a life-time dream. You haven't really assesed what you really have to have and what you can give up. You haven't determined where your center principles are and how you are going to change your own actions to realize that dream.

Now it's time to combine "once was", "as is" and "can be" into "become." I learned a great truth about myself about 15 years ago when I discovered -- I "am", I "become." I just didn't put it down in a recognizable way until about a year or so ago and recently it became PINT. When I combine past, present and future into image of what I want to become, I am successful every time, without fail. It's part of how everyone of us is made. It isn't just for a select few or rich, or famous or brightest. Your brain was made wonderfully to allow you to grow into who you want to become. The sad fact is many of us grew into what someone told us to be and never listened to still voice inside that said we "will become" "can be."

Now it's up to you. Educate yourself about your interests, be your best-everytime. Develop an inner discipline and find your central principles that drive you. Then you will have dream you dreamed so long ago.

Now you have keys to your success.

It's time to Get Started!

¬ 2004 Andrew Abernathy Founder, Put It iN Thought (PINT)

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