Happy June! Can you believe it? We are almost halfway thru the year already! I think it’s the perfect time to bring up the idea of stretching yourself towards success so you can rock out the rest of the year!With another 7 months to go, what do you want to make happen?!? I’m sure you have experienced some highs and lows so far this year. I know I have and that’s inevitable.

The good news is whether you are right on track w/ your goals for 2008 or falling a bit behind, with a little determination and hard work, you still have time to really stretch yourself to go further than you even imagined! You are built to keep reaching upward.

I once read that people are defeated more by easy and cheap successes than by adversity itself. Adversity doesn’t pull us down, but taking the easy road certainly can!

If we don’t stretch, we don’t grow. Even if you’re on pace to blow your goals out of the water, keep stretching, go further! It’s what keeps us alive and alert.

Do you ever notice how much more fulfilled you are when you are being productive? It feels like such a good week or a good day when we are accomplishing things! It’s b/c we are designed to find opportunities to learn more and to stretch our minds and our bodies. We feel better when we stretch our muscles, right? Things loosen up and we don’t feel so tight and bound up. It’s the same thing when it comes to our minds.

An idle mind is the devil’s playground. We feel dissatisfied and unsettled when things are stagnate. Success is in fulfilling your dreams and creating your own life story!! The only way to do that is to stretch a little more and go a little deeper so you can go further than the last time.

Again, think of your muscles, to become more flexible or stronger or more agile, you have to keep pushing yourself a little bit more every time you train. This is the same thing we must do with our minds and in our lives and our businesses.

So decide what you want and then decide to go just a notch above that and push yourself to accomplish more! It’s certainly not about killing yourself to get there. I believe in leading a very balanced life. But we do need to find things we love to do and go after them with all we’ve got! It’s what living is all about, so keep stretching!!!!!

Lauri Sompres