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  "The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile." Bruce Barton

I was thinking of this quote the other day when I had a business associate say to me, "You don't understand you've had it easy."

I thought, "You've got to be kidding me."

Easy? Was it easy when I lived in a 480 sq. ft. log cabin with no electricity, no running water and an outhouse out back? Was it easy when it snowed and I had to snowshoe a mile up the road to even get to the cabin. Was it easy cooking every meal on a wood burning stove? Did you even know you can make spagetti on a woodstove?

Was it easy? No.

Was it worth it?

Absolutely.

You see, my dream (along with my husband Bill) was to build a log home in the Colorado mountains. During that time, we found a business opportunity that allowed us to work from home, which meant that we had no internet access only a telephone to do our business. Not easy.

But, you see it didn't matter because we saw our vision for the future clearly. We knew that with each step we took we were moving forward to our goal. It's a great thing to be able to build your life based upon what you're willing to give. Success demands commitment. When you demonstrate commitment, it's telling the universe, "Hey, I'm serious about this."

Too many people say they want a better life, yet are willing to wait until that life they desire comes to them. You move first. It's kinda like chess or checkers, nothing happens until you make the first move.

So you say, "I have a goal...but I don't have (the money, the time, the support, the ability etc...) Stop! Look at what you can do. Can you make a extra call, or send an email? Can you enlist help of friends? Can you ask someone for assistance that you don't really want to ask? Demonstrate how serious you are about getting your goal. If you make this you're practice, then you'll reap rewards greater than you can even imagine.

It's the people that are out there practicing when noone's looking, when others are home and you're the one running at 6:00 a.m. It's going beyond the extra mile that creates results.

What do you think? How are you traveling the second, undemanded mile?

I'll look forward to hearing your results!

Tammi