The first thing you have to do is write it down.
I went back and read this post from Russel Kirsch this week – the nice old man who gave me an inspirational ass kicking in a coffee shop some 13 years ago. He also just so happened to invent the first programmable computer & the first digital image.
“That’s the problem with a lot of people”, he continued, “they don’t try to do stuff that’s never been done before, so they never do anything, but if they try to do it, they find out there’s lots of things they can do that have never been done before.”
You have to believe it.
It helps if you write it down.
You don’t need a lot of belief. You just need to plant the seed in your own brain.
Your mind is a problem solving machine. It works on things in the background whether you like it or not.
It’s not manifesting. It’s not woo woo. (It might be a little vibe-y).
It’s basic algebra.
A x B = Y
If you’re starting out, you don’t know A or B. That’s fine, but you should have an idea of Y.
Stick Y in your brain.
Then forget about it.
Go workout, ruck, sprint till you puke.
Do something else.
You’ll notice stuff starts to shift over time.
Your brain runs into less obstacles.
You find the lighter side of the challenge.
You’ll realize sometimes you just have to run through the brick wall.
It’s often not the challenge that is discouraging. It’s the blurryness of it.
If something is hard, and you know what it is. It’s easier to tackle.
If you’re unsure of what it even is – then you’re frustrated – not because it’s hard to overcome, but because it’s hard to describe what it even is.
So you gotta get past that.
Write it down.
Believe it’s just an ordinary problem – like any other problem out there.
Here’s the thoughts that Russell left with me – over 13 years ago after telling me about some of his extraordinary accomplishments.
“You know Russell, that’s really impressive.”
“I guess, I’ve always believed that nothing is withheld from us what we have conceived to do. Most people think the opposite – that all things are withheld from them which they have conceived to do and they end up doing nothing.”
“Wait”, I said, pausing at his last sentence “What was that quote again?”
“Nothing is withheld from us what we have conceived to do.”
That’s good, who said that?
God did.
What?
God said it and there were only two people who believed it, you know who?
Nope, who?
God and me, so I went out and did it.
So believe it.
Write it down.
Then go and do it.
I read a similar quote in an old novel from 1936 earlier today: “All we deeply wish for must come true.”
As for the last paragraph of the email: I needed some more Impossible tees anyway, so “been there, done that, and bought the shirt(s).”
I’m schlepping suitcases around at an airport in Argentina today. Does that count as rucking? Not really — I’ll start the real thing when I get home. Also time to update the Imoossible List. I’ll work on that during travel down time.