Dopey Challenge - The Three Pillars of Success

The Three Pillars of Success

1. Passion
2. Purpose
3. Persistent Action

The key to anything in life, and I mean anything, is your ability to persevere; to not give up especially when the going get's tough. The trouble is most people do. They give up on their dreams and their goals. They just accept others opinions of failure as their own.

So the question now becomes how do we persevere when others quit? Here is what I have found to be my truth from my Dopey training. Follow your Passion AND link it with a Purpose! I also found this to be true; the higher the purpose, the more powerful the resolve to continue. The higher the resolve, the more you will need PERSISTENT ACTION.

Passion is a great driver and an absolute must for embarking on your mission. But you're going to need some help to keep the fire going and that is Purpose. In the case of starting the Dopey Challenge, and not quitting when life threw me one curve ball after the next, my driving force - my purpose  - was to tell my son to follow his dreams, just like his mom. If I failed and I know I gave it my all then so be it. But I haven't so I will keep pushing and driving toward my purpose of living another dream. 

I am just a few short weeks from Dopey and this I can say with great certainty; I went from a highly competitive, obsessive compulsive, overly stressed  personality to an adult with the confidence and courage to pursue what matters the most; living a life filled with love, joy, peace, happiness, and laughter.

For now, I leave you with this thought: Believe in your dreams and your heart's desire will follow. 

More to come as the race draws near. 

Namaste