Did you know where the old saying, "The whole 9 yards" came from?
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ammunition. During periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nevertheless when things truly hit the fan, he would scream out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they possibly could to survive. They were forced to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How could do this in life?
You have got to give every single day everything you have got. Leave no path unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your ambitions. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a result of our repeated actions all though time. We are the final tally of our choices, habits, and decisions of the paths we opt to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make a big change in life, we must change the things that really lead us to arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the boundaries of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At one point or another, you've got to leave the safeness of the harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Necessary? Hell yes.
It is so easy to be a beholder in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. Nevertheless to live a life you adore you have to get on the field and play in the game. For most that implies taking the hits and enjoying the daily circumstances and challenges that come with it. The final choice to get on the field of life is often incredibly scary to many who are scared about going after what they truly love. But eventually, wih enough support and pressure from within, those frightened and timid souls will take the blind leap and start their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have got. You only have one to live and you actually don't know exactly what you can do. So chase perfection knowing you may never reach it. In the end, you may notice that you achieved excellence instead.
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ammunition. During periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nevertheless when things truly hit the fan, he would scream out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they possibly could to survive. They were forced to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How could do this in life?
You have got to give every single day everything you have got. Leave no path unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your ambitions. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a result of our repeated actions all though time. We are the final tally of our choices, habits, and decisions of the paths we opt to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make a big change in life, we must change the things that really lead us to arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the boundaries of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At one point or another, you've got to leave the safeness of the harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Necessary? Hell yes.
It is so easy to be a beholder in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. Nevertheless to live a life you adore you have to get on the field and play in the game. For most that implies taking the hits and enjoying the daily circumstances and challenges that come with it. The final choice to get on the field of life is often incredibly scary to many who are scared about going after what they truly love. But eventually, wih enough support and pressure from within, those frightened and timid souls will take the blind leap and start their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have got. You only have one to live and you actually don't know exactly what you can do. So chase perfection knowing you may never reach it. In the end, you may notice that you achieved excellence instead.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Interested in some more motivation? Dive into these uplifting quotes to give yourself the extra boost to give the whole 9 yards.
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