Inches Before You

Inches Before You

By Annie Tornabene



Some of our most memorable achievement are made within inches before your grasp or just one more blow will make the difference. How close have you come to success? One more step? One more inch? One more attempt? Our greatest victories lie moments ahead of us. Working from home or making money online or starting your own business is like that too.

While studying in Tae Kwan Do, a form of martial arts, while in college I definitely came upon a few moments where the last thing in the world I wanted to do was get up at 5 am and go to practice. I'm not a morning person but that was the only time I had to practice. Don't quit, don't get discourage. Keep on keeping on. I understand how getting run down can happen, but don't let it. The greatest fruits lie just inches past where we think we can go. We've gotta keep moving. Keep pushing forward. Sometimes we feel like you're hitting a brick wall but sometimes we are not. Sometimes all we are hitting is a pebble on the road. Don't make it a mountain!

That wall we'll never break through if we decide it is easier and smarter to just stop wasting our energy. This is what happened to me. I got another person who shared the same goals as I did. She wasn't a morning person either but she really wanted to master the techniques. I had the same goal so we would inspire each other to get to the gym and push forward. One hour of hard workouts and then over to the exercise gym for another hour of aerobic workouts and swimming. It wasn't the same type of workout but what it did for us was get us in shape. It pumped us up. It empowered our minds as well as our bodies. We didn't think about the brick wall. We drove right through it in record time.

Had I not found a someone who was in someways like me but stronger in some areas that would push me to my limits and make me a little stronger, I may have never hit my goal. Sometimes what is holding us back isn't a mountain but just a little pebble in the road. Be a little more persistent and we're overcome the obstacle. Sometimes the solution is right before our eyes and we fail to pick it up because we don't see the full picture. Having someone to help you see more of the picture may be just what is needed to breakthrough to the inches before you with success. Don't give up, change your focus.

If you want to make money online or having your own business, you feel the same as I did with Tae Kwon Do. You may be doing everything right to make money online. You just need to reach out to the inches before you. You need to concentrate your effort to be all that you can be. What is your greatest achievement? How far do you want to go?