Your alarm sounds in the morning, you drag out of bed, shower, fix your bed, wash your face, teeth, hair, get dressed, and start your day. Now let’s think about WHY you wake up and get ready? What’s your WHY? Do you have one? Is everything you have planned in your day pushing or elevating you toward something - something you might not even see in your near future? On the flip side, do you just wake up and get through your day because you’re forced to? Your WHY can be anything; provide the best possible life for your family, play college sports, get into UCLA, land your dream job, and so on. Let’s say you’re a high school junior and your WHY is to play college basketball. You wake up every single day pushing to that goal by going to school, excelling in the classroom (GRADES MATTER), go to practice (GET BETTER), come home, finish HW, and do your pushups and sit-ups for the day. Now, that’s a day that revolves around a WHY. A WHY is a state of mind, by the way. Another junior in high school can get up and got through the same routine BUT get no better because he/she is just cruising through the day. Student 1 is pushing toward a WHY, while student 2, will likely not get to theirs. Similarly, on a weekend, you go to a restaurant with your friends and while they get the buffalo wings, you decide to get the chicken salad. You’re eating healthy to keep your body in the best possible shape to perform because you have a clear cut WHY! In summary, you need to establish what you want, why it is you want it, and Monday-Sunday, yes, 7 days a week, make conscious decisions to knock down the door standing in your way of you and your goals.