Builders Are Better Than Quitters

If you build it, they will come

Do you want to know what is totally unacceptable?

No it’s not a reference to the only good movie Kevin Costner made

Its quitters

Of all of the problems that people are faced with, quitting seems to be the number one source of pain and frustration in our society

People love to quit things

“At least I tried”

“I gave it my best shot”

“I don’t care about that anymore”

We all know what these self assuring phrases sound like; we use them all the time

When you try something new, or fall into old habits, people around you will not only be sympathetic to your ordeal, but they will offer condolence in the most detrimental way possible

“Don’t worry about it”

“It wasn’t that big of a deal anyway”

Are they trying to condemn you to a life of mediocrity? Of course not, they are trying to help you in your time of need, but executing it in all the wrong ways

Quitting happens when you try to lose weight, but give up because it’s too hard

Quitting happens when you hear about that shiny new position at work, but don’t even bother to apply

Quitting happens when you try thing after thing, but because none of it sticks you just move onto the next new thing

Quitting is damaging the lifestyle you currently have, and the one you want to have

How can one overcome being a quitter?

Be a builder

A builder is someone who is too busy trying to build up the things in their life that they have no time to put down any bricks and quit

Builders spend their time planning as architects, planning out and sculpting in their mind, and with their hands, the ideals for what they want out of their structures

Builders rarely spend time sitting down on the job, because there are personal deadlines to be met and if they quit, there will be personal consequences

Builders have the absolute skill necessary in order to lay bricks in such a way that a perfect foundation for new structures is created

Builders are blessed with ability to have an entire structure fall down in front of them, and pick up the pieces that are left over and make something new and even better

Builders understand that life is like Lego building blocks, anything is possible once they pick up the first brick

Builder or quitter? You decide

Build on

Gabriel