Brian Johnson explores a Rudyard Kipling quote: if you're not getting what you want, either you don't truly want it or you won't pay the price. He pushes you to name your single most important goal and ask yourself honestly whether you want it enough to do what it takes.
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plos one. In our last plus one, we spent some time soaking our souls in wisdom from Rudyard Kipling's classic poem if. I also shared a link to Michael Caine's beautiful reading of the poem, and right before creating that plus one, I searched our heroic app to see if I'd mentioned the if poem before. Somewhat surprisingly, I hadn't, but in the process I did find a brilliant quote from Rudyard Kipling In John Maxwell's leadership in the context of paying the price to achieve your goals, John quotes Kipling, who apparently once said, and I quote, if you don't get what you want, it is either a sign that you did not seriously want it or that you tried to bargain over the price. Let's slow down and reread that and let it sink in. If you don't get what you want, it is either a sign that you did not seriously want it or that you tried to bargain over the price. How true is that? Now, today's +1 what do you want? More specifically, what's your current, number one most wildly important goal in your life? Of course, it could be an energy target or a work target or a love target. What is it? Remember, happy people are teleological. They have projects and goals that inspire them. If you don't have one, get one now. If you haven't gotten what you want yet, is it possible that you didn't seriously want it or that you tried to bargain over the price? If so, check in. Do you really want it and what price are you willing to pay? Get clear, whoop it, etc. And go pay that price today. P.S. years ago, we shared a few other plus ones based on wisdom from John's leadership. Check out these plus ones on moral authority, humility, and the fact that yesterday's home run won't win today's game.
