Chris 'Fantastic' Powell

TO IMPROVE MEANS TO CHANGE

Chris "Fantastic" Powell

Effort without evolution keeps us stuck. Improvement isn’t magic or luck, it’s the direct result of choosing to change on purpose

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Life is waiting for you each day, and you have to prepare for each challenge along the way toward success. It's not simple, but it can be done. Welcome to my common sense motivation episodes. I'm Chris FantasticPow. To improve means to change. Let's be real for a second. Improvement isn't magic, luck, or talent. Improvement is change. And most people want the improvement without the change. They want the results but won't adjust the routine. They want the destination but refuse to change direction. Today, you make a decision most people never make. You choose change on purpose. Every breakthrough, every level up, every how did it do that moment in someone's life, it's all started with one simple decision. I refuse to stay the same. Here's a short story. The boy and the old bridge. There's a story about a young boy who wanted to learn how to run faster. Every day he sprinted across an old wooden bridge near his house. One day an old man sitting by the river asked, Why do you keep running the same way across the same bridge? The boy said Because I want to get better. The old man smiled. To get better, stop running the old way. Confused the boy walked to the side of the bridge and noticed something he never saw before, an uneven plank right where he always slowed down. It had tripped him up for weeks, but he kept pushing harder instead of changing his approach. The next day he shifted his stride, adjusted his angle, changed his focus, and for the first time he outran his own best time. The bridge didn't change, his life didn't change, he changed, and that made all the difference in his world. If you want something better, you must become someone better, not a new person, a better version of the person you already are. Change your habits, change your focus, change your direction, and watch how fast your life starts to respond. Because improvement doesn't just happen, it's chosen. And the moment you choose to change, your life has no choice but to follow. Make it happen. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell. Thank you for listening. For books, ebooks, or audiobooks, visit ChrisFantasticPowell.com or find them on Amazon.