Becoming Great

A few things on my life goals list:
* Run a marathon
* learn to sail
* build a sailboat
* Learn to foreign languages: Spanish and Arabic

I am just thinking one day that I am going to wake up and be able to accomplish everything on this list (25 things) without learning, practicing, or studying. Somehow I will possess the necessary skills or abilities. Yeah right! It is true though if you haven't noticed that the time frame for mastering a skill is shrinking. Some books say "30 days" to a new language.

I guess God could just give you the ability in a moment but God doesn't usually work that way (remember how long the Israelites wondered in the desert or the story of Joseph?) God works more by the pressure cooker method than the microwave.

If we are going to master a skill or ability it takes one thing: PRACTICE. Here is the steps to accomplish things on your life goal list:
1. make sure you have a life goal list.
2. Do it.
3. Do it again.
4. After you fail, do it again.
5. Keep doing it.

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” - Albert Einstein