TRUE STRENGTH

TRUE STRENGTH IS NOT IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL MUSCLE.
IT IS MENTAL MUSCLE AS WELL.

TRUE STRENGTH IS NOT MEASURED
FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO.
IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS
YOU THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

START AGAIN

IF YOU HAVE FAILED ONCE, 3 TIMES, 9 TIMES…OR MORE;
WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU START AGAIN.

GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION.

GIVING UP IS NOT IN THE EQUATION OF SUCCESS.

DETERMINANTION IS.
PERSISTENCE IS.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

WE ARE RACING FOR TIME,
TIME THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAVED BY USING A.I. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) AND THE LIKES OF IT.

YET, WITH ALL THIS TIME SAVED, WE DON’T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH OF IT…OR WE DON’T HAVE ANY.

WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT NEEDS TO EITHER BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED?
THAT IS SOMETHING EACH ONE OF US HAS TO
RE-EVALUATE AND ADJUST.

WITH A LITTLE MORE TIME ON OUR HANDS,
WE CAN PERHAPS HELP THE PEOPLE AROUND US
MAKE THEIR LIVES MEANINGFUL.
WE MAY THINK IT IS A SMALL GESTURE;
BUT TO THOSE RECEIVING THIS “GESTURE”, IT COULD MAKE A DIFFRERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

THE PRICE GETS THE PRIZE

YOUR GOALS –
YOUVE SET SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM GOALS. YOU ARE GOING INTO THE PENULTIMATE MONTHS TOWARDS YEAR END.
REACHING YOUR GOALS SEEM FURTHER THAN BEFORE.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

STAY THE COURSE.
KEEP GOING.
IMPROVE OR FIND NEW WAYS OF GETTING THERE. BELIEVE.

REMEMBER: PAY THE PRICE TO GET THE PRIZE.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

YOU MAY SLIP.
YOU MAY FALL.
YOU MAY NOT EVEN START ON TIME
AT THE STARTING LINE.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOUR JOURNEY IS NOT WORTH IT.

REVISIT YOUR GOALS.
YOU WERE MEANT TO RACE AT FULL SPEED AND
CROSS THE FINISH LINE AND WIN.

SO, DON’T JUDGE YOUR JOURNEY BY ITS FIRST STEP.
IT DOES NOT DEFINE YOUR RACE.

WHAT DOES DEFINE YOUR RACE IS YOUR GUTS TO PUT ALL EXCUSES ASIDE AND RACE.
AND WITH PERSISTENCE,
RACE WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT, GUSTO AND INTENT
TO WIN.

ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

KEEP GOING!

IF YOUR RESULTS ARE FALLING SHORT CURRENTLY,
KEEP GOING!

THE PROCESS:
WHEN YOU ARE COMMITTED, IT LEADS TO HABITS.
HABITS LEAD TO CONSISTENCY.
CONSISTENCY LEADS TO GROWTH.

EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller