The 365 Commitment

Day 324 – Journey or an Excuse

Something I have thought about previously, and for the most part still believe. The journey is more important then the destination, or is it?

Put this a different way, what matters most? The results or how you got there?

Hmm. I sure like to believe how you got there, or the journey is the most important. However, maybe that is just one fat lazy excuse for not producing results!

It is like the losing head coach of the football team that loses the final game – does anyone really care about why they lost? I guess the devoted fan does, but just about everyone else could care less.

However, I have to also think that maybe this dichotomy between Journey and Destination is just a false bifurcation of options. Perhaps it always will be just both. The journey and the destination are BOTH important. The results AND how you go them both count and I would venture to say the results count more.

So sorry you poor little hippie excuse maker that talks about the road least traveled and how you are just “wired differently.” You are not improving because you are not committing to improvement – plain and simple. Any good path that is aimed at producing a result will get to the result, or at least get close if you continue to walk the path for a determined amount of time. I would venture to say that any good path followed for 90 days will produce a noticeable result.

If the path you are on is not producing a result after 90 days of dedication to it then something is wrong. So the Journey is correct, it is important. However the Journey does need to be evaluated and measured by results.

I know that I have had held on to sacred things, things that I absolutely believe that are right. However, after I have applied them in practice for a period of time, and they do not produce a result, then I must come to the conclusion that is is not right but rather very wrong.

So habit formation is much more then just putting into practice good behaviors, it is about testing to determine if the path or the journey you have started on is correct and capable of producing results. Yes, you can put Journey before Destination but ultimately you need to judge the journey’s success by its ultimate results. So sorry Guy, you lazy bum, stop making excuses and go get results.

Guy Reams (324)
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