Daily Inspiration #79
Michael Jordan
Expect It

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player, businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Alright, Mike is back!

This quote is great!

"You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them."

Ok, let's get real.

What do you think you are capable of?

What?

Nope!

You're wrong!

You are capable of more than that!

No matter what you think you are capable of, you will always be capable of more.

So what are you capable of?

More!

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That's right.

As a general rule, if you think you can do something you will only achieve that or less.

I used to help people learn about money on an energetic level.

Let's face it, when we come from a place without it we don't really understand it well do we?

One of the key things I taught them and myself was that if you think any amount is a lot, that's how much will be hard for you to get.

Granted, this concept reaches far past money.

However money can easily be represented by numbers that are mathematically sound and easy to understand.

So, if you think that $10 is a lot of money, $10 will be hard for you to get.

If you think that $1,000 is a lot, $1,000 will be hard for you to get.

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If you think that $1,000,000 is a lot of money, $1,000,000 will be hard for you to get.

The basic idea here is that the higher expectation you have for yourself the more you can achieve.

Where does expectation get us into trouble though?

When we begin to expect things of others.

The more we expect from others the more likely we are to be disappointed.

Not because they can't do what we expect, merely because it is their reality and we cannot shape in someone else's reality, only influence it.

Having high expectations for ourselves works well because we can shape, and are shaping, in our own realities all the time.

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I've heard it said, "Shoot for the moon. Because if you miss, at least you'll be a star.".

Look, if you only expect to have the bare minimum in life then that bare minimum will be what is difficult for you.

It will be what is just out of your reach.

You see, what we expect and tell ourselves we truly want is our carrot on a stick.

We can reach it, with the proper effort.

So why put mediocrity on a stick and dangle it in front of ourselves?

When we do we are very likely to care nothing for the bait and settle for far less.

If it's greatness we see each day dangling it's sweetness just out of our reach we will run, fight and live to get it.

Even if we happen to fall short, we have a much greater likelihood of appreciating what we did achieve than if we settled for less than mediocrity.

So expect the best from yourself and remember what Mike had to say:

"You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them."

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid

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