rising or sinking

I heard a story told by a leader in my company last week…

We like to think we will automatically rise to the occasion and be the hero of our own lives.

But this isn't how it works.

We don't effortlessly rise, just because it's what we hope we'll do when the situation calls for it. Just because that’s the person we’d like to be.

We sink to the level of our preparation.

How are you preparing?

Who are you setting yourself up to become, through your own actions, effort, and investment?

These are the determining factors that will tell the story when you reach those moments in time when life is calling you to rise to the occasion... let's be sure we're putting in that preparation, intention, and action so that we are ready when the opportunity comes!