Did you know where the old saying, "The whole 9 yards" came from?
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ammo. In periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things truly hit the fan, he would yell out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they possibly could to survive. They were forced to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How can we do this in life?
You have got to give every day everything you've got. Leave no stone unturned and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your ambitions. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Everyone is a result of our repeated actions all though time. We are the sum of our decisions, habits, and decisions of the trails we choose to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make an enormous change in life, we have got to change the things which caused us to arrive at this place.
You never can tell the limits of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At one time or another, you have got to leave the safety of the harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Mandatory? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly simple to be a beholder in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. However, to live a life you love you have to get on the field and play in the game. For almost all that means taking the hits and enjoying the daily scenarios and challenges that come with it. The decision to get on the field of life can sometimes be stunningly frightful to many who are twitchy about going after what they truly love. But eventually, wih enough support and pressure from within, those frightened and scared souls will take the leap into the dark and begin their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have got. You only have one to live and you truly don't know precisely what you can do. So chase perfection knowing you will never reach it. At the end, you'll realize that you achieved excellence instead.
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ammo. In periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things truly hit the fan, he would yell out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they possibly could to survive. They were forced to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How can we do this in life?
You have got to give every day everything you've got. Leave no stone unturned and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your ambitions. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Everyone is a result of our repeated actions all though time. We are the sum of our decisions, habits, and decisions of the trails we choose to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make an enormous change in life, we have got to change the things which caused us to arrive at this place.
You never can tell the limits of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At one time or another, you have got to leave the safety of the harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Mandatory? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly simple to be a beholder in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. However, to live a life you love you have to get on the field and play in the game. For almost all that means taking the hits and enjoying the daily scenarios and challenges that come with it. The decision to get on the field of life can sometimes be stunningly frightful to many who are twitchy about going after what they truly love. But eventually, wih enough support and pressure from within, those frightened and scared souls will take the leap into the dark and begin their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have got. You only have one to live and you truly don't know precisely what you can do. So chase perfection knowing you will never reach it. At the end, you'll realize that you achieved excellence instead.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Interested in some more motivation? Dive into these uplifting quotes to give yourself the extra boost to give the whole 9 yards.
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