Do you know where the phrase, "The whole 9 yards" came from?
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ready ammunition. During periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things actually hit the fan, he would scream out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they could to survive. They needed to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How do we do this in life?
You've got to give every single day everything you have. Leave no avenue unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your goals. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a consequence of our repeated actions through time. We are the sum of our choices, habits, and selections of the journeys we choose to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make a big change in life, we must change the things which lead us to arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the boundaries of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At 1 time or another, you have to leave the security of the harbour and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Necessary? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly simple to be a spectator in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. Nonetheless to live a life you adore you've got to get on the field and play in the game. For almost all that suggests taking the hits and enjoying the daily circumstances and challenges that come along with it. The choice to get on the field of life can be stupendously frightful to many who are twitchy about going after what they truly love. But ultimately, wih enough support and pressure from within, those scared and scared souls will take the leap into the dark and start their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have. You only have one to live and you actually don't know exactly what you are capable of. So chase perfection knowing you may never attain it. In the end, you'll understand that you achieved excellence instead.
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ready ammunition. During periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things actually hit the fan, he would scream out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they could to survive. They needed to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How do we do this in life?
You've got to give every single day everything you have. Leave no avenue unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your goals. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a consequence of our repeated actions through time. We are the sum of our choices, habits, and selections of the journeys we choose to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make a big change in life, we must change the things which lead us to arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the boundaries of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At 1 time or another, you have to leave the security of the harbour and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Necessary? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly simple to be a spectator in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. Nonetheless to live a life you adore you've got to get on the field and play in the game. For almost all that suggests taking the hits and enjoying the daily circumstances and challenges that come along with it. The choice to get on the field of life can be stupendously frightful to many who are twitchy about going after what they truly love. But ultimately, wih enough support and pressure from within, those scared and scared souls will take the leap into the dark and start their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have. You only have one to live and you actually don't know exactly what you are capable of. So chase perfection knowing you may never attain it. In the end, you'll understand 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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