Do 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 ready ammunition. In times 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 needed to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How can we do this in life?
You have got to give every single 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 goals. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Everybody is a consequence of our repeated actions all though time. We are the total of our decisions, habits, and choices of the trails we decide to walk. Therefore, if we're going to try and make an enormous change in life, we must change the things which caused us to arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the edges of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At 1 time or another, you have got to leave the security of the protected harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Required? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly easy to be a spectator in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. However, to live a life you adore you have 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 decision to get on the field of life can be incredibly scary to many who are nervous about going after what they truly love. But at last, wih enough support and pressure from inside, those shocked and timid souls will take the blind leap and commence their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you've got. You only have one to live and you really don't know exactly what you are able to do. So chase perfection knowing you may never attain it. At the end, you may realize 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. In times 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 needed to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How can we do this in life?
You have got to give every single 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 goals. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Everybody is a consequence of our repeated actions all though time. We are the total of our decisions, habits, and choices of the trails we decide to walk. Therefore, if we're going to try and make an enormous change in life, we must change the things which caused us to arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the edges of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At 1 time or another, you have got to leave the security of the protected harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Required? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly easy to be a spectator in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. However, to live a life you adore you have 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 decision to get on the field of life can be incredibly scary to many who are nervous about going after what they truly love. But at last, wih enough support and pressure from inside, those shocked and timid souls will take the blind leap and commence their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you've got. You only have one to live and you really don't know exactly what you are able to do. So chase perfection knowing you may never attain it. At the end, you may 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.
