Ready. Set. Go: Get Motivated….!!

                                                                                By Miss Rikki

“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle… when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” – Unknown

Hey SistaGirlz I want to ask you a very important question.  What have you done today, this week, or this month to empower yourself for the success you want? 

First let’s talk about what it means to empower yourself.  Funk and Wagnalls dictionary’s definition of “empower” is: 1. To authorize; delegate authority to  and 2. To enable;permit.  This means that you have to allow yourself to achieve the success you want.  You have to give yourself the authority over your life and the permission to be successful.  Empowered women do not let things happen to them, they make things happen for them. 

The biggest and hardest obstacle to being totally empowered is fear.  A long time ago I heard fear described as an acronym for “False Evidence Appearing Real.”  I thought it was ingenious!  We often think of all the possible undesirable outcomes, i.e. the false evidence, and convince ourselves that they will happen, i.e.  we make it appear real.  The truth is we don’t know what will happen.  But that shouldn’t be scary.  We need to realize that is the beauty of a journey.  If you know your destination then you can take the time to enjoy the journey to that destination.  Yes there will be twists and turns.  Yes there will be some unexpected obstacles to climb over and scoot under.  But it all leads you to where you want to be and it makes you more prepared when you get there.

SistaGirlz, right now is the time to set your goals and begin working towards the life that you want to have.  The life that will make you happy.  We only have a short amount of time here on earth to accomplish our dreams and goals, so we have to use it wisely!  Get serious about you.  It’s time to get your grind on.  Don’t let anything stop you; not kids, not where you live, not lack of money, not anything!  There is always a way.  You just have to pay attention to the opportunities that pop up around you.  Seriously, once you set your mind to really achieving your goals, you will be surprised at all the doors, windows, and sometimes crawl spaces that open for you.     

So I’ll ask you again.  What have you done today, this week, or this month to empower yourself for the success you want?  Well, you’re on this site and you read this article so that’s a start.  Now get out there and hit the ground running!