Hello,

You have probably heard this saying before. I say it most days! Hopefully by now you have all read Cited Success: Learn from the masters (First Edition) which our own ebook about quotations and how they can be used in all aspects of business and life. One of the quotations in there is by a good friend of mine, James Murphy. I would like to talk about that quotation in more depth here today.

“In the world everyone has chains around their wrists and in life, you’re either a slave to somebody else or you’re strong enough to follow dreams and take control of the chains and become a master.”

James Murphy

Basically this just means you need to do something and take charge of your life rather than just letting it run it’s course. Now you should be able to understand the title. Just today (well.. yesterday for you!) I was walking around the school and thinking to myself “I want to do something with my life, not just be stuck in here”. It was not for a few more hours until I realised something that I already knew and have spoken about before… to do something with your life you need to DO something and not moan about not being able to. Of course I already knew about James’ quote and what it meant but I have realised that I need to keep it fresh in my mind at all times.

So how can I do this?

Wait a minute.. I already am doing it! I am running this blog, which hopefully will not always be classed as just a blog. So now I need to figure out how I can improve this so that it is not just another statistic. I need to take control of the chain and I need your help! This is a community, so I cannot even think about trying to do it all on my own.

Have you ever felt like this? What have you done to change it?

I would love to know your opinions on this.

Shane