All or nothing #TBT

Today's blog post was originally published five years ago:

Sunday was All or Nothing Day and I was planning on doing this post on Monday, but I got too busy with business presentations and I missed it.

An interesting simile (or is it metaphor?) is boiling water, which is what Michele Reynolds talked about in her "Together We Can" mentoring call on that day.

Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit...at 211 degrees it's just hot water, but when it boils it creates steam and as we all learned in our history classes about the Industrial Revolution, steam can do lots of work for us if we harness it.

However, I like working with Celsius because then water boils at 100 degrees and it's easy to convert that to percent. If we heat water to 99% of it's boiling point it's just hot water but when we get it to 100% we get steam. All or nothing!

It's the same thing with us. If we don't give something our all, we usually don't get the results we want. You need to make a commitment. Darren Hardy, the publisher of Success magazine, tells the story about cliff divers in Acapulco. Until they've made the commitment of actually jumping off the cliff, they're not all in.

Decide what it is that you want to accomplish and then give it 100% of your effort. If you do, then nothing can stop you!

Interesting days

Today - Chili Dog Day, Cheesecake Day, Friendship Day, Paperback Book Day, International Day of Friendship, Share a Hug Day, Intern Day and Father-in-Law Day

Yesterday - Raspberry Cake Day, Talk In An Elevator Day, Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day, System Administrator Appreciation Day and World Ranger Day

Next Thursday - Fresh Breath Day, Balloons to Heaven Day, Farmworker Appreciation Day, International Sailor Moon Day, India Pale Ale Day, Root Beer Float Day and Wiggle Your Toes Day

August 30 - Toasted Marshmallow Day, International Whale Shark Day, Holistic Pet Day, Pony Express Day, Slinky Day, Amagwinya Day, Grief Awareness Day and Frankenstein Day