My wife Patricia has taught me a lot over the years, but one of the most important things is that people tend to stop just short of their goals. They get close and then just quit on themselves.

I was reading the sports section this morning – an article about Joseph Mattioli who is the owner of Pocono Raceway where today’s NASCAR Pocono 500 will be run.

In the mid-1970’s, NASCAR was not the absolute financial powerhouse it is now. And Mattioli was very concerned about mounting losses at the track. He considered selling the track to get out from under the debt.

That’s when he got a call from Bill France Sr. (Father of former NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr.) When they met in New York, France pulled out his business card and scribbled this message:

“On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones who when within the grasp of victory sat and waited and waiting died.”

Needless to say…Mattioli didn’t sell. And I’m sure he’s banked a ton of Benjamins since then.

I urge you to take a moment to reflect on whether you hesitate when you should charge forward. Do you pause just when victory is within your grasp?

Many people would argue that it’s just human nature to do this.

I’d respond that as thinking beings, we have the ability to overcome our nature and to choose…

to achieve…

and to have…

and to be anything we want!

If you’re not getting everything you want, then I’ve got something that will help:

http://www.internetpromoservices.com/secret

It would be easy for you to ignore this message. To just slough it off. To say it does not apply to you.

But if you are not where you want to be in life, then you have to ask yourself… why not?

The answer does not lie in blaming others, blaming circumstances or just plain whining. No matter how bad you think you have it, or what someone did to you, many other people have faced worse circumstances…

And overcome them to achieve great things.

It’s your choice where you go from here. Do not shy away from success. Do not turn away from victory.

Instead, grab life by the horns and go for the ride of your life.

Yours in success,

Shawn Casey