Did you know where the 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 ammo. In periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things actually hit the fan, he would belt 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 were forced to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How could do this in life?
You have to give every day everything you've got. Leave no avenue unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your ambitions. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a result of our repeated actions throughout time. We are the sum of our decisions, habits, and choices of the paths we choose to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make a big change in life, we have to change the things which made us arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the limits of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At 1 time or another, you have got to leave the safety of the harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Required? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly easy to be a viewer in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. However, to live a life you are crazy about you have got to get on the field and play in the game. For most that implies taking the hits and enjoying the daily situations and challenges that come along with it. The decision to get on the field of life is often stupendously frightful to many who are scared about going after what they really adore. But eventually, wih enough support and pressure from within, those frightened and scared souls will take the leap into the dark and begin their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have got. You only have one to live and you truly don't know precisely what you are capable of. So chase perfection knowing you may never reach it. In the final analysis, 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 ammo. In periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things actually hit the fan, he would belt 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 were forced to give it everything they had in order to stay alive.
How could do this in life?
You have to give every day everything you've got. Leave no avenue unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your ambitions. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a result of our repeated actions throughout time. We are the sum of our decisions, habits, and choices of the paths we choose to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to try and make a big change in life, we have to change the things which made us arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the limits of your possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At 1 time or another, you have got to leave the safety of the harbor and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Required? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly easy to be a viewer in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. However, to live a life you are crazy about you have got to get on the field and play in the game. For most that implies taking the hits and enjoying the daily situations and challenges that come along with it. The decision to get on the field of life is often stupendously frightful to many who are scared about going after what they really adore. But eventually, wih enough support and pressure from within, those frightened and scared souls will take the leap into the dark and begin their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you have got. You only have one to live and you truly don't know precisely what you are capable of. So chase perfection knowing you may never reach it. In the final analysis, 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.
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