Inspired or Inspiring (Which are YOU?)

We can all be inspired. Continually so.

However, there comes a time to turn the tables and BECOME that inspiration source where others can bring forth their greatness... because of US.

Because, HOW LONG do we want to stay in the shadows. How long do we want to be inspired by others, when, with an instant choice of MIND, we can bring about that turnaround shift.

And yes, whether or not we think we can't inspire others by who we ARE, we're already doing it in some capacity. 

Think about WHO has looked to you for guidance, for support, for friendship?

These people wouldn't be looking to you if they weren't inspired by you at some level.

And please note this very IMPORTANT note; one doesn't have to have a particular kind of upbringing, a particular social status, a specific kind of education, a particular family trait, a particular sum of money, drive a particular kind of car, live in a specific kind of house, have a particular network of contacts, live in the right country, speak with the right accent, know how to present like a pro...

You don't need the right kind of anything, to inspire others.

However, you do have to have one thing.

The ability to connect.

Because, without the ability to connect with others, your inspirational treasures will be unheard.

Your magnificence will go to waste.

And please, don't let that happen.

Don't go unheard.

Don't let the music still reside deep inside of you.

Bring it all out.

There are people all over the planet desperately looking to be inspired.

There are people 6 metres away from you, dying to be inspired. 

Be that for them

Because, we've only a number of heartbeats left inside of us.

And when it's over, it's over.

Here's a young gun who is definitely letting his music come out. 

Someone who IS more inspiring than most.

          

No Easy Way Out, No Short Cut Around

So who would have thought it - Andy Murray becoming the 2013 MEN'S WIMBLEDON CHAMPION.

Andy Murray would've thought it, that's who.

And there was no easy way out for him, no short cuts around to get to the Wimbledon dream.

In case you weren't aware, Andy has three of the worlds all time best tennis players in his TOP 4 group. There's been no other four like them. And, for them to be playing all at the same time... INCREDIBLE!

Not only that; there's pressure put on Murray that's been dished out by many with the the absurd line of overcoming 77 years of hurt because of Britain not having a Wimbledon Champ since Fred Perry in 1936. (It's not 77 years of hurt at all; more accurately, it's 77 years of not being good enough - so where's the hurt in that!)

So what does a person do who has previously LOST his 4 grand slam finals? Would he recover from those defeats? Would he bounce back or curl up into the fetal position and pull the blanket over his head?

Because that's the situation Murray found himself in August 2012, at Flushing Meadows New York where the US OPEN was being staged.

Murray's fitness levels were always in question. He couldn't last the distance when fighting it out with the big guns. So, after sacking his former coach Brad Gilbert, Murray committed to whatever his new team of fitness trainers demanded of him.

He told them...

"Look, I've spent the last few years not pushing myself as hard as I should. If I don't do a session properly, I want you to tell me straight out. Tell me: "your attitude is wrong." Don't let me get away with anything"

Murray realised his fitness was an area he needed to work on. He was prepared to do anything. There was no 'torture' that Murray wouldn't consider.

He'd sit in yoga positions in 42 degree temperatures to get his body and mind conditioned.

He'd run sets of 100 metre, 200 metre and 400 metre sprints to build up his speed and stamina.

He'd get into the gym and be put through a separate muscle building and cardio induced workout. 

Oh, and let's not forget to add that Murray hired Ivan Lendl as his coach in 2011- winner of 8 major grand slam tournaments and someone whom Murray respects more than any other coach Murray has had because of what Lendl has achieved in the game and what he could bring to Murray because of that experience.

THIS is transformation.

It's not merely analysing where the knots and hiccups were and to simply leave it at that. NO. Creating a plan and working the plan so the problem is never a problem again, THIS is where the miracle and magic is.

There was no short cutting what needed to be done.

There was no easy way out to success.

There was no isolated Law of Attraction visualisation without ever doing the necessary and essential work.

Instead, there was pure commitment and dedication to create into existence a reinvented Andy Murray.

And did it pay off?

Well, he WON the US OPEN in 2012.

And... Andy Murray IS the 2013 Wimbledon Men's Champion. 

And in both finals, he outgunned and outlasted the IRON man of Tennis, Novak Djokovic! His transformation was complete.

So ask this question to yourself or to someone who needs to hear it:

"In what area of life have you not pushed hard enough for the gains you want, and... who or what will you have in place to not let you 'get away' with things?"