One Book That Changed How I Show Up to Life
Best Inspirational Book that can keep you going!
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, It’s a memoir and I love the thrill and his journey!
Most of it all, it is about the lessons I learned that still keeps me going. The book is an inspiration, a fuel to run my motivation engines.
I have never felt so confident to take on the journey of life! Grateful for this book and grateful to Phil Knight for sharing his Wisdom.
Quotes From Shoe Dog That Keeps Me Going
“Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt.”
To Understand Better:
Life is about the meaning and a meaningful life gives us satisfaction in living.
Seek a calling, is the best advice according to me. Most of us look for a purpose in life and there is so much we can do in this world, too many options that we hardly can narrow down.
That doesn’t mean we have to give up and settle for less. These words are energizing, “even if you don’t know what that means, seek it”.
You will find your calling, find your purpose if you’re seeking.
Follow your own path because if you do what you deem right, everything else will hurt much less.
“Have Faith in yourself, but also have faith in faith. Not faith as others define it. Faith as you define it. Faith as faith defines itself in your heart.”
To Understand Better:
Faith is one of the best lessons I have learned in my life.
The great thing is the older I get, the stronger my faith is becoming, everything connects much better when you’ve travelled far.
Looking back you realize, faith is huge and having faith will bring peace and joy to your life.
Faith is the courage in you when you decide to follow your heart’s calling and not Job security. That’s what I did and I am very joyful about that decision.
Faith is when you step into the unknown wearing your brave armour. Faith is what you define faith in your heart. You have the power.
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ~ Confucius
To Understand Better:
This can help you be humble in life. Stay grounded and start small to grow into the big.
We look at other people’s success and we feel as if we are missing that out. We forget that what we are seeing now is the destination, not the journey that the person ent through.
Little By Little One Travels Far. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
You can never compare your 10th to their 50th!
If you have an idea, plan, goal; then you need to start with the small stones to be able to move the entire mountain. If you learn this earlier then you will find your patience and perseverance.
“Life is a game. Whoever denies that truth, whoever simply refuses to play, gets left on the sidelines, and I didn’t want that. More than anything, that was the thing I did not want.”
To Understand Better:
If you know deep down inside that you’ve more potential than the way you're living your life.
If you feel that there more you can do in this world, then you do not need to push yourself on the sidelines. Get going and keep working towards your calling.
To keep yourself going, come back to the quotes that fuel your motivation engines.
“Whatever pleasures or gains you derive from the act of running, you must find them within. It’s all in how you frame it, how you sell it to yourself.”
To Understand Better:
I use this quote in my own way, “Whatever pleasures or gain you derive from any activity, you must find them within. It’s all in how you frame it, how you sell it to yourself.”
Sell yourself that best story, best opportunity and best future outcome!
Carry out your calling and remember to sell yourself the best to work on the best. Feed your mind good thoughts.
Some Extra Motivation From Shoe Dog
“The cowards never started and the weak died along the way”
“No matter the sport-no matter the human endeavour, really — total effort will win people’s hearts.”
Have Faith In Yourself!
Thank you for reading! Namaste!