Challenge

What is the challenge? What is the obstacle you must overcome in your quest for financial freedom? Is the stock market the biggest challenge? Or, perhaps could the biggest challenge you will ever face in the equity markets, or in any other arena, be doubt or inertia?

When you look in the mirror each morning, so you see a face that is ready to meet the day? Do you see eyes that are ablaze with the sheer enjoyment of life? Do you see a person that realizes the precious gift that is life and understands the inherent frailty of life?

Do you see a person who, even though understanding this inherent frailty, also understands that within that frailty also resides a tenacity and strength that far surpasses the strength of steel. Do you see your favorite person? Do you see a person who can overcome, adapt and thrive despite any setback? Do you see a person with a mind that thinks and a will that will not be denied?

Or, when you look in the mirror each morning, do you see a person who has given up?

The challenge we all face each day begins within us. If we realize that all that humanity has created over the centuries began with a thought - a desire. The challenge of stock market success, financial independence or success at any level is the challenge of life itself.

If that person you see in the mirror each morning wants to - and fully believes and accepts that she, or he, can accept any challenge with a smile and exalt in the contest that is life, then victory is assured. If not, shake hands with defeat.

Do not doubt yourself, you are part of a species that has set foot upon the moon. You can win - if you really want to and really believe in you.