Dear Brothers and Sisters,

If there is something you have been wanting to do, but you haven’t started to do, then you probably lack determination. The shortage of determination is the numero uno reason why many people are not successful in life.

Each one of us is a train, and the train needs a locomotive to pull the long line of wagons. Our locomotive is our determination aka our will. If you want to do something, just do it. Have the will/determination to start it right away and don’t stop until you get it done.

You want to learn painting? Tomorrow, go to the fine arts school and knock on its door.

You want to learn Taekwondo? Tomorrow, knock on the door of the Taekwondo school.

Want to stop smoking? Throw your cigarette pack into the garbage and tell yourself: “I never smoke again,” or at least start a longer plan, like – tomorrow I will smoke 4 cigarettes a day for a week, then 3 a day for the next week, then 2 a day for the week after that, then 1 a day for the week after that, then zero a day for the rest of my life.

If you want to do something, have the will/determination to get up and start doing it. Do not procrastinate for 50 years and regret in your old age: “I wish I had done that 50 years ago.”

The truth is simple: If you don’t move, you never get anywhere.

With compassion,

Hoành

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