Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez

Is your dream worth the effort, cost and risk?

Success is not conveient. In fact, the things you will have to do to reach your dream will not only be inconvenient, they will push you way beyond your comfort zone.

Chances are, you will have to struggle, take consistent and persistent action with no guarantees of success, and dig deeper than you have ever dug before.

Is it worth it? Absolutely. Because whether you realize your dream or not, if you put yourself through the process. You will grow like you have never grown before.

You will find out things about yourself that will help you for the rest of your life. When you pursue your dream you win either way.

I head out for luge training in four days. Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Latvia, and Calgary.

The cost?

Time away from my family, missing my son’s birthday, my brother’s birthday, possibly my wife’s birthday, and Thanksgiving. That’s TOUGH because not only do I miss everyone, but it puts a strain on my relationship with my wife.

I’ll also be paying my own way. Airfare all over the world, hotels, car rentals, luge track fees ($45 per RUN!). New equipment, etc.

I won’t be working for several weeks. So I’ll be missing out on the opportunity to speak for several clients - meanwhile, the bills will keep on coming at home.

There’s always the possibility that I could hurt myself if I have a serious luge crash.

Of course, I’ll do it all agin next winter so that I can continue the fight to qualify to compete in a 4th Winter Olympics each in a different DECADE - an Olympic record.

Of course it’s worth it if I make it. But what if I don’t?

Then is it worth it? I believe it’s worth it either way. Because even if I don’t make it, I will discover things about myself that I will be able to benefit from for the rest of my life.

THAT’S why you chase your dream and NEVER quit. Because of the person you become as you are chasing your dream.

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