It always takes longer than you think. The moment you feel like you have momentum, a wrench gets thrown in and derails the whole thing.

You think, “Ok, that hurt, but I just need to get back up again.”

A little time passes, you get back that momentum and when you’re not paying attention.. BOOM! Punched in the face again. And then again. And then again.

And in so doing you begin to wonder if you’re doing it the wrong way and if there is an easier way. THIS is the crucial time where bad decisions are made.

So many of my bad decisions have been born out of lack patience. You think the journey should be short, so every “shortcut” on the road you see, you take. But in so doing you forget that you are paving your own journey and there are no shortcuts. Those “shortcuts” are really just dead end roads which take you further from your ultimate goal. Many times you have to completely retrace your steps to get back on the right track.

Patience is the game. Patience will provide you all of the protection you need to get you where you need to go.