a few hundred votes,  

, a few hundred votes,  that reluctant perseverance and sometimes just showing up and being THERE!  Remember, you won your very first race to fertilize the egg. You swam upstream amongst millions of sperm and WON!  You were born a Winner!

The human condition is,  when life kicks you a little here and there, we quit, then wonder why I didn't win the race? the job?the promotion?the game? the contract? bank approval? the new account?the sale?  You missed it by "that much" as "Maxwell Smart" would say(If you do not know who maxwell Smart is...Google it..you are one Google away from discovering someone new).

The human mind is actually wired to win as stated earlier in your FIRST race but we are also wired for "free will". Free will gets a lot of us humans in mounds of trouble and regrets later in life.  It is easier to settle for average Ville than to give one more push for greatness...you are just one away.  one conversation away. one meeting away. one diversion away.One play away.           one acquaintance away. one phone call away. one meditation away. one solitary moment away. one seminar away. one parent-child talk away. one "come to Jesus" talk away...just one AWAY!... from the success you desire.

Most of us are caught up on the why and how...this is a futile waste of energy. 

As Tony Robbins once said..."Don't study the root, Pick the fruit" ...you see,  you do not need to know about automotive engineering or valves and spark plugs nor combustion to drive a car, you just want to know, when you turn the key, the car starts and you can drive...that's picking the fruit, not studying the root.  The goals you desire are waiting for you to pursue them relentlessly, tenaciously with gut-wrenching vigor...

The universe will take care of the why and how, just do your part...One more push!

Peace, Love and Joy

MackTea