This Is the Single Breathtaking Moment When Your Entire Life Changes

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It’s easy to get trapped in your mind…

Living day to day in a state of overthinking while achieving little progress. That’s how I lived for years. It turned into mental illness and nearly took my life.

Then one single breathtaking moment changed everything.

The hidden danger of your imagination

James Clear wrote something that forever changed my life and I’ll break it down:

"Dreams are fun when they are distant. The imagination loves to play with possibilities when there is no risk of failure.”

That’s why plans and strategies are mostly a waste of time. You can think about a goal for as long as you want, especially when there’s no risk or failure. It’s only when you take action and put yourself on the line that everything changes.

That’s the point where the average person fails. They never start. They never do.

“But when you find yourself on the verge of action, you pause. You can feel the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Thoughts swirl. Maybe this isn't the right time?

Failure is possible now.”

Your ability to face uncertainty and use it to your advantage determines how far you can go in life.

“In that moment—in that short pause that arises when you stand face to face with your dream—is the entirety of life.

What you do in that pause is the crucible that forges you. It is the dividing line between being the type of person who thinks about it or the type of person who goes for it.”

This is the single moment that defines you. What you do when you feel uncertain or are on the brink of change, determines the future paths in life available to you.

It’s when your story is written, or if you refuse to see the sign, it’s when your character drifts into the background and your potential is lost, while you settle for being less than you can be.

This is a tragedy. It’s an early death.

I get emotional writing that because 2/3rds of my life was spent like that.

The memory of my former self is haunting. That character was so weak. He thought he’d lose everything and have to go on a disability pension to live with his aunty. But something and someone saved him.

“When I really think about it, I want that moment to be my legacy. Not that I won or lost. Not that I looked good or looked like a fool.

But that when I had something I really wanted to do, I went for it.”

That’s the power of this single moment. You had something you wanted to do, and you did it despite what the f*cking negative Nancys thought of you. F*ck them.

In the moments where you’re afraid and there’s risk, you create your legacy. Yet most people skip over these moments, or worse, think they can come back to them. Or that they’ll get another chance.

Wrong. As the Buddha once said, “The problem is you think you have time.”

Those words ring true for me today. I’m 10 days out from hospital. Lots of anesthetic (enough that I have to sign a waiver in case it kills me). Under the knife. Bad news is likely.

So do you think I give a crap about anything other than my legacy? Of course not. I have the gift of mortality motivation.

A real-world example of this magic in action

Mental illness nearly took my life.

At an event in Sydney I was faced with a decision. It was a seminar with lots of people. The speaker told us we would be walking on fire soon.

I was terrified because I got burned badly as a kid. Fire touching human skin is worse for me than watching the “Silence of the Lambs” movie with my brother in 1991 while he giggled the whole way through.

I had a decision to make. I could let mental illness continue to run my mind and stop me from saying yes to opportunities. Or I could feel the uncertainty of walking on fire to see if change would happen.

I don’t know why… but I chose option two. I had nothing to lose. Every day was already a tragedy and a pain in the butt. Couldn’t of got any worse.

Rock bottom is a wonderful place to be. You can’t get lower.

I walked outside of the Sydney Olympic stadium with 1000s of folks. We chanted “Make your move, say yes” repeatedly in a cult-like fashion. It felt tribal. Almost like we were cavemen from millions of years ago assembled around a fire.

I looked at my partner in crime, Jason. We’d met earlier that day.

Me: “This is it. Time to make our move. It’s make or break from here. How do you feel?”

Jason: “This is the moment man. No more talk. We either make this symbolic move and agree to never be the same again, or we return to our old lives even more broken.”

Without thinking, I stepped out onto the hot coals. They melted my feet as if they were ice blocks. I felt no pain, though, only gain.

In 60 seconds it was over. I felt something shift inside of me. I’d taken back my power. I said one tiny yes instead of millions of noes. It felt incredible. I had chills down my spine. I felt like I could do anything.

The decade that followed was the best of my life. This idea became a virus that infected me and everyone I encountered.

Final Thought

This single breathtaking moment only happens if you let it.

We stand in our own way. The path to unblock your life is paved in one tiny yes. A yes that feels cheeky or maybe even life-threatening.

It may feel uncomfortable to do it, but the alternative is a life of saying maybe that only leads to unrealized potential and painful regrets not even the best psychologist can heal.

Your life changes in the tiny moments.

Next time you have a goal you really want to achieve, stop saying no to yourself. Say yes once, and it leads to a lifetime of more yeses and open doors. None of us are getting out of here alive. You got nothing to lose.

Tell me whether you’ve had any of these crossroad moments in your life in the comments below.

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