“Every master was once a disaster” - David T.S. Wood

I am a fan of David T.S. Wood.  He has a few different podcast out there and I have enjoyed ever one I have listened to.  He has an interesting back story for his life and has overcome many obstacles that have been the excuses of other lesser men.  He has worked in the network marketing field and become a motivational speaker and trainer of some renown.  He is worth looking up.

The above quote is a simple one that when I first heard it I lightly past over it without fully appreciating its genius.  I have reflected on it a lot since that time.

If I can suggest one thing to anyone that has been struggling with finding and defining their place in the world it is that "Every master was once a disaster".

Know that where you are now is not where you will be tomorrow just as it is not where you were yesterday.

Realize that anyone that is at the top of their field did not start out there.  No one.

At birth all start with a clean slate.  Any skill, knowledge, talent had to be earned.

Granted some are born into situations that provide easier paths or more apparent opportunities.  Some have life handed to them on a platter.  Some are given honorary degrees and noble prizes (sp) for unrelated causes but that is not the way of the master.  The master is not the master because of what others say or think.  The master just is.

There is a path the master must take and the point that it starts from is the point where the master was once a disaster.  The master found their path and then followed it through with whatever it took to become the master they were meant to be.

And so can you.  Find your path.  Set your goal.  Make the commitment.  Let nothing stand in your way.  Do what it takes.  Become the master you wish to be.  Start today.  Continue today.  Work forward today.  You have the same right as any other to become the master you want to be.

This is Ed Nef with a view from the Farrwest.