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Do the Impossible

Pick something that you think is just out of reach. An accomplishment you have never done before and you think will take everything you have to finish.

Some of the things that are out of my reach deal with the mechanical, physical, and mental aspects of my world.

I have never changed my oil in my car before. This is something that I thought was far beyond my mechanical skill. So tomorrow, I will change the oil in my car all by myself. This will be a significant milestone in my mechanical career. I just never considered myself a car guy. Doing mechanical things simply is not in my current identity. This task was stretched who I think I am.

I also just received the books for my school classes, business management and sociology. My goal is to finish both classes before June 5th 2017. Finishing these classes within the first week of the semester will be a significant achievement for me. I normally waite to the very last second that finished the classes. Sucking a at class work has been part of who I am since High School. It is the reason I barely passed High School and is taking me 19 years to get my undergraduate degree. To finish these classes so quickly, will allow me to enroll for another pair of glasses and keep up the momentum to change who I think I am academically.

Finally, I will learn python programming in the next two weeks. I want to be able to manipulate data in a very clean way. More importantly, I want to be able to Script at work and make things awesome there. I need to up my data Science skill set, and combine it with my already good analytical skill sets. Automation and programming will be key to bridging the gap from where I am to where I need to be. This was set me up to use machine language and artificial intelligence technology. These skills will put me far above my peers.

These are considered stretch goals. I know I can do if I apply the effort, but have failed due to lack of Focus and discipline. I need to prove to myself that I am capable of achieving things greater than what i had done before.

By pushing myself outside of my comfort zone I am changing who I think I am. As my identity changes, my capability to achieve greater things also change proportionally with it.

To achieve greatness, you first must be great.

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