Release Your "Emergency Brakes" and Live Your Best Life!

by: David R. Freedman, MBA

Have you ever driven your car and forgot to release the emergency brakes before you started moving? The car struggles to move forward until finally you realize your mistake! Once you release the emergency brakes, it takes off towards your destination!

Just like a car struggles to move forward when it's emergency brakes are on, many people go through their entire life with their "emergency brakes" on! They never fully commit and go after what they truly want in life. They are afraid to fail because they don't believe in themselves and trust in their own ability. As a result, they make concessions in their life and settle for the ordinary rather than going all out for the extraordinary!

Of course there are no guarantees in life, but imagine looking back on your life during your final years and wondering what might have been had you relentlessly pursued your dreams. How would you feel? Likely, very sad. We only get one shot at this thing called "life", and if we do it right, one will be enough! There is a brilliant young man name Eddie Pinero who has a YouTube channel called, "Your World Within". On his channel, which as of this writing has amassed 32.5 million views in a very short period of time, are over 200 brilliant videos with life changing insights!

In one of Eddie's videos titled, "Almost", he talks about how he and his sister had been training for a half marathon, and how on the morning of the race when he wakes up, he feels very sick. After waivering back in forth in his mind about whether he should run or not, he finally decides to run. As it turns out, Eddie runs by far his fastest race ever! After the race, he reflects back and wonders how many times he "almost" did something and stopped and how his life would be different if he simply moved forward. After that day, Eddie pledges to always be on the right side of "Almost". When Eddie did this, he essentially released his "emergency brakes"!

Perhaps you want to write a book, start your own business, record an album, or compete in an Ironman competition, but you haven't even taken that first step because your "emergency brakes" are on. Commit today to release your "emergency brakes" so when you are older and reflecting back on your life, you aren't wondering what might have been had you pursued your dreams! 

Be sure to check out Eddie Pinero's video, Almost": https://youtu.be/pTHmC7R9bPY

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