“Never be content.” It’s simple, but has a deep meaning for myself. Many of us get in a comfort zone that we do not want to leave. Just look around your office, your home, or society, and you’ll see that many people are content with where they are, or what they have achieved. So many are happy to rest on their laurels. Once a person is content, they cease to grow as a person.

I think there are a number of reasons a persons becomes content. The biggest reason is a fear of taking that next step in reaching the next level. They are scared to take a leap and the possibility of failing that comes with it. One of my favorite quotes is from Micheal Jordan:

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

A person learns the most from failures. All great success have failed in their life. For example, Donald Trump’s brush with bankruptcy, or Richard Branson’s attempts at launching Virgin Cola. If you never fail, you will never succeed.

I feel that deciding to not to be content is the biggest step an individual can make towards success. Dan Kennedy wrote:

Every successful achievement begins with a decision. Most unsuccessful lives are conspicuously absent of decision.

Never being content reminds me everyday that I need to make decision and is what keeps pushing me just beyond what I think I can handle.