It's all about willpower!!!

"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

Have you ever heard the saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way?" Those times in life when you have been so determined to do something that no matter what, you will find a way through?

I guess all of us have times when we face things that we want to do, that take all of our determination and effort to see it happen. Maybe it's something that at first you thought would be impossible to do, but now with a bit of effort you can be confident that you can do it. Maybe it's even an ambition you had a long time ago, and yet somehow it's never really left your thoughts. These are all times where the saying above can help to make a difference; "Where there's a will there's a way." And I guess that's what I want you to take from the blog today. There IS a way. In whatever you do. Nothing is impossible when you set your mind to it. You can achieve anything.

Everyone has ambitions.

In my career, the ultimate ambition is to eventually become the head of a school. It's the ultimate goal. But before I can get there, there are steps that have to be taken, and experiences that needs to be had, before I can get anywhere near. It's probably the same for many careers. There are expected steps that need to be taken, and there are also expected times when these are taken. Maybe you need to be in a company or place of work for a certain amount of time, or even be of a certain age before you can start to progress. Maybe your in a place where you think, "I'll never get there!"

For someone such as myself to even think I could be a head teacher any time soon would be crazy, but where there's a will there's a way. This year at the age of 24 I was given a place on the management team of my school. A manager at 24? It's not heard of, it's not the norm. But that's just it. I was determined to get there, and where there's a will there's a way. Nothing's impossible when you have determination and ambition to go for your dreams and goals! You never know when your big break could just be around the corner.

And so I end with this thought.

Everyone has goals and dreams. What makes them happen is how you go about making them happen. If you give up at the first hurdle you'll never get there. If you give up because it doesn't happen straight away, someone else will get what you've worked for. If it comes easy to you, it will probably leave easy too!

Determination is a trait that allows people to hang in there, to hold on to the end, to keep going at something until it happens. Mix that with ambition and anything is possible. If you want it to happen, and there's a will to do something, then there will always be a way to get what it is you want.

Where there's a will, there's a way!

Bywyd sydd yn byw! - Just living life!

RM