WHEEL OF PAIN

Have you ever seen Conan the Barbarian? I mean the original Conan with Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Not that crap movie with Jason Momoa... (Didn't see that one? NO ONE DID...)

So yes, for our younger readers, the dude who used to be governor of California was a full blown shoot ‘em up and chop ‘em down action hero. Maybe even the first movie star who was huge and buff, and occasionally, high…

Your better than this California...

Anyway, here is a quick summary of Conan: James Earl Jones—in a horrible wig—

Did I say a horrible Wig? Horrible.  Really, Really Horrible

and his snake loving friend attack Conan’s village and kill everyone, including Conan’s mom and dad. Conan is sold into child slavery, tied to the Wheel of Pain (which does who knows what) with a bunch of other kids until all the kids but Conan die (let’s say he pushed that wheel around for 8 to 12 years).

He is sold again, becomes an old school MMA fighter, whoops constant ass, gets freed, robs some bad guys, has some sex, kills a gang of henchmen, and finally manages to kill James Earl Jones and his horrible wig… FIN.

Instant cinema classic. Twenty years later he’s the governor of California... life...

Let’s go back to the wheel. 

Conan was the last dude on the wheel…all the other kids died, quit or got re-assigned to accounts payable or something…who knows. The point being —something in that dude refused to give up. Pushing that terrible, monotonous wheel of pain in a circle for years on end eventually made him strong as an ox and determined as hell to survive.

Now, I know what you are thinking, yea, Mike, Conan was a great movie when you were 12. So?

Spending time on the wheel of pain may be a requirement for success. Maybe your wheel of pain is cold calling, or studying, or being away from family, or maybe it’s the freaking wheel of pain. Point being… if it’s a required process for you to reach the next level of your goals—embrace it and determine that you will be the person who is still on the wheel at the end of the day..

Success can sometimes be a matter of sticking it out long enough to reap the benefits of your hard work

Success is OFTEN a matter of sticking it out long enough to reap the benefits of your hard work….

Success is USUALLY a matter of sticking it out long enough to reap the benefits of your hard work.

If your goals in life warrant tough times, don’t give up. Persistence and toughness can be more important than raw talent and acumen. Stay on the wheel for as long as it takes!! Hey, you might end up being the next GOVERNATOR!!!

Arnuld.  Luvs Kalfornia. Not cats.