This article will change the entire direction of your life.
This article will change the entire direction of your life.
This article will change the entire direction of your life.
Don’t believe the repetition?
I understand why not, but keep reading though because reading this article will be the wisest and most enjoyable investment of your life.
I am about to show you the most inspirational and compelling reasons so you can answer the question in your head “Why give up smoking?”
Here comes that answer with the secret on how to quit.
You’ll Be On the Quest of Failure if you Don’t
I want to tell you the story of how one of the greatest teams in NHL history (National Hockey League) came to an abrupt collapse after making the decision to quit.
This is the story of the 2018-2019 Tampa Bay Lightning, and if you are a hockey fan, you know exactly what I’m about to share with you.
The Tampa Bay Lightning tied the record for the most regular season wins in NHL regular season history with the 1995-1996 Detroit Red Wings.
All season long, they were the favorites to win the Stanley Cup, which if you’re not familiar with hockey, the Stanley Cup is the NHL’s equivalent of the Super Bowl in which the team that doesn’t lose a playoff series wins the league championship for the season.
They were dominating opponents like it was nothing and they had no remorse for continuing to put their petal to the metal and drive opponents into the ground.
Until they decided to “take their foot off of the gas.” Read this for the full story.
And when they did that, they essentially decided to take it easy and, in essence, quit.
And when they made that decision, they had the most humiliating, disgusting defeat of any playoff team in not just NHL history, but arguably in sports history considering that they were perhaps the best regular season team in NHL history and that they were projected to win it all ever since the start of the season.
The result?
They got swept 4-0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets who were the last seed in the east and they barely made the playoffs.
However, unlike the Lightning, the Blue Jackets had a completely different mindset going into the series.
Click on this link right here and listen to the coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets give what I would say was an INCREDIBLE speech prior to game 1 against the Lightning and one that’s going to wake EVERYONE up to work towards what they are trying to achieve when they listen to it.
Now did that wake you up or did that wake you up, especially with what they actually did? You tell me in the comments section. I dare you to say otherwise.
Now listen to the Lightning’s coach during the press conference when they lost right here.
Very different tones right?
One was extremely motivated to win and to win with a BURNING desire that no one has ever seen before.
Whereas the other coach was just there like “Ah, we lost. You wanna grab a smoothie?”
So what’s the morale of the story with the Tampa Bay Lightning?
The morale of the story is that you have to do the following:
1) Commit to win and commit to getting no other result.
2) Commit to the burning desire that is in you to quit smoking and to win that fight with RELENTLESS passion and determination.
3) Your mindset must become unstoppable and say “I will win in my battle REGARDLESS of what is thrown at me. I will face the enemy and BEAT THE LIVING S*** OUT OF HIM UNTIL HE DIES!”
4) Fight the temptation of being lazy and even if things still seem going right, you have not won until YOU HAVE WON! YOU HAVEN’T WON WHEN YOU ARE UP 3-0 ON YOUR OPPONENT! YOU ONLY WIN WHEN YOU NEVER HAVE TO TOUCH THE LIVING DEVIL THAT IS THAT CIGARETTE OR THAT CIGAR!
THAT’S the morale of the story!
Don’t be the Lightning, be the guy or gal who wears that lovely blue jacket on a nice 65 degree day with not a cloud in the sky.
But you’re gonna have to work for that 65 degree day.
Will you survive?
Only YOU will decide.
And once again, don’t be the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Now, if you are questioning as to why you should go on this quest, here’s why.
You will regret not reading this; your life depends on it.
Look at the Health Benefits!
Honestly, when you quit smoking, the benefits start to happen almost immediately.
Blood pressure begins to decrease about an hour after you stop.
After 12 hours, carbon monoxide begins to decrease and your body is able to absorb oxygen again.
After just 1 day after you quit, your risk for a heart attack drops drastically.
Yes, you’re going to have to wait some years to experience the full benefits, but wouldn’t it be nice if you can experience quick wins on your quest to quit smoking?
What other path does that?
You know, once you experience these quick wins, you will become more motivated to continue on the quest to quit smoking since you will see the benefits happen almost immediately.
You will be like “I’m already being paid for my efforts; can I get even more rewards for my efforts?”
And the answer is yes.
Have a look at this post to see the complete benefits of not smoking.
Can you see what life can become like when you just simply make the decision to quit and you don’t quit on your quest to quit?
It’ll be way more pleasant than it is, not to mention the bill that will get erased so you can invest that money into something that’ll make you more money so that you can enjoy life.
How does that sound?
Does that sound good or great?
Awesome, but if you are still not convinced to quit, read on for the ultra-benefit of quitting smoking once and for all!
Look at What YOU Can Become
You can literally become superman or superwoman if you wanted to!
You can literally become an inspiration to the masses if you decide to quit smoking and if you actually accomplish it!
You can inspire your kids and your family to never have to pick up another cigarette again and to see what will happen in their lives if they didn’t!
JUST IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES!
You will become free from a devil that is there to own your life and is there to rob you of your youth, your potential, obviously your health, your money, your life, etc.
You will conquer it and you will never have to deal with that thing again!
How does THAT sound?!
I’ll leave the video from earlier in case you forgot because that is REALLY going to wake you up and it is going to drive you to not pick up that thing up again!
I’m sure that that locker room speech woke you up to what you should be thinking about and what you should be doing.
Don’t take a f****** backwards step and don’t take your foot off of the petal.
If quitting smoking is your goal, you CLEARLY saw from earlier what happens when you take your foot off of the petal.
You can still be dominating the war, but when you take it easy, you are going to fail, just like the Lightning.
Be like the Blue Jackets and don’t take a backwards step.
Put your foot forward and show ZERO remorse for your enemy and BEAT HIM TO THE F****** ground until he dies.
Because that’s how you win.
You win and you win and YOU WIN even AFTER your opponent is dead!
If you want to know how to do this exactly so that you become OBSESSED with achieving your goal of quitting smoking, then read this.
I’m sure that you know EXACTY what to do now that you’ve read that post.
So now it’s up to you.
What will you do?
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This is Chief Islander Evan signing off.
Evan Cruz
Evan Cruz is the founder of Join the Island, the website committed to helping young adults become massively productive and reach their full potential.
He has been featured on Vox, OnlineU, and UpJourney. He has also a cited human relations expert and college expert.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.
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