A Difficult Factor

If I wanted to learn how to do a proper push-up, it wouldn't be too difficult a task to achieve. I could simply watch someone who knows how to do it correctly. I could read a couple of Men's Health magazines. I could practice under the watchful eye of a fitness expert until i got it right. In short, I could accomplish this with ease.
If I wanted to be able to run 5 laps around a track, yet I had never run around a track, it could be done with a little work. I could acquire some running shoes, a jogging outfit or two, maybe an ipod, and hit the track. The first time I attempted to run, I might not get too far. My heart might try to jump out of my chest. My lungs might begin screaming their own versions of profanity at me. And my muscles might let me know that i should have stretched first.
The second time I hit the track, a little bit more prepared than the first, I'd be bound to get further than I did on my initial trip. The third time, giving it the benefit of the doubt, I might only get as far as I did on my second trip. But, fast forward to my 6Th-10 go at it, and I'd most likely be the proud accomplished runner of at least 5 laps. Really, the most difficult part of this task would be doing it and doing it again. Not very difficult.
Now, turning it up a notch, if I wanted to become an astronaut who had actually walked on the moon, or floated around thousands of miles above the earth, I'd have to put in a lot more work, so to speak. I'd have to learn all kinds of technical processes related to being an astronaut. Extensive training would be an understatement compared to what I'd have to go through. And the time frame involved in me beginning with a dream and ending with me doing the space dance might very well envelop a great portion of my life, especially, if i started now. lol. And none of this is meant to imply that it couldn't be done.
My point here is that attempting to become an astronaut and walking on the moon would be an extremely difficult goal to accomplish. This goal comes with a very high difficulty factor. For the record, all goals come with their own difficulty factors. The severity of the goal creates the degree of the difficulty factor.
Many times people fail, not because the goal was beyond their reach, but because they didn't take into consideration the natural difficulty factor that came with the goal.
Let's take time to assess each of our difficulty factors which come with our goals so as to be able to realistically predict our potential successes and failures, and thus plan accordingly.
This way, we can almost ALWAYS win!
DON'T STOP!!!!!