Giving 100 percent!?!?!?

As some may know I do music. Rap mostly, but music nonetheless. I'm always looking for feedback even though I'm not fully pursuing a career in music just yet, I still like for people to critique my work because practice makes perfect. Any who, one person who decided to give me feedback that was unusual in that it gave me a confidence booster and at the same time gave me the feeling that i needed to work harder. Sometimes others have to encourage you to try harder when self motivation isnt enough. This person told me that my music was good but at the same time he could sense that i wasn't trying hard enough in my songs and that he would love to hear me giving it 100 percent on a song. The fact that he said he could tell i wasn't giving 100 percent was shocker for many reasons. Mainly because i didn't the average listener could tell (although after talking to him for a min he might be the average listener) and two because i knew i wasnt trying my hardest but figured since no one knew then it didnt matter. I'm going to be very honest with everyone who reads this, I don't think i can remember a time were I have given a true 100 percent to one thing for a extended period of time. I have been blessed and fortunate enough to have gotten farther than expected of my natural or God-given abilities in all areas that i try. That goes for music, the times i played sports, video games, school especially, and my attempts to find work. In fact the majority of the time i do things im just going through the motions after i figured some sort of strategy that i feel works out for me with a small amount of effort, but i think that era of my life is about to be completely over. It is thanks to this person who i guess i can call him a fan since he said he liked my music and asked if he could get some songs emailed to him to put in his Ipod for personal usage that I feel that every area of my interest and work related endeavors alike will receive the most effort from me that i can gather at those given times. I gave this idea great thought and came to the conclusion that if I truly want to be successful it is imperative that I make this change. I'm praying that I can maintain this level of intensity for as long the Lord sees fit. In all honesty I know that few people have stumbled upon this blog on purpose but its cool, eventually it will be on purpose and hopefully it will inspire just like that person's words inspired me and how i hope my music inspires people.