What do you seek when beginning a new venture?
If you are like most individuals you want to succeed.
You want to do your best. After all, you wouldn’t start something just to be average.
However, many people become satisfied by ‘average’ and simply ‘getting by.’
Recently I was watching a high school graduation commencement and found myself thinking— Who will thrive? Who will accept what they are told is ‘acceptable’ living? Is there a President in the mix? A world changer or an innovator for worldly transformation? Time will tell.
In life, I have learned that there are two types of successes and both give varying results. The first is what I refer to as “Immediate Success” items. These are the things that we do that are easy and we succeed at quickly such as learning a new board game. While we may be clueless when we start, eventually we learn the game and then are able to create strategies to succeed. However, the strategies always follow a full understanding of the game.
The second type of success is ‘Delayed Success’. This one is a bit tricky as this involves continuing to do something with the knowing that it will help us succeed later. An example of this would be weightlifting at an early age. I actually enjoyed lifting weights in middle school. It was great to hang out with my friends and have friendly competition to see who could lift the most. During the early lifting sessions, you are learning proper form and more importantly you are learning discipline. Committing to working out is what made the lasting change in the end. Since our school weightlifting sessions began in middle school, we knew we were preparing for many years later…the senior year. The stronger we were, the quicker we were and the more mentally tough we became….the greater our change of success. It didn’t mean we couldn’t have success along the way, but we knew that if we stuck with the lifting program, our senior year would be something special.
What does this have to do with you?
Have you invested in the long term for you success? Do you see the vision you have for yourself in the horizon and have a plan to chase it down. Of course, nothing is guaranteed but with commitment and discipline…you have a chance for success in the long run.
The biggest detractor is stopping when it becomes mundane, tedious and boring. When you no longer want to do the things that are working, but have gotten boring. If you want success, you will identify these steps and put them in your arsenal and continue to their success.
Nothing can break the road of success faster than ‘taking a break’ at something. The moment you take a long break (see that break you had with your New Years Resolutions of fitness and eating healthy) You cannot and you must not quit on you. Stay the course and ride the wave to your success. It will be a bumpy ride and there are no promises but if you can commit to the process (I know you’ve heard that before)…anything is within your grasp. Health, wealth, success, fulfilling relationships…they can all be yours. Stay the course for the long haul.
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