No matter what goals or aspirations you might have, there is one thing certain, there is a price you must pay to get what you want in life. In fact, there is no sidestepping the fact that any type of success demands something from you. It is simply the way life works and rarely will a shortcut ever get you there.
Take a closer look at exactly what success in any field of endeavour may demand from you:
Show No Fear
Fear is something that is likely to consistently hold you back from your desired objectives. Success demands that you overcome your fears and develop the necessary courage you need to pursue your goals with vigour, passion, and zest.
You must successfully strive to overcome, or at the very least successfully manage the fear of uncertainty, the fear of failure, the fear of getting rejected or criticised, the fear of making mistakes, the fear of change, and even the fear of hard work. These are all common fears that hold people back from the life they want to live. However, they cannot hold you back, because success demands that you have no fear, and if you want to achieve any kind of success in your life, then this is something you must successfully work through.
Unwavering Committment
When you are fully committed to something, nothing will sidetrack you. It does not matter whether or not the sun comes up tomorrow, or whether or not the earth stops spinning on its axis. Okay, well maybe these are a bit far fetched examples. However, I hope you get the point. It is important that you are fully committed to your endeavours without allowing things to pull you off track.
Do not just commit to your goal. That is not enough. Success demands far more than that. What success demands from you is that you fully commit to being extraordinary, courageous, disciplined, and to being accountable for your decisions and actions. Success also demands that you have an unwavering commitment to excellence, a commitment to persevere despite the inevitable setbacks that life will throw your way, and that you are committed to taking consistent action daily towards your objectives.
It is the dedication you show on a daily basis towards your desired outcomes that will make all the difference in the end.
Believe Failure Is Not An Option
Success in anything you do is riddled with problems, mistakes, and the inevitable failure. These things are unavoidable. You will face these circumstances sooner or later on your journey. However, it is not the circumstances that matter, rather what you believe about these circumstances that makes all the difference in the end.
You must believe that no matter what happens, how badly you fail and how horrible this might make you feel, failure is never an option. Success demands that you pick yourself up after a failure or mistake and try once again. Yes, change your strategy and do something a little (or a lot) different, however, you must keep going. Just keep moving forward with passion and a strong sense of purpose that no matter what, you will eventually get to your ultimate destination.
Make No Excuses
Excuses are for those people who live with constant regret about the things that they could have, should have or would have done. These people never achieve their desired long term outcomes because excuses get in the way and prevent them from taking advantage of the opportunities that problems present them with.
Success demands that you take full responsibility for everything that happens to you without blaming others or blaming external events or seemingly uncontrollable circumstances for your problems. You are responsible for your decisions and actions, and as a result, you never make any excuses, fully understanding that excuses only lead to further problems. They most certainly never help you solve them.
Difficult Choices
As you make progress along your journey towards your desired outcomes, success will demand that you make difficult choices about what you will and will not do and choose what you will and will not sacrifice. It also demands that you decide what is the most important thing to focus on at any one time. Success demands that you choose who you will spend your time with, keeping in mind that the people you spend the most time with could either help or hinder your progress.
Most importantly success demands that you make difficult daily choices about how you spend your time, energy and money. You must consistently invest your energy into meaningful tasks and goal congruent activities that will provide you with the highest long term benefits. Spending your time on the wrong things could very well spell the difference between success and failure.
Sacrifices
The goals and objectives you have in mind will not magically manifest in your life. You will need to work hard and potentially make some drastic sacrifices along the way.
Success requires some kind of sacrifice. You will not gain something for nothing. That is not how the world works, and it is therefore certainly not something you can bank on. If you are not willing to make the necessary sacrifices to attain your goals and objectives, then you will fail to create the momentum you need to get your desired outcomes.
Anything you want in your life is essentially unattainable. It is unattainable if you do not give something up in order to get something back. Giving something up could come in the form of your time, energy or money. You might need to sacrifice one of these things, or maybe a combination of these things in order to get what you want.
With thanks to Adam Sicinski
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