Whenever I’m addressing a group that wants me to share my experience I always reinforce the concept of focusing on the only two factors you can control which are your action and your attitude. Often people pull me aside after a talk and want more detail because they feel it can’t be so simple. Although there is a whole lot of ingredients involved in being successful, the overreaching factor is that you have to have staying power, simply put never ever giving up.
Many times we do not give ourselves enough credit for how much power we have over the course of our lives. Often times we blame the cause of our financial struggles, grief, anger and resentment on other people, bosses, spouses or even the government. But the truth is this you cannot control any of those people. The way you see the world isn’t how the world is, it’s the way YOU are. Since any reality can be created through the power of intention, the life you are currently living and the world you are experiencing today is totally a byproduct of your thoughts about life. What has helped me through the years is to believe and act on the thoughts that feel best even if they seem unrealistic or impossible. What I’ve observed from successful people is that they don’t hope or wish themselves into success but rather persistently THINK and ACT their way to success.
What I’m suggesting is hard and achieving success comes with some severe high and lows. The lows will feel very low and just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does. There’ll be times when it just keeps getting worse and worse and usually in those times it seems like everyone else around you is getting better and happier and richer. You’ll feel like the only one who hasn’t figured it out yet and that it will never start clicking for you. It will feel like you’re sinking and life sucks and your business isn’t going anywhere. Not to mention that you aren’t getting any younger either! At some point, you think about finally throwing in the towel, and saying “f* all this! The test that all entrepreneurs or anybody looking for a breakthrough are eventually faced with: whether to stick with it or decide to quit. My advice is simply to look at all those great, successful people in your field or businesses that inspired you to start your own and you will undoubtedly discover that when faced with the same struggles as you, they stayed and persevered.
Have staying power and the whole world will open up for you as well.