Do you want to be successful? Forget about him

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Why is it that most people cannot achieve their goal and only every tenth person succeeds in completing their plans? We know the answer to this question, and it is very simple.

The answer is: most people give up. To achieve your goal, you need to not give up.

Now, before you sigh in disappointment and close this page, try to stay here for a minute. After all, the real key to success is perseverance, and we will try to learn it.

An interesting perspective on building toughness was expressed by Michal Stawicki in The Art of Persistence. He spoke about the main mistakes that we can make on the way to achieving the goal, and also described the secret of success that will help to achieve everything that was conceived.

From instant gratification to habit

As Michal Stawicki says, we live in an era of instant gratification. Fast food, entertainment with home delivery, constant communication with friends using smartphones … Now your favorite bedtime story is stories about the success of other entrepreneurs. Stories of how two college students founded a company that received billions of investments in a few years is taking over our minds.

But all these expectations of a quick and pleasant result actually poison our mind. We believe that you can get a beautiful abs thanks to daily ten-minute workouts, and then we wonder why the result does not materialize instantly.

Michal Stawicki talks about his personal experience: he began his path to success about two years ago. The first attempts at writing led to "colossal" earnings: in six months he was able to get only 35 dollars, but he worked on his first book six days a week. This result is disappointing. Most people would give up and start implementing another idea. Yes, and Stawitzki himself says that he was upset and thought that he had no talent for writing.

The fact is that many consider talent to be the key to success. However, Stawitzki learned from his own experience that the key to victory is consistency and perseverance.

All I needed was an understanding of how persistence can help me achieve my goals. Each small step brings us closer to what we want so badly.

Despite the fact that Stawicki had a permanent job, he promised himself to write every day. Result? He has become a successful writer and receives large royalties - 75% more than other authors. According to Stawicki, he was able to achieve this only thanks to the developed habit of writing daily.

We expect quick results

So, we know that the main thing is to be consistent. We usually follow this rule, especially if we feel responsibility or pleasure from the performed action. But what should we do when we need to develop a habit of doing what we don't like?

When we set new goals for ourselves, motivation spurs us on to rush into the pool headlong, to make maximum efforts. We begin to adhere to the most stringent diets, we train for several hours in a row, dooming ourselves to imminent failure. Perhaps motivation helps to get through a series of first mistakes and failures. But it does not save us from disappointment, because we subconsciously expect quick and impressive results from our efforts.

If after a week of training and diet we do not find a steel abs and beautiful "cubes", then we give up and give up.

Perseverance should not depend on results

The secret is to understand that great success takes time. Consecutive actions should have nothing to do with external factors. You commit yourself to taking specific actions, whether that brings impressive short-term results or not.

Your goal is to make the new rules of conduct a habit. You don't think about brushing your teeth in the morning - this is a routine action that is routine and does not require mental effort. Michal Stawicki says that his writing habit has become commonplace.

I don't feel enthusiastic, excited, or depressed. It's just a habit. I don’t think about it at all.

When you start fulfilling your New Year promises or just set a goal for yourself, remember: to be successful, you must forget about it. Move all your actions from effort mode to habit mode and you will achieve victory.

Let these two quotes help you not give up.

It’s not that I’m so smart, but that I stayed with the problem longer.

Albert Einstein

I have failed over and over again. This is why I have been successful.

Michael Jordan