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On this journey, you're going to run into obstacles.
They are a normal part of the process, but what you do when you face them determines your success or failure. When I began my journey, I used to think of obstacles as a bad thing. I had dream and desires to have quick success, and when I ran onto a roadblock, I stood in my tracks.
The feeling, the frustration of not knowing what to do next, and the desire to reach my goal now left me not knowing what to do.
I was left with two options:
So I did just that: When I faced an obstacle or struggle, not seeing success right away, I told myself "It wasn't meant to be" so I jumped to the next idea...and then the next....and the next...and the next.
Little did I know at the time that these obstacles we faced were not only a normal part of the process, but actually a sign that we are on the right path.
Each time you lose your focus, you're back at the very beginning.
It's like building a sandcastle.
Imagine going to the beach and your goal is to build one massive, giant sand castle.
You walk down near the ocean, an you put down a bucket of sand. It's messy, it's sloppy, and it looks nothing like what you want. You want the big sand castle, but its not here! So what do you do?
You walk ten feet down the beach. "This looks like a better spot! If I build THIS sand castle, it will happen faster!" You tell yourself.
So you put down a bucket of sand and you realize you didn't achieve your goal yet.
Somebody else comes along and tells you that there is an amazing place to build sand castles down the beach. The way he described it made it sound easy, and your desire to take the path of least resistance has you leaving all your work behind, and you're back from the start.
What happens when you get there?
The same exact thing. All of a sudden, you have hundreds of buckets of sand laying on the beach, with no real progress to show for it.
You remain exactly where you are when you keep jumping from idea to idea.
I like to view the world in terms of energy.
Imagine that each grain of sand represents a unit of energy.
The more energy you put into the dream that you're building, the larger it gets.
You put one bucket of sand down...and then the next, and then the next. You don't see results right away, but this is actually normal. While everybody else is out there jumping from idea to idea, and seeing no progress, you now know you have the focus and commitment to focus on ONE thing for an extended period of time.
While other people are trying to build multiple "projects" at once, every ounce of sand...every ounce of energy they put into the thing that is not their ONE, LARGE, ENORMOUS goal...is energy wasted, and energy scattered.
Do you want to know what happens when you start building that ONE big sand castle?
You keep pushing forward with your ONE goal, and continue to put all of your energy into this ONE thing until it become what you want it to be.
All of a sudden, you'll have this best selling book, you'll be the singer on stage performing for thousands of people, you'll have that big business that makes millions of dollars...and you will look back.
You will look back and see other people on this journey try to build a hundred of different things, jumping from one idea to the next when they don't see results right away. You will see those out there who promise the quick path to riches, wealth, and fame...and people will fall for their lies.
When they jump from idea to idea, and take their focus off of the ONE thing they need to be putting 100% of their mental and physical energy into, they will continue to be stuck where they are.
And what would you want to tell them? What would you tell a past version of yourself who didn't that one of the "secrets" for massive, lasting success is to focus all your energy on one massive thing, pushing through the obstacles and failures along the way!
They are a normal part of the process, but what you do when you face them determines your success or failure. When I began my journey, I used to think of obstacles as a bad thing. I had dream and desires to have quick success, and when I ran onto a roadblock, I stood in my tracks.
The feeling, the frustration of not knowing what to do next, and the desire to reach my goal now left me not knowing what to do.
I was left with two options:
- Push through the frustration, put in the hard work to figure out how to do something I've never done before, or
- I could jump to the next idea that seems like it will lead to success.
So I did just that: When I faced an obstacle or struggle, not seeing success right away, I told myself "It wasn't meant to be" so I jumped to the next idea...and then the next....and the next...and the next.
Little did I know at the time that these obstacles we faced were not only a normal part of the process, but actually a sign that we are on the right path.
Each time you lose your focus, you're back at the very beginning.
It's like building a sandcastle.
Imagine going to the beach and your goal is to build one massive, giant sand castle.
You walk down near the ocean, an you put down a bucket of sand. It's messy, it's sloppy, and it looks nothing like what you want. You want the big sand castle, but its not here! So what do you do?
You walk ten feet down the beach. "This looks like a better spot! If I build THIS sand castle, it will happen faster!" You tell yourself.
So you put down a bucket of sand and you realize you didn't achieve your goal yet.
Somebody else comes along and tells you that there is an amazing place to build sand castles down the beach. The way he described it made it sound easy, and your desire to take the path of least resistance has you leaving all your work behind, and you're back from the start.
What happens when you get there?
The same exact thing. All of a sudden, you have hundreds of buckets of sand laying on the beach, with no real progress to show for it.
You remain exactly where you are when you keep jumping from idea to idea.
I like to view the world in terms of energy.
Imagine that each grain of sand represents a unit of energy.
The more energy you put into the dream that you're building, the larger it gets.
You put one bucket of sand down...and then the next, and then the next. You don't see results right away, but this is actually normal. While everybody else is out there jumping from idea to idea, and seeing no progress, you now know you have the focus and commitment to focus on ONE thing for an extended period of time.
While other people are trying to build multiple "projects" at once, every ounce of sand...every ounce of energy they put into the thing that is not their ONE, LARGE, ENORMOUS goal...is energy wasted, and energy scattered.
Do you want to know what happens when you start building that ONE big sand castle?
- A seagull will poop on it.
- Kids will come over and kick down the walls to your castle.
- The tide will come in and the waves may come knocking it down.
You keep pushing forward with your ONE goal, and continue to put all of your energy into this ONE thing until it become what you want it to be.
All of a sudden, you'll have this best selling book, you'll be the singer on stage performing for thousands of people, you'll have that big business that makes millions of dollars...and you will look back.
You will look back and see other people on this journey try to build a hundred of different things, jumping from one idea to the next when they don't see results right away. You will see those out there who promise the quick path to riches, wealth, and fame...and people will fall for their lies.
When they jump from idea to idea, and take their focus off of the ONE thing they need to be putting 100% of their mental and physical energy into, they will continue to be stuck where they are.
And what would you want to tell them? What would you tell a past version of yourself who didn't that one of the "secrets" for massive, lasting success is to focus all your energy on one massive thing, pushing through the obstacles and failures along the way!
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