Last Friday I was listening to a recording made at a success seminar.
The speaker said something I thought was really interesting.
He said, “It’s not failure we’re afraid of, it’s success.”
It was one those “ah ah” moments for me.
As you know I have always been curious why some people succeed and some don’t.
My first report on ’success vs failure’ was ‘Fail Faster for Success’.. in that report I suggested that failing faster in low-risk situations was the way to help you succeed faster because, if you can elimiate what does not work, you can more quickly discover what does work.
If you haven’t downloaded that report or lost your copy you can get it here: http://www.ezinejet.com/failfast/1stsecret/FailFast.pdf
What this speaker said made a lot of sense to me.
The tools, the resources, the information and everything you need to succeed is readily available. So why do people still choose ‘failure’ over success?
The reason is they are more comfortable as a ‘failure’.
Strange as that sounds when you hear it, it’s true.
In order to succeed you have to move from ‘comfortable’ to ’scary’ positions in your life.
You have to start doing things you’re not used to- things that are a little ’scary’ at first. Like making more money and taking on more responsibility.
If you don’t think you’re afraid of making more money, you’re kidding yourself.
With more money comes more responsibility, and more responsibility is scary for most people. Right?
Don’t be afraid of the responsibilty that comes with success, come to terms with it, face it head-on and embrace it instead.
But success is nothing more than a habit that ANYONE can develop.
If you can develop success habits, your success is just about guaranteed!
For example: What do you do each day to reach your goals?
Do you even have goals?
Ok… then write down what you would like to accomplish each day, week or month.
Since we’re talking about making more money, how much, at a minimum would you like to earn each month?
Once you have that figure work backwards and determine HOW you’re going to get to that figure. In other words, what do you have to do TODAY to make your goal for the month?
If you said you wnat to make $10,000 per month, fine.
That’s $333.33 a day. Not out-of-reach for anyone. It’s very possible to do, and not all that hard.
I can hear you saying, “Yeah right. Maybe for you it’s easy, but I could never make that much.”
If you just said that to yourself, then you are guilty of being afraid of success.
Stop yourself and realize that it’s only success and it’s partner “responsibility” that you’re afraid of. Once you know your enemy then you can overcome it.
So, what can you do to reach that goal.. starting today?
Get more listings up on ebay… build your opt-in list, send out JV proposals, build more websites…
What do you have TO DO?
Success is a habit. Start doing what you need to do today and every day and petty soon it becomes a HABIT. You will get better and more efficient at what you do and more successful as you develop better work habits.
You’ll make mistakes and have small failures, but that will help you learn what NOT to do, so you can focus on what you should do (re-read my “Fail Faster For Success” report.)
Keep a TO DO list in front of you to help keep you on track.
You see? Success is not hard. But you have to be un-afraid to succeed. It is scary to move away from those comfortable things you used to do- like watch TV or surf the net all day without a goal…
But the results are worth it.
Don’t be afraid, succeed anyway.
