The Secret to Business Success
What is the secret to business success? If it was attending seminars, reading books, or going to meetings, everyone would be successful, yet only 5% of people (I think it's more like 3%) are truly successful. And they are successful by choice. It has nothing to do with their age, education, or background. It is simply a choice. A loser can become a winner by simply making this one choice. You can turn losing into winning with this simple decision.
The decision we have to make is to persist until we succeed. Unfaltering, uncompromising, consistent PERSISTENCE. Whatever it takes. "I would cut off my hands and feet with a dull blade before I quit" - that kind of permanent commitment to succeed. THAT is what winners all have in common. They NEVER quit. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times yet also hit 714 home runs. He said, "How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball...The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."
The fact is, the more disciplined you are, the more persistent and consistent you are, the higher your self-esteem, and the higher yourself-esteem, the more you succeed! Henry Ford said, “There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.” It's a simple choice, not to accept anything less than success. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
Michael Jordan, winner of six NBA Championships, said, "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life-and that is why I succeed." Winners see failure as a temporary detour. They welcome failure as a step closer to success. Anaïs Nin wrote, “We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.” She also taught us, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
The missing link between you and success in business is simply the decision that you will insist on success and you will persevere until you succeed. That's all. Total commitment. This is the ingredient, the catalyst, that makes all the difference. It separates the complacent and mediocre from the wealthy and successful. It removes apathy and compromise. When you commit yourself, you realize that you have unlimited potential. According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, the artist replied, “Young man, there is an angel inside this rock, and I am setting him free.” The rock prison around you is smashed when you make a determined decision that you will NEVER quit.
Failure is not permanent. You can change your life dramatically, TODAY, if you will make this decision and stick by it, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, year by year. It's amazing what happens when people make this rock-solid. 24-carat gold decision that they will never quit. Everything changes, and you start attracting amazing people and circumstances into your life. Your self-image soars, you feel great and strong, and life gets infinitely easier. Regardless of your past of your present circumstances, no matter who you are, make this decision every single day for the rest of your life and you will join the top 5% of winners.
Don’t Quit!
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man.
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
The decision we have to make is to persist until we succeed. Unfaltering, uncompromising, consistent PERSISTENCE. Whatever it takes. "I would cut off my hands and feet with a dull blade before I quit" - that kind of permanent commitment to succeed. THAT is what winners all have in common. They NEVER quit. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times yet also hit 714 home runs. He said, "How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball...The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."
The fact is, the more disciplined you are, the more persistent and consistent you are, the higher your self-esteem, and the higher yourself-esteem, the more you succeed! Henry Ford said, “There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.” It's a simple choice, not to accept anything less than success. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
Michael Jordan, winner of six NBA Championships, said, "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life-and that is why I succeed." Winners see failure as a temporary detour. They welcome failure as a step closer to success. Anaïs Nin wrote, “We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.” She also taught us, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
The missing link between you and success in business is simply the decision that you will insist on success and you will persevere until you succeed. That's all. Total commitment. This is the ingredient, the catalyst, that makes all the difference. It separates the complacent and mediocre from the wealthy and successful. It removes apathy and compromise. When you commit yourself, you realize that you have unlimited potential. According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, the artist replied, “Young man, there is an angel inside this rock, and I am setting him free.” The rock prison around you is smashed when you make a determined decision that you will NEVER quit.
Failure is not permanent. You can change your life dramatically, TODAY, if you will make this decision and stick by it, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, year by year. It's amazing what happens when people make this rock-solid. 24-carat gold decision that they will never quit. Everything changes, and you start attracting amazing people and circumstances into your life. Your self-image soars, you feel great and strong, and life gets infinitely easier. Regardless of your past of your present circumstances, no matter who you are, make this decision every single day for the rest of your life and you will join the top 5% of winners.
Don’t Quit!
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man.
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
posted by Robin J. Elliott at
10:26 AM
