Although I encourage everyone to push their personal limits, achieving my success has not been a smooth road. In truth, I have consistently come up short of my goals. Nonetheless, that fact is one of the reasons why I’m where I am today. Here’s why and how you can leverage this strategy for yourself.
The Role of Decisions in My Success
The first step to winning in any area of your life is to make a decision. Then, you never minimize that mission – even if you fall short of it. Repeating this has led to my success because of a certain detail: They’re impossible targets.
Now, well-meaning people will advise you to set smaller, achievable goals. But, let me explain the logic behind why that will get you average results at best. Unless this decision is big enough to change your life, you won’t stick with it. Therefore, a reasonable objective will keep getting pushed to the side because even if you achieve it, it won’t make a real difference!
The next step to fueling your success is to back it up with your “whys”. Those could be:
- A better life for your family
- New opportunities
- Financial freedom
Whatever it is, this purpose – your “why” – pulls you through when the road gets rocky; which brings us to the “action” part of my success plan.
Making it by “Coming Up Short”
I have always believed in taking fast, massive action. Yet, one of the most valuable lessons I learned from “Undercover Billionaire” was that it can make or break you. On top of that, always set your goals 10x higher than what you need to “make it.”
You see, I met the network’s challenge of building a $1 million business in 90 days. However, I did NOT hit my personal goal – a $10 million business in 60 days. And it’s a good thing I was an overachiever and worked quickly, because there were unbelievable setbacks to my success.
So when it comes to succeeding in life, more is more. Any effort always takes more resources than you think it will, so always overestimate.
That way, you even win when you miss.
All that being said, I have one more piece of advice that I have learned through all of the hard knocks.
The Most Important Piece to My Success
The final thing that ultimately led me to my success – and will for you – was always showing up.
There have been a million times and a million reasons for me to give up. The pandemic would have been an “acceptable reason” to not achieve the challenge of “Undercover Billionaire.” My grief over losing my dad would have been an “understandable excuse” to remain a troublemaker. But, the point is that I kept pushing. As long as you’re doing that, it is impossible to fail.
So keep showing up … and be great.
