Business Success: Enjoy The Climb
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The sky's the limit in the climbing world
Everyone at the top was once at the bottom.
Modeling is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reach your goals. By modeling, I mean finding someone that has already done or is currently doing what you want to achieve. And once you find them, do what they did to get where they are and you too will get the same results.
However, it’s easy to overlook the fact that even the ultra-successful in every individual business were once at the bottom. Nobody is born at the top. Everyone, and I mean everyone, starts out at the bottom. I don’t care who they are, who their parents were or where they were born, everyone starts out at the bottom. These things can make it easier for some people to climb the business mountain faster than others, but no one begins at the top.
So, if someone else has already climbed the mountain that you want to climb, then so can you. Learn to think the way they think, do what they did to make it to the top and you too will soon find yourself moving up the mountain. Just remember that there is suppose to be joy in the climb.
Ask anyone at the top which part of their journey was the most fun and they will all tell you that the climb itself was the best. Being at the top is awesome, but for those who are actually willing to attempt to climb the mountain in the first place will inevitably reach what they believe is the top, only to find out that there is always another larger mountain to come. This means that the rare few in the world that are willing to dedicate themselves to reaching the top of any business or organization will spend less than 2% of their time actually resting at the top and 98% of their time climbing.
The view from the top will be nice, but if you can’t find a way to enjoy the climb, your life will pass you by. Find joy in the process of achieving your potential and the mountain becomes much easier to conquer.
It’s easy to look at successful people and forget that they too had to make the climb. It’s easy to envy someone else’s position or status without realizing what they had to do to get there. We all have to make the climb. Some of us have learned to find joy in the climb. Others are so focused on the empty destination that they waste their lives struggling to get to the top of something that is not going to make them happy.
Have large dreams. Have inspired goals. Climb big mountains. But remember, the real joy is in the climb, not in the destination.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.
