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Personal Success: Are you ready to bounce?
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- Bounce or Break? It’s YOUR choice!
A common misconception about the top 1% in anything is that they are problem-free. Actually, the opposite is generally true. The higher up the ladder of success you go, the bigger the problems and the more insurmountable the challenges.
Successful people know that they will face problems and challenges on the way up, yet they press on anyways. What successful people do differently than everyone else is bounce. And by bounce, I mean that every time a person, event, circumstance or random occurrence attempts to bring them down, they immediately bounce back up even higher than they were before they started their decent.
Picture a rubber ball being held out in front of you 3 feet high. If you were to throw the ball down at the ground from that position, the ball is likely to bounce all the way back up to 6 or 8 feet after hitting the bottom. The same holds true in the lives of successful people.
Regardless of the problems and challenges that you are currently faced with, you must remember that your ticket to the next level of success lies somewhere in solving those problems and overcoming those challenges. If someone or something is pulling you down, don’t break. Picture that bouncy ball and rebound back up even higher.
I can tell you from personal experience that the majority of my greatest wins in life came in response to some of my biggest failures. Problems will always present themselves to you, even when you reach the top. But your view of those problems and response to them will ultimately determine your success in life. My advice to you: Bounce, don’t break!
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.
Personal Success: Can you make it alone?
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- Tough Mudder, Virginia: The ceremonial piling of worn-out shoes from finishing the course with your team
Several years ago I joined a business organization led by author and business consultant Loral Langemeier. Her book titled The Millionaire Maker is one that I recommend you read, if you haven’t already.
One of the quotes that she used during her seminar was “You have to do it yourself, and you can’t do it alone”.
I have found that quote to hold true in every facet of life.
If you are trying to reach the top 1% in anything, you are going to need help along the way. In my book, I have an entire section dedicated to the importance of saying “Please” and “Thank You”. Simply saying please and thank you whenever you require the assistance of someone else will greatly increase your chances of getting additional assistance in the future. I realize the simplicity involved in these words, yet I also know the importance of them and the lack of their use in daily conversation.
Everyone teaches their kids to say “please” and “thank you”, yet very few people practice what they preach. Regardless, this is one ESSENTIAL step that you must take right now to move towards where you want to be.
As Loral says, you CAN’T be successful alone. To reach your potential, you need to not only gain the help of others, but you must inspire them along the way with your vision for what is possible.
At the same time, the real work must still be done by YOU! You have to put in the extra effort. You must be willing to sacrifice your comfort zone to achieve your potential. You need to be willing to go the extra mile each and every day to achieve your goals. And without question, you MUST be willing to Become the person that you need to Become in order to do the things you want to do in life and have the things you want to have.
When faced with your next challenge, or when faced with the possibility of taking action or being complacent, remember Loral’s quote.
Enlist the help of others to help you reach your goals, and at the same time, be willing to take immediate action yourself to do what you are capable of doing in order to reach the top.
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.
Personal Success: What’s Next?
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- Tough Mudder, Wintergreen, Virginia
Recently my wife and I (along with my brother-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law) completed an event called the Tough Mudder. It is a 10+ mile obstacle course with 26 different obstacles designed to challenge your courage and willingness to finish the race.
After 4 hours, we were able to complete the course with our entire team accounted for. After having trained for several weeks prior to the event to make sure that we were physically prepared, the end of the race left only one question in my mind: “What’s Next?”
What I have learned from some of the most successful people in the world is that they are never finished learning and growing. As soon as successful people achieve a goal, the next thing they ask themselves is “What’s Next?”
So, immediately after the race was finished, we began planning the next event. We checked the Tough Mudder off of our list (though we may do it again), and have already moved onto the next challenge.
If you think that you have reached the top in your field and that you have earned the right to become complacent, let me be the first to tell you that there’s always a higher level for which to strive. The best athletes, the best students and the best businessmen know that there is always room for improvement. As the saying goes, “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.”
Regardless of where you are in your life right now, you can begin this moment to control your own future by simply asking yourself “What’s Next?” Once you have the answer to that question, begin to do something each and every day to move you closer to the acquisition of that goal.
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.