The Mental Game And Your Burning Desire
There Are Four Types of People
Take a look at those around
you and reflect on those who have influenced your life the
most. What are they doing to your dreams, your esteem and
your potential? They are either being destructive or constructive
to your future plans. There are four types of people in this
world: the Living Dead, the Dreamers, the Achievers and the
Exponentially Successful. We have all met the Living Dead.
They tend to suck the energy right out of us. They have given
up on life and figure that if they can’t be happy, you
shouldn’t be either. They will often do everything in
their power to impede you from achieving your goals. They
love to burst your dreams and remind you of all the inherent
impossibilities, your past mistakes and why you can’t
achieve what you are aiming for. They point fingers and seek
to pull you down because they see you getting closer and closer
to what they wish they had themselves. Many don’t tear
down your dreams consciously, and they may not even realize
why they feel the need to do so. Even in the face of the most
intense criticism, you need to have the courage to do the
things you know you need to do.
Then there are the Dreamers.
Dreamers are full of great ideas. They make many noble attempts
at success, but their zeal fizzles before they’ve solidified
that success. They have a plethora of projects perpetually
hanging in the midway zone. They tend to say “if only…”
and “someday…” and “when such-and-such….”
These people go through life stuck in first gear. They’re
moving, they’re plugging along, but it sure is hard
on the engine. They turn up the radio so the thrill of the
vision drowns out the groan of the struggling machine.
The Achievers have reached
a moderate level of success. They are accomplished, they are
skillful, but they have not yet forged into the fire. They’ve
climbed the ladder and found a pleasant view, so they’ve
stopped short of the thrilling vistas only a few rungs away.
They’ve found a comfortable spot, so why risk toppling
to the bottom now? They’re satisfied with the success
and accomplishments they’ve already gained. Living on
past success is easy to do. They think, Why rock the boat?
It’s nice to take a breather, but then that breather
often grows more and more into their way of life. Let’s
just settle for mediocrity, they decide. They refuse to think
that there is more to learn. They have made it in their own
minds and can’t see themselves going to the next level.
The Exponentially Successful
are doing what they love. They enjoy life and others enjoy
being around them. Life is exciting and they love all that
life entails—the challenges and the joys alike. The
Exponentially Successful constantly strive to improve themselves.
They learn from their mistakes and from the experiences of
others. They read, they learn, they risk, and all along the
way, they grow, no matter the situation. They are self-confident
and well balanced. They have a passion for life. They know
who they are, why they are here and where they are going.
These are the people who make massive success look easy. Exponential
success is where I want to take you. Now is the time; this
is your year.
Take a look around you. Are
the people in your life pulling you up or pulling you down?
Are they constructive toward your future plans or destructive
toward your goals, dreams and aspirations? An important trait
exponentially successful people possess is their ability to
follow their hearts. It does not matter what other people
say or do. They know they are on the right track in pursuit
of their dreams. Think what would have happened if Abraham
Lincoln had listened to his critics, if Thomas Edison had
taken to heart everyone who said his inventions were impossible.
What if Bill Gates (while going to Harvard) listened to his
counselors and stayed in school? What if Mark Victor Hansen
and Jack Canfield listened to the over 100 publishers that
turned them down for Chicken Soup for the Soul and hadn’t
gone on to sell over 100 million copies? I could list volumes
of similar stories. Ask anyone you know who is successful
and I guarantee you will hear a similar story.
The Mental Game
As I said earlier, it is important
to learn and take clues from others who have gone before you
and experienced what you hope to experience. But make sure
your study and observation of such individuals is only part
of the full plate of information you’re trying to absorb.
Then step back and view the big picture. It’s easy to
get swept up in one person’s energy and enthusiasm,
so you have to be careful that you don’t get too excited
and follow them mindlessly. Even if duplication of a few successful
people’s patterns yields good results, doing so is not
going to be the same as if you had drawn the best advice from
as many sources as possible and cultivated a personalized
success pattern of your own. The more tools in your tool belt,
the more equipped you will be to propel yourself higher and
higher. Only then will you allow yourself to continuously
maximize your present success potential while simultaneously
expanding your boundaries to even greater heights. When you
unearth this pattern, your passion will kick in like never
before and you will begin to recognize the taste of true greatness.
If you aren’t sure whether
or not you have chosen the right direction in your own life,
don’t panic. We’re going to work through that
together. As you read this manual, you will become more and
more able to determine your focus, your passion and your direction.
There are things in this life you are here to accomplish.
Everyone has great ideas, goals, un-started business concepts,
dreams and unwritten books inside of them. You have to realize
that your mind, skills and talents are not limited natural
resources.
They are not like a computer
hard drive or RAM with limited storage potential. They will
never run out and are only wasted if you don’t use them.
If you don’t fulfill the mission you’re here to
fulfill, somebody else will have to do it for you. Don’t
be denied of your dreams and what you are supposed to accomplish.
Remember that you are responsible for fulfilling your dreams.
No one else will perform them the way you could have, and
no one else’s accomplishment of them will give you the
joy and satisfaction that could have been yours. Until you
hold yourself totally responsible, you don’t own your
dreams—you are only renting them.
Burning Desire: The First
Step Toward Exponential Success
When you learn to channel
your energy and emotions into a burning desire, you are laying
the foundation for exponential success. Desire is the first
step toward ultimate achievement. Your desire will be so great
that even subconsciously you will be giving every ounce that
is in you toward accomplishing what you were meant to achieve.
There will always be those who scoff and scorn you, calling
your dreams “impractical” or “irresponsible,”
but in all actuality, it is embracing what’s closest
to your heart that will unleash within you your greatest energy
and imagination. And just like striking oil, you will experience
a surge of greater productivity than you have ever had in
your life. It is desire that will allow you to transform mediocre
abilities into mind-boggling success that is maximized to
heights above and beyond what you ever thought possible. Another
word for desire is conviction. I like this word because it
suggests an emotion that is even deeper within, even more
driving. Soul-filled conviction has the power to pull you
through every possible challenge and give you the strength
to scale the highest peaks. So how do you find this conviction
and tap into it? As you hone the skills in this manual and
use them diligently in your daily life, your conviction will
rise within you and become ever clearer. Right at this very
moment, you have within you a power plant burning with potential
energy. You have the potential to light a whole city, but
you are only burning one bulb or lighting one house. The potential
is there, and now is the time to tap into it.
Just as a space shuttle expends
the most fuel in creating the momentum to leave the atmosphere
and soar into orbit, kicking off a new plan towards exponential
success also demands the greatest amount of energy and effort
up front. Once the shuttle is in orbit, it expends less energy.
Similarly, once you’ve acquired the Exponential Factor,
exponential success will naturally follow and success will
be yours.
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