Part 3-Land On Your Feet

DID YOU SEE THAT! I know I get carried away with that video, so I’ll give you 2 minutes to watch it one more time! *impatiently waiting* ….Okay, time is up! Did you see that for the past 10 years Indy Car races have been decides by an average of 1.54 seconds? Yet the difference between in results for less than 2 seconds, is over half a million dollars, yes OVER $500.000.00. What I want to make sure we notice is NOT that 2 seconds was the difference, that 2 seconds was decided in the plan, the preparation, the implementation, and the extra effort.
So let’s go over the steps before the “big finish”. First, we talked about having a dream. You have to have something to believe in, something that pushes you to keep going. Your dream should be strong enough to make you cry, it’s the reason why you even want to land on your feet. Second, you have to protect that dream. The one time that I’ll ever advise that you be reasonable when it pertains to your dreams, is that you realize that EVERYONE WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU. Sad, but true fact. Your friends and family may call it “protecting you” or “trying to help”; they may even call it “support” but know this: if it doesn’t add to your goal, and push you forward, it’s against you plain and simple. Now, let’s talk about step three.
Extra Effort.
The 212 degree video was first introduced to me years ago at a network marketing function where all of the top leaders were giving motivational talks about what it takes to get to the top. None of us were allowed to tell the others what we were going speak on, and when the gentlemen played that video, my life changed. Maybe it was the atmosphere, maybe it was the video itself, but if you really watch it, and if it’s your time, it will tell you that there is always more that we can do. Now because I could write forever on this topic, I’ll break down 3 or 4 of my top bullet points for EXTRA EFFORT.
1. Don’t take shortcuts. Rather it means delaying a launch, or paying a bit more for your product or service, or your research, don’t take shortcuts, it will always come back to bite you in the end (I almost said something else there!)
2. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. What I’ve noticed by countless entrepreneurs is that they are ashamed or to prideful to ask for help. Knowing that the definition of success is to find someone that has achieved what you want and duplicating their steps is proof positive that asking for help or assistance is an absolute must. There are some bumps on the head that you just don’t have to take. The reason we network is not to “protect our business from someone that might steal our idea” it’s to GAIN RESOURCES” so they can HELP YOU and vice versa.
3. Don’t be afraid to fail. I had to learn, and in all honesty, I’m still learning that failure isn’t an end point. Failure is just traffic on the road to success, it’s a process. Think about it; have you ever packed up for a road trip and decided to leave in the middle of the night so that you could avoid traffic? An hour into the trip and you’re at a standstill, what do you do? Do you get off the freeway and go home? Or do you make the best of the time, until YOUR LANE OPENS UP, and keep going to your destination? Success is the same way.
It’s all about extra effort. My mentor tells me all the time to play to my strengths, basically meaning that we can’t compare our failures to other people’s successes. All we have to do is stay in our lane and outwork the competition. Extra effort is what keeps you up at night, it’s the pen you keep in your car just in case an idea hits, it’s the feeling in the pit of your stomach when things start to fall into place, it’s working the plan even when you don’t want to, and more importantly, extra effort is a belief in yourself that you DESERVE the results that you’re chasing. It’s not about who believes in you, it’s about believing in your potential, and your destiny. #HUSTLEHARDER

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