So, you want big things to happen? You expect that you are going to make it big? You believe that, if you just keep doing what you have been doing, you will make it to the Big Time. That you will have your name in lights. Not if you don’t shoot for that.
If you keep doing what you have always done, then you will continue to get what you have always gotten. Small time games have safer odds, yes, but they have the smaller payoffs.
Steve Tobak, author and managing partner at Invisor Consulting, espouses the idea which he wrote about in the article Want Big Things Out of Life? Expect Big Things of Yourself. Navy SEAL and entrepreneur Mark Divine agrees. This can be seen in his book Unbeatable Mind.
Mr. Tobak has outlined five points to lean on while you are stepping up your game for greater success. First, have faith in yourself. If you don’t believe in you, then who will?
Second, find work that you love doing. If you are an entrepreneur and not doing work that you love, why are you doing it?
Third is to focus on being the best. If you are not striving to be the best and not believing that you are the best, how will you ever be “the best?”
The fourth point is that you absolutely must face your fears, overcome them, and persevere. If you are letting fear of failure hold you back then, perhaps, being a cube dweller is more in line with your psyche.
Fifth, always look forward to big challenges. They are coming. This is inevitable. Make it positive.
For Mr. Tobak success is not about the little things. Nor is it about doing little things. Success is about overcoming great challenges. It’s about being and doing something greater than you, or anyone else, has done before. You have to raise your standards and overcome your fear of heights if you are ever going to reach those levels of success.
Mr. Divine brings up the fact that we will all identify with our own thoughts (pg 7). In light of this article, this reality fits with all five points Mr. Tobak talked about. The cycle for this is something you have already heard. Our actions come from our thoughts and beliefs. Our thoughts and beliefs come from our experience. Our actions are based upon our experience. Change your thoughts and beliefs and you will change your actions. You will have better results if you act under the fact that you are better and deserve better.
Your mind is incredibly powerful. What you rehearse, that is think about all day, is what you will believe. What you believe is what you will achieve. Put greater ideas, expectations, and goals in line for yourself. You can and will exceed them. As you see success happening you will become more confident. Confidence is from our belief in our own capabilities.
Unbeatable Mind, by Mark Divine, SEAL, USN (Retired)
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