It is so interesting to me that for most people, the pain of work, discipline and accountability…the pain of doing what needs to be done is worse than the pain of regret and the pain of living a so so life…a just getting by life.
Good Morning MOJO,
Last week I was talking with, Scott Chase, a VP of our mortgage company, about what it takes to be successful. In our jobs it is our responsibility to push people…to inspire people…to get people to do more than they are comfortable with so they can achieve supreme success. It is our jobs to be the example of how to work…of how to live. And many times it can be a very frustrating thing when you see a talented person who has all the gifts…the smarts…the God given talents, but does not have the X factor. And so the story goes….do you know this guy below? Hopefully not too well.
He’s a 9 to 5er but for some crazy reason actually expects to make the same kind of money as the guy in the cube next to him that works 7am to 7pm. He has all the excuses in the world for the reason he is not as successful as he wants to be…it’s the market, it’s my company, it’s my spouse, it’s my kids, its my…. Plug in whatever you want for the excuse, but the bottom line is its MY WORK ETHIC plain and simple. Most people are not willing to put in the hours and they are not willing to do those things the 7 to 7ers are doing. They show up, play grab ass, surf the web, hang at the water cooler, ping their friends jokes, talk about how great they are and do whatever they can to get through the day without actually sucking it up and doing what they need to do to be successful. Then they look for someone to blame. LOOK IN THE MIRROR…yell at that guy…he is the one stopping you. Nothing else, period!!!!! We all can keep busy during the day doing stuff, but those who are successful do the tough stuff…the stuff others are not willing to do. The bottom line is those who are tremendously successful put in the extra hours, work their ass off, are incredibly discipline and are willing to do whatever needs to be done to be successful period…not just what they want to do…not just the bare minimum. Typically the harder it is to do something the greater the reward…the more money you will make doing it…the more healthy you will be…the better your relationships will be…the more successful you will be at whatever it is you are doing.
It is so interesting to me that for most people, the pain of work, discipline and accountability…the pain of doing what needs to be done is worse than the pain of regret and the pain of living a so so life…a just getting by life. Don’t take the path of least resistance…there is nothing there that you want. Roll up your sleeves and attack your job…attack your health…attack your life and you will be successful. We have to out work them and do those things most are not willing to do to be successful. When we do that we will kick some ass and be a Rockstar at whatever it is we do…student, teacher, parent, ditch digger, athlete, sales person, executive… It does not matter what it is….work harder, work longer and do what others are not willing to do in life and reap the rewards. Success is hiding in those couple of hours no one else is willing to work…success is hiding in that last phone call when you don’t want to make it and everyone has turned off the lights and gone home….it is in the last rep when you cannot do one more. That is where all of the success is…everything up until that point is simply maintenance. It is that difficult and it is that simple.
Go BIG and make it a POWERFUL week!!!!!
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