Discipline is your best friend.
When would now be a good time to start? That is a question that many should ask themselves. We often have different excuses for not starting our journey.
My advice to you is to start. No one is perfect in the beginning. If you are committed and determined to succeed, nothing will stop you. To take the Island, you have to burn the boats.
The most important thing though, is to continue no matter what.
One of my strengths is my committed daily habits. Ever since I went to university and considered my studies as a job, I cracked the code of daily hard work and positive results.
Success is not built in a day; it is built daily.
Haven't you felt excellent about yourself after a hard day's work, knowing that you have added value to yourself or something else? Sitting down on the sofa with a cup of coffee after a cold shower is an incredible feeling. (Why cold shower, you ask. Getting your circulation going and knowing that you also give you the immune system a boost is my reason.)
Experience the tremendous power of the compounding effect.
People tend to overestimate what they can do for a short period and underestimate what they can do for a longer time. Many people are neither willing to do what it takes every day for several years to achieve what they want.
I will tell you a secret; there are no shortcuts to success. I love the quote from Zig Ziglar:
-The elevator to success is broken, but the stairs are always available.
For instance, if you listen to an E-book 60 minutes every day in your car while commuting to work, you will have an equal amount of knowledge as a college degree in that subject after four years.
Your result has nothing to do with how smart you are. Everything rises and falls with how many hours you are willing to undertake.
If you swing your ax 10 minutes every day at the tree, it is going to fall. The question is only when.
Find motivation in your reasons.
People have different reasons why they take massive action towards their goals. One common denominator, though, is that we all move away from fear or towards pleasure.
If we start with fear, it is a powerful motivator. Fear is often an imaginary thing in your head.
FEAR- False Evidence Appearing Real
The only way to get rid of your fear is to challenge it and use it to your advantage. If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.
All the adversity in my life has made me the person I am today. Even though we hope for a comfortable and joyful life, adversity will come whether you like it or not. When it does, you can calm yourself that you will get through and grow yourself along the way.
Put yourself deliberately in some adversity consciously, and you will be able to handle real trouble better.
When it comes to pleasure, you have to be before you can do and do before you can have. What do I mean by that? Well, first of all, you have to see it in your head before you can hold it in your hand?
If you don't see yourself as a millionaire, you won't be able to become one. If you see yourself as a millionaire, you will read the books like a millionaire, invest like a millionaire, behave like a millionaire, etc. You get the picture.
Discipline increases your self-confidence.
If you handle the big things in life, you have to start taking care of the smaller things first. Start by making your bed every morning.
Going to bed, knowing that you are well prepared for tomorrow, is a great feeling. If you are a competitive person, it might also be stimulating to learn that your opponents have to do as much work as you have done to be better than you.
In the end, try to focus on yourself instead of others. You have greatness within you and prove to yourself that you can unleash your superpowers over time. You don't have to have others' approval to be successful. The only person you have to prove yourself to is you.
Make sure to enjoy the ride.
Success is not an end station; it is a journey. The more you know, the more you realize that there is another horizon up ahead. When you have reached a short term target, however, make sure to celebrate. Pad yourself on the back and say a good job.
At the beginning of my career, I thought that the result was the target—good grades, money, luck in love, etc. Nevertheless, true happiness comes from within. Money won't make you happy, but it sure will make your life easier.
Money is not everything, but it ranks right up there with oxygen, -Zig Ziglar