Strive To Out-Work Someone, Not Beat Their Results

If you consistently put out more effort than someone, you will rise above them.  It is when you focus on getting more results and rewards than them that you become weakened and slowed down.  Let’s say someone has an income that you desire.  You can spend all day focusing on the numerical income they receive, ignoring what they do to get it.  You can remind yourself of the number over and over, feeling bad about your own income in comparison.  This is the quick-thinking way to go, and it doesn’t lead to you being able to obtain the level of income they are obtaining.

Always Stick To The Process

The process is what gets you to the result.  Repeating the end result doesn’t bring you any closer to it, although it can feel like it puts you near what you desire.  If you want to walk a distance of twenty feet, you can tell yourself that you could walk that twenty feet, and will go that far, but if you keep focusing on the end of the walk instead of what you do to get there, you turn into an observer instead of an action-maker.

What Luck?

Avoid calling what someone else has achieved as luck, as that limits your capability to match it in some way.  When you call it luck, you are describing it as something out of your league, as it is a rare occurrence that you can only hope to partake in if you get the same “luck”.  Now, you might already know this, and avoid calling what other people get as lucky, but do you think that way?  Do you see what results they get and quickly jump to the conclusion that they had an extra bit of help(that you don’t have) to propel them beyond where you are?

Book Example

Let’s say you see that someone got their book published by a prominent publisher, and think that they had some sort of benefit that allowed them to do so.  Realize that they might have known someone that helped them along, or had a mentor that guided them through the writing process, but also realize that they wouldn’t have gotten this assistance if they didn’t show drive and determination.  People don’t tend to help someone that is lacking passion, because they will feel like the help will be lost into thin air.  If you show this effort, you will get the “breaks” that others don’t seem to get, not because they are unlucky, but because they aren’t showing the effort and attempts.  You would have to seek out publishers, contact local newspapers, try online methods, as the effort will lead you to the right way to get your material printed.

Begin With The End In Mind, Only For A Moment

You want to begin with the end in mind, as you may have been told before, but this doesn’t mean to stare at what the “end” looks like.  If you have been putting off creating a computer program that accomplishes a specific task, imagining yourself done with the task only helps you to get the ball rolling, but doesn’t get you there.  Let your subconscious remember the final image while you work on the small details that take you from point A to completion.  Staring at some one’s Lamborghini won’t move you along the path of steps needed to acquire your own.  Once you have that driving force in place, don’t focus on the end result you had in mind, as you could go even further.

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