THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

Ever dreamt of being an overnight success?

If you have…keep dreaming! It’s the closest you are going to get.

Because that’s what “overnight success” is: a pretty little pink castle in the air.

There is a reason why the road to accomplishment is the one less travelled.

Success takes a LOT of work.

A lot of hard, unpaid slog, long hours of self-education, working with great coaches, setting things up, studying and learning, testing and trying things, failing and starting all over.

Doing things most are unwilling to do today, so you can have a lifestyle most are unable to have tomorrow.

Overnight success my ass.

Few are willing to go this extra mile.

Even just the thought of the extra distance is something most won’t consider.

Because it involves getting out of your comfort zone. Away from what you know. Risking something. Being unsure.

It’s just so much easier to stay in the hole you are today.

And dealing with the devil you know, rather than the one you don’t.

Most people prefer to stay with the herd, and move around as they are told to do.

Comfort in numbers. Anonymity in the flock.

The single best way to never get anywhere in life.

Being a sheep is a guaranteed success killer.

Now, here is the kicker.

Most people will PREFER remaining sheep.

Oh yes! Truth bites. Take it and do with it as you will.

Everyone talks about success and wishes they were successful…but very few are ready to do what it takes to really be a winner.

And whatever you do, however hard you try, you will NEVER get to break them out of their comfort zone and their set ways of thinking.

SO, RULE #1 – NEVER WASTE TIME ON THINGS YOU CANNOT CHANGE

What’s the point in flogging a dead horse, right?

It’s just an exercise in desperation.

There is one thing however, that is worth directing every single ounce of your energy at.

And that’s – YOURSELF!

YOU are in charge of your own destiny.

I don’t care how conditioned you have been to think otherwise, and how much you like to blame Fate, Karma, or Luck for what happens to you during the course of your existence.

Grow a pair and just buckle down to the fact that YOU are in control of everything that happens to you.

Yes YOU are responsible for where you are today and ALL the crap that comes your way.

YOU. YOU. YOU!!!

Is that clear yet?

Pride is not your friend.

Neither is your complacency.

So, stand up and be counted.

Take charge. It’s YOUR life after all, isn’t it?

Why are you letting yourself go with the flow?

Start doing things in your life that are worth doing.

Take responsibility for your actions.

AND HERE IS RULE #2 – DO ONE THING EVERY DAY, THAT GETS YOU CLOSER TO YOUR GOAL!!

Yes! Just one step forward! Only one.

But a definite one.

Every day. Without fail.

One small but sure step every day will add up to 365 steps a year.

That’s definitely nothing to be sniffed at.

Every single day, you need to be getting closer to where you need to be.

Anything that detracts from that goal, needs to be removed.

Out the window. Disposed of. Dumpster Dreamland.

YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY TIME TO WASTE (see rule #1 above).

You think you can afford to, but you can’t.

Time is never a friend.

So ding ding! Wake the hell up!

Which naturally leads to the next law.

RULE #3 – BE RUTHLESS WITH YOUR TIME

Time is absolutely your most precious commodity.

It took me years to grasp the gravity of this very simple concept.

You can always have more money.

But you will NEVER have more time.

Yesterday cannot come back. We have no control over the things that have passed us by.

But we CAN learn from what we did yesterday and make tomorrow a better day.

So make every second count.

Don’t waste time on the inconsequential or on people who bring you down.

Spend it doing things you love with people you love.

Life is all about becoming a better person as you journey along.

Take a look around you and see where you are right now and take a look at where you need to go.

And this takes us right to the following.

RULE #4 – MAKE WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW A LIFE CHANGING PLACE FOR YOU TOMORROW

We waste a massive amount of time every day, just keeping up with what we think we should be doing.

I am seriously not joking.

Take today and analyze every damn second since you woke up.

Be brutally honest.

How much time has been frittered away?

Did you waste time gossiping? Making other’s people business the stuff of your daily tabloid? Talking about inconsequential things? Looking up funny websites? Just day-dreaming?

If you utilized just a small portion of that time lost to being productive – instead of being busy – you would be a lot closer to your goal, wouldn’t you?

Yes, there is a damn huge difference between “productive” and “busy”.

Make sure you are one and not the other.

It will change your life forever.

“BE WATER, MY FRIEND.”

These 4 simple steps outlined here will help you move the mountains in your way.

Because these mountains exist only in your mind.

The seemingly impossible problems can effectively be faced and handled once they are broken down into individual blocks.

As long as we can let go of our fears, our misconceptions and the comfort of our set ways.

In the words of the immortal Bruce Lee:

“Don’t get set into one form.

Adapt it and build your own, and let it grow.

Be like water.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water.

Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup.

You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle.

You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot.

Now water can flow or it can crash.

Be water, my friend.”