Gary Keller, of Keller-Williams Real Estate and co-author of The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, said, “The number one reason most people fail is because they are unwilling to endure the monotony of success.â€
Starting a new project or initiative is exciting. A few weeks later, when you’ve settled into a routine, the excitement will wear off.
Not much is happening. You’re bored. Going through the motions. Easily distracted. Ready to quit.
You’re being tested. Will you continue? Will you endure the monotony? Will you have faith and stay the course?
Success doesn’t happen all at once. It happens incrementally, sequentially, little by little. As you do the activities over and over again, they start to compound. Before you know it, you’ve reached a milestone.
You need to know that this is how it works before you begin.
If you’ve chosen the right goals, and the right activities to reach those goals, you will eventually reach them. It might happen slowly. You might not see it happening. You might get discouraged.
How do you keep yourself from quitting?
First, think about your goal and what it will mean to you when you achieve it. Meditate on it. Drink in the feeling. Understand that it may be hard but it is worth it.
Then, think about what it will be like if you don’t achieve the goal. Imagine how you will feel knowing you gave up.
Thomas Edison famously said, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Don’t let that be you.
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