Successful People Know What They Want
We have all been there at some point in life. Knowing you want success. Not knowing how to obtain it.
Where Do I Start?
Success is not always about the money. Oh sure! Money is nice and all. It makes life easier. Less stress with bills, that car you must run to keep your job. Go anywhere, buy anything. Sounds like money should be the main goal, right?
Not so much.
What most don’t realize is that to obtain a million, makes life harder before it becomes easier. Not just anybody can make a million. Although, anyone can become a millionaire.
Confused? That’s okay. Bear with me.
What I mean by this is that people that become millionaires have developed certain traits and adapted particular behaviors day in and day out. All day everyday. Always improving. Becoming something more than their current selves.
But where do they start? Where is ground 0? Whats the very first thing they did before they became a success?
They Figured Out What They Wanted
There are those who dream of making a million. Others want great relationships with the people in their lives. Some practice a craft to the point of mastery. Everyone is different.
Then There Is You (And Me At One Time). Goalless…
Left wondering how to “make it” in this crazy world. Thinking to yourself, are successful people born to succeed? Is greatness just not meant for me? All the while spending sleepless nights wondering how to spend your imaginary lotto winnings.
What if I told you it didn’t have to be this way?
What if I told you greatness is within your power to obtain?
What if I told you that with one small step, you could start becoming successful today?
My Point… You Can! You Already Have The Answer.
What is that answer I here you ask? Simple…
Choose One Broad Goal To Focus On.
You’ve been searching for your “what” for what seems like an eternity now and you are ready to take the plunge. Great! Let’s get started.
Focus on one big thing for now. Don’t get bogged down in the details straight away. If you make your goal complex by thinking of all the small things you will talk yourself out of taking action. We don’t want that.
We want to know the outcome before the game begins. We want to place our safe bets now. We want the best possible outcome all of the time.
It’s okay not to have all the answers at first. When we start something new we never have all the answers. That’s what makes it scary, no, terrifying to pursue. A lack off clarity is crippling. That’s why we’re focusing on the broad goal for now.
For me, it was creativity. I’m 26 now and only figured this out 3 years ago. I had been playing guitar, messing around in Paint (old school), animating stick figures with Pivot, and using LMMS to make electronic music, all the while asking myself what I wanted. The answer was staring me in the face, yet somehow it took 23 years to figure it out.
Know the feeling? Here’s what to do.
Take a step back and think about the things you spend your day looking forward to. When you are grinding day in and day out. Living pay check to pay check. There are often a few moments in a day, a week, a month, that you spend doing something you enjoy.
This is your meal ticket.
Once you have you know what you want. Then you can start deciding what activities and behaviors are serving that goal. With time your broad goal will be filled up with mini goals that direct you to your main goal’s finish line.
You cannot reach your finish line if you have never established where your finish line lies
Without direction. Life becomes like a desert or a sea. You cannot find your journeys milestones or destinations. Where you’ve been, where you’re going. Life becomes hopeless aimless wandering.
It is not simply enough to know what you want. You need to know how to get to the finish line and why you are racing towards that particular finish line. That’s a topic for another time. For now. Focus on your “what”.
Do yourself a favor. Choose your direction.
From Rags To Riches
I won’t leave you empty handed. To prove to you that you can become the person necessary to achieve your wildest dreams. Here’s a handful of billionaires that began with next to nothing.
Source: www.businessinsider.com
- Starbucks’ Howard Schultz: grew up in a housing complex for the poor. Net worth: $2 billion (as of Sept. 2013). In an interview with British tabloid Mirror, Schultz says: “Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I knew the people on the other side had more resources, more money, happier families. And for some reason, I don’t know why or how, I wanted to climb over that fence and achieve something beyond what people were saying was possible. I may have a suit and tie on now but I know where I’m from and I know what it’s like.”
- Oprah Winfrey became the first African American TV correspondent in Nashville. Net worth: $2.9 billion (as of Sept. 2013). Winfrey was born into a poor family in Mississippi, but this didn’t stop her from winning a scholarship to Tennessee State University and becoming the first African American TV correspondent in the state at the age of 19.
- At one time, businessman Shahid Khan washed dishes for $1.20 an hour. Net worth: $3.8 billion (as of Sept. 2013). He’s now one of the richest people in the world, but when Khan came to the U.S. from Pakistan, he worked as a dishwasher while attending the University of Illinois. Khan now owns Flex-N-Gate, one of the largest private companies in the U.S., the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, and Premier League soccer club Fulham.
- Mega-resort owner Kirk Kerkorian dropped out of school in the eighth grade to become a boxer. Net worth: $3.9 billion (as of Sept. 2013). To financially help his Armenian-immigrant family, Kerkorian dropped out of school in the eighth grade and later would become a boxer called “Rifle Right Kerkorian.” During World War II, Kerkorian worked for Britain’s Royal Air Force. He eventually turned his interest to constructing many of Las Vegas’ biggest resorts and hotels.
- Forever 21 founder Do Won Chang worked as a janitor, gas station attendant, and in a coffee shop when he first moved to America. Net worth: $5 billion (as of Sept. 2013). The husband-and-wife team — Do Won Chang and Jin Sook — behind Forever 21 didn’t always have it so easy. After moving to America from Korea in 1981, Do Won had to work three jobs at the same time to make ends meet. They opened their first clothing store in 1984. Forever 21 is now an international, 480-store empire that rakes in around $3 billion in sales a year.
- Oracle’s Larry Ellison dropped out of college after his adoptive mother died and held odd jobs for eight years. Net worth: $41 billion (as of Sept. 2013). Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a single mother, Ellison was raised by his aunt and uncle in Chicago. After his aunt died, Ellison dropped out of college and moved to California to work odd jobs for the next eight years. He founded software development company Oracle in 1977, which is now one of the largest technology companies in the world.
I am just like you. Trying to find my way in the world. Everything I write about, I am doing. I will share with you what it takes to go from nothing to something. Zero To Hero one step at a time.
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