Most people think that people who are successful and people who are failures are both on opposite sides of the spectrum. Well my friends, you’d be suprised how close failure and success are close to each other. Its like walking a thin line and its a very narrow one. You can walk a fine line between sheer success and utter failure.
See the thing is, the longer you walk that line, the larger the gap between the two becomes. Let me give you a simple definition for both failure and success. This way you can easily use this to assess what you are doing in your own life and help yourself get on the “good” side.
What is failure?
People thing failure is a single occurance. FALSE!. Failure is the combination of chronic errors made over time.
For example, if you don’t clean your room one day, that is not failure. It might be an error or even a lack of attention. However, if you don’t clean your room 30 days in a row and your room becomes a big mess, then it’s no longer an error, but a FAILURE. Usually, this is what causes people to experience failure whether it’s in their personal life or professional one. They repeat the same error day in and day out, and the sum of the errors just pile on until it’s a complete failure. Here is another example. You could eat junk food one day, but if you eat it every single day, then you suffer the consequences of such continuous errors with poor health and poor body image. What about if you put off doing a task for one day? What if you put it off every single day? I see this all too often in my line of work (software development), where the accumulation of errors builds into failure, which then builds into disaster!
Think about certain bad decisions or choices that you have been making in your life lately. Make the promise to yourself right now not to repeat this every day or too often. One trait that I have noticed with high achievers, is that they are able to correct an error extremely quickly. If you want a chance to succeed, you need to learn from your errors and correct them FAST. The quicker you learn from your errors and avoid repeating them, the better you can avoid any failure, and the faster you can achieve success.
What is success?
Enough about failure. On the opposite side of the spectrum, success is the accumulation of good decisions made continuously over a period of time.
For example, if you work out one day, you won’t see any result or success. But if you work out every day for 5 months, you will see noticeable and measurable results, and that is real, tangible success. If you write one page a day for a year, you have a book. If you eat good healthy food every single day of your life, you will have a healthier body. Success is quite simply managing to accomplish good disciplines on a daily basis. The reason why the majority of people do not achieve a high level of success is the lack of consistency. They will eat well 3-4 days out of 7, and work out 1 or 2 days per week. They will complete their tasks 3 times out of 10. Mediocre consistency creates mediocre results. If you want to experience life on a whole other level of personal success, you need to be the most consistent person possible. Be consistent. Have discipline and be motivated.
As you can see, the line between success and failure is very thin. Sometimes it’s not obvious that we are doing something that is wrong, so it’s crucial to have an open mind and be critical of oneself. But it’s the act of doing things a certain way over a period of time that widens the gap between success and failure so tremendously. The key here is to spot your errors early, learn from them, and fix them. Then, whatever you are doing that works, keep doing it every single day by developing the habit of consistency. This is an absolute sure-fire way to obtain massive amounts of success. Remember if its hard to do at first, then its probably the road to success. Laziness is easy. Running for 30 min a day is hard. The kite rises its highest against the wind
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