Many people experience difficulties in life and keep on struggling to make ends meet. The mind gets filled with negative thoughts and the temptation to quit becomes a welcome sight.
Mike was not moving ahead in life. He would start a project from home with the idea of making enough money to leave the job he hates. After a few weeks he gives up on the project. He has done this about six or seven times.
I asked him to spend the time necessary find a project that he thoroughly enjoyed doing; one that perhaps matched his talents, skills, strengths or deep interest. And then I asked him to make two lists; one to identify what he enjoys about it and the second to list what he doesn’t enjoy.
The good list of what he enjoys, I am happy to say, was much longer. He finally identified a project that he might continue with, where the potential of quitting was highly reduced.
Next, I asked him to scour the internet, go to book stores and his local library, and read about as many successful people who have achieved success from the same business as his.
“Learn from them all that you can. Learn how they challenged obstacles and setbacks and what they did to overcome them. If they managed to be a success, so can you.”
The big lesson here is to learn from other people. Follow the strategies that they did to achieve success.
If you wanted to achieve success in a particular area of your life, what would that area be? And whose strategies would you apply?
Hani Al-Qasem
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