ACT DESPITE OF

ACT DESPITE OF

• Posted by COACH RYAN V 

This is what successful people do. While those who fail have lots of excuses but they just did not act. If this is a success formula, why then are there lots of people who don’t act?

1.) FEAR AND PAST FAILURES. A man named Thomas Edison failed almost 1,000 times before he succeeded in creating the light bulb. When asked how he felt about the failures he simply said “Well, I have not failed, I succeeded in learning 999 ways not to make a light bulb”. For most people past failures are what stops them from taking action today. I know a lot of people like this. Some of them are even close friends and family. Some of them are even business owners (businesses that have not taken off). They have dreams but because their past experiences were very painful, they fail to act on those dreams. They fear their past failure will happen again. They hate it when they have to get out of what’s comfortable and secure. They better stay put and wait for grace than act. A lot of them always love a free lunch. There they go asking for free advices so and so. But when the time comes to act they halt themselves and say, “Oh no, I knew this was something I experienced in the past”. Well, if you’re one of these people, look at your results. What has this fear brought you? If you’re looking for people to do business with, do you think they will want to transact with those who are foolish not to act and are full of doubts? I know I won’t partner with somebody like that.

2.) OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS. They often listen to what their friends say, their relatives, their mothers, etc. Most of the time, the people they listen to are skeptics warning them of an impending failure.I have something to say to you if you listen to opinions – GROW UP. People who listen to opinions hate rejection so what they do is follow what others say. Most of the time, the opinion givers are people dear and important to us. My mom and sister told me that it was a bad idea that I quit my job and do business full time. My sister even went further to cite examples of people she personally knew whose businesses fail. Had I listened to my mom and sister (they are people who are very important to me) perhaps I would still be grinding everyday for somebody else's business. It’s not because you love somebody that you should listen to their opinions. These people mean well but they do not understand your dreams AND THEY DON'T WANT YOUR DREAMS AS BAD AS YOU DO. Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth – do you want to listen to what’s CHEAP? If you listen to cheap opinions and follow them, then you are also CHEAP.

So if you want to be successful all you gotta do is ACT and ACT DESPITE of anything.