Let’s look at the opposite of success - total failure. Total
failure can be described as an unwillingness or inability to
produce successful results.
Why do some people lose the gumption to push, lose
the fire, or the drive to pursue the objective?
One reason people may fail is that they lose their
motivation. They can’t understand why they have to work
so hard at each objective. Maybe they had something go
wrong in life, such as a failed love relationship or the
death of a loved one. In sales, I’ve seen very competent
salespeople fail by burning out, caused by mental and
emotional exhaustion. They lose the spark, the magic, and
the excitement of their work.
Discover what will give you your drive and burning
desire to accomplish something, until failure is not a word
acceptable to your mind. Become the rare person who has
consuming goals which motivate you every day and you
will not stop until your goals have been achieved.
There are some professional boxers with this all consuming
drive. They are “all heart.” They can fight a
brutal fight for 15 rounds. They can take punishing blows to
the head and body, and still refuse to give up. And although
they’re dead tired, they stay on their feet, just as the hero
did in the movie Rocky.
They may have been outclassed by a better fighter and
may even be losing the fight on points, but their mind tells
them to keep on fighting right to the end. Muhammad Ali
was such a fighter: He was all heart.
The New York City Marathon always amazes me when
I see some 25,000 runners eager to run 26 miles, something
most of the runners never do every day. It’s marvelous to see
all the different people who run, some of whom are in their
eighties. In addition to the professional runners, some are
disabled and use wheelchairs. One such wheelchair runner
had only his top torso and arms, but he finished. He had the
motivation, that burning desire to reach a goal, even though
he did not win a prize or money. The motivation of some
people pushes us on to achieve bigger and better goals. We
all admire courage. We all like heroes and winners.
All the participants in the marathon are driven by a
tremendous desire to finish the race and accomplish the
phenomenal feat of running twenty-six miles. So intense
is the desire to finish the marathon that blisters, sprains,
and exhaustion don’t cause the runners to give up.
Approximately 90% of all the runners cross the finish line,
even if they walk across it. It’s a personal victory for each
finisher of the race.
In the 1994 New York City Marathon, three people had
heart attacks, two of whom died. Why did two men die
of heart attacks after crossing the finish line and minutes
after running nonstop for hours? I believe those runners
had reached the point of a “burning desire” to finish at all
costs. While suggesting that you need to find new burning
desires in your life, I am not suggesting that you push
yourself to the point of exhaustion or push yourself right
into a heart attack. You have to learn to pace yourself as
you work towards your success, but a burning desire will
help you complete one goal after another, similar to how
a runner takes one step after another in order to cross the
finish line.
I believe that, if your mind is not pushed and challenged,
it could slowly close down parts of your body, leading to
health problems. The mind can control the body. We are each
actually feeding our minds thousands of thought impulses
per hour. Watch those thoughts because they circulate from
your subconscious out to your conscious mind.
W. Clement Stone said, “Do what you’re afraid to do.
When you run away because you are afraid to do something
big, you pass opportunity by.”
C-2012 J. Carinci fron the book The Power Of Being Different
No comments:
Post a Comment