There is a key understanding that is required in order to achieve success, and that is to believe that you can.
That may sound like an obvious statement, but I find so often that people do not truly feel they are capable of hitting their targets.
You might see another achieve success and feel that you are not able to do the same. Well, the simple fact is, you can achieve success. However, in order to do so, you first need to know that you can.
If you truly understand that success is obtainable, it will become so. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy.
So many people give up because they feel that they will never achieve what they want. There is no reason to think that way. Do you really think that all the successful people out there are either luckier, or more intelligent than you? Rubbish. They just stuck at it and had the right attitude.
Those who succeed often do because they simply know that it is possible, whilst those who do not, lack that important realisation.
I want you to consider the following: if you truly feel that you are capable of success, then there will only ever be one reason that you give up on your goals, and that is because the work necessary is not worth the reward. Otherwise, you simply recognise that you have to go through a process.
So, if you ever feel like you have had enough of internet marketing and want to give up, ask yourself why. Do you simply not want to do the work, or have you lost confidence in your ability to succeed?
If the former, then you can make a relatively objective decision as to whether or not you want to continue.
If the latter, you need to address your mindset, because anyone can succeed. Someone has been in your situation before, or one very similar, and has got to where they want to be. If you apply yourself in the right fashion and understand the process, you will succeed.
Edit: I have been very helpfully informed by Wil that another post I have written, How To Combat A Loss Of Enthusiasm, is an ideal follow up to this. So if you’re now pumped up for success, click here to find out about how you can continue to walk down the right path!
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With you on this. From a psych perspective the follow up question is, “what can we do, actionably, to affect that change?”
Some ideas: expose self to outside encouragement; do something you are passionate about in the first place; work to become more informed about your work/direction as to feel confident; or partner with others who support the above.
Thank you for the post as this, alone, is exposing me to outside encouragement!
Wil
Hey Wil,
Couldn’t agree more with your ideas. In fact, I hit upon some of them in this post.
Thanks for stopping by!
Tom
I think that is the most rewarding place to get to, the place where you as an individual has what it takes in order to succeed.
I think you also mentioned it in another post you’ve written but I also believe that probably the biggest thing holding people back from achieving what they want is ‘belief’.
Belief in what they want is possible, belief in their own abilities, belief in the systems they need to put in place in order to get there.
Belief. Belief. Belief. And then some…belief.