Today I want to talk about staying motivated when you are not getting results. There are a couple of ways that you can stay motivated while you are not getting results. One is to look at people who are hugely successful that also failed. For example, I think it was Howard Schultz was turned down by 246 different banks and if he wouldn’t have gone one more time, there would be no Starbucks. I believe Ray Kroc was a failure his whole entire life until he stumbled upon a burger stand and ended up buying out that little burger stand and created McDonald’s in the 60s. I know there was a gentleman who was kicked off the Grand Old Opera Stage and told to go back to truck driving and that’s Elvis Presley.
Not getting results is part for the course. It’s just the deal. I was listening in on a training call earlier this week and I heard what I would call a pretty good approach to how to become successful. Now it’s not my definition of success but it’s how to become successful. How to become successful is to be persistent through failure. That is literally only 50% of the equation. Now most people are persistent. You have to persistent through failure and I think, I don’t think it’s perfect but I think it’s a pretty good way to think about success. How to get success. It’s not the definition of success. It’s how to get to success.
You have to understand number one, it’s normal. It’s normal to be doing work and not getting results. That’s normal. Keep going. Be persistent. One of my favorite quotes is from the Dr. Reverend Michael Beckwith, “Pain pushes you until a vision pulls you”. Let the vision of who you want to become pull you pass these obstacles and this is why. Just having a why isn’t enough. It’s not enough to have a why, it’s not enough. You have to have a vision of who you want to become that is so powerful and that can be how are you spending time with your spouse? How are you making a difference in society? Who are you? Who do you want to become? That vision is so critical to get you pass the obstacles because there will be obstacles. There will be. Just a fact. Okay. There you go.
Here are some resources that I want to share with that will help you stay motivated:
How to Get Motivated when you just don’t feel like it
Sly Stallone, Branding and Staying Motivated
What to do when they say you will never make it (amazing stories here)
Hopefully this was beneficial. Please feel free to share it with your team. If there is anything I can help you with in your business, please feel free to reach me directly at 612-208-9434.
To your success ~
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