Keeping an eye on one’s greater purpose is the drive that makes anybody great.
We want to build stability, but in the process, we can make ourselves quite unstable. What good is a nice home or disposable income if, by the time you have it, you don’t have the physical or mental wellness to enjoy it?
If you’re going to succeed in your career or in your business, you need to get to a place where the “Nos” don’t phase you.
This friend doesn’t tell the most flattering stories about you. She’ll often tell stories about you making a mistake, embarrassing yourself, or failing. She’ll do it all with a smile on her face, elbowing you, as if you find this funny, too. But, if you think about it, she only tells embarrassing stories about you.
You find yourself fixating more and more on the suffering in the world. You were always aware of it, but now you think about it all of the time. It seems that the second you try to enjoy some part of your new success, some image of world suffering floods your mind, and you feel terrible.
Perhaps your work is not in line with your values. Let’s say, for example, you work in marketing and launch a viral campaign for a company that you…don’t believe in. A company that you think stands for something, perhaps, bad. You saw behind the curtain, and you know that this company doesn’t have great values so while you did, technically, “win” by doing your part of the job well—launching the campaign—you feel that in the grand scheme of things, you promoted values that are in direct conflict with your own
Some individuals are just lucky to be born into connections—into a network of people who can swiftly move their career along, without many of the hurdles that those of us without connections face. One could argue that making connections is the hardest part of a career. Becoming educated and developing a skillset and then putting […]
A lot of your success will depend on with whom you associate. There are people who ask you to make introductions for them or be a reference for them—people whom you know, in your gut, aren’t great at what they do. But, you want to be nice, so you make those intros and you are that reference. And then, that hurts your reputation.
Most people who are successful in your industry probably didn’t find success in their twenties. They likely grinded it out, working themselves to the bone for years before they found success. They had day jobs for eight hours a day and then dedicated their evenings to their dream. They have little respect for someone who they perceive just had success handed to them.
Not only is your body designed to get around seven or eight hours of sleep a night, spend regular time in nature, and be surrounded by loved ones to survive but so is your brain.
It's 2017. Do you know where your valedictorian is?
You've planted the seed. Now you have to grow into greatness.