The Ultimate Success Formula Part 2

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Did you read The Ultimate Success Formula Part 1? I certainly hope you did. If you didn't, please go back and read it. If you did, did you write something down as a goal? Did you get specific about it? Did you get in touch with your "Why?" your emotional reasons for wanting this goal? We used to have a saying, "If you have a big enough why, you can figure out any how." We also used to say, "Unless you have a why that makes you cry, you won't be able to withstand the challenges that will inevitably come your way." Not every goal has to be of the earth-shattering variety, of course. You can set some little fun ones along the way, but even with those, really hone in on your why. This is very important, because of the next part. Of course, once all of that is done, you got to commit. It's not just enough to want it, especially with your BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). You gotta be committed with every fiber of your being. To paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it's gotta be something you're willing to live for, willing to die for. What we call LEVEL 5, BE and DO Whatever It Takes committed. Which brings us to...

Step #2 is TAKE ACTION...NOW! So why is getting in touch with the emotional aspect so important, because emotion creates motion. Unless something moves you emotionally, you probably won't take action. Even if you do take action it probably won't be massive enough to sustain momentum through to the end. This is so often the case for so many people. Think about all the people right now at this time of the year who set the goal of losing a bit of weight and quitting smoking. It happens year after year, and according to all the stats over 95% of the people have already quit. For many of these people the issue is that they never got started.

When it comes to reaching a goal, I want you to think in terms of inertia. What does physics have to do with this? Well what does inertia tell us? Objects at rest tend to...stay at rest. Objects in motion tend to..stay in motion. (I know that's overly simplified, but stay with me.) Tell me if you've ever done this. For whatever reason you get a wild and crazy idea in your head at night, and you get all fired up about it. So Excited!! You can't wait to get up in the morning to start. You think about it all night. You have a hard time falling asleep because you're so excited. You tell yourself you'll get up early and get started first thing in the morning. You finally go to sleep, and you wake up excited. You haven't been this excited in a long time. You can't wait to get started, but then you tell yourself, "well, I gotta eat breakfast, right. I'll get started right after breakfast." After you're done eating you say to yourself, "Well, I gotta take a shower and brush my teeth and get dressed. I can't get started until I've gotten ready." While you're doing all this, another part of your brain starts to kick in, and it sounds something like, "Will it really work? What have I missed? It can't be that easy, let's think this through a bit." I know I've been there, and the truth is I'll probably be there again at some point in the future. The thing I want to stress here is TAKE ACTION! When? NOW!! Nothing takes the place of action. You need to do something in the direction of your goal and capitalize on all that energy and emotion or you'll never get around to it. The inertia of your past is too strong. You've got to start...NOW!!!!! The worst thing that could happen is that you'll fail miserably and fumble along the way, which means you'll learn something. The best thing is you'll get exactly what you want. So what's the lesson? TAKE ACTION...NOW!!

So here are a couple of points:

1. START IMMEDIATELY!
2. START MASSIVELY!
• DO MORE!
• DO IT FASTER!
3. Plan as you go.

I know that sounds counter to what most of us have been taught about the whole ounce of planning, blah, blah, blah.  I can tell you without a doubt in my mind that most people don't have an issue with planning, and planning and planning and planning....The issue for the vast majority of the people on this planet is that they have a lack of getting in to action problem. NO! The BEST thing for most people, and that probably includes you is to GET YOUR A$$ IN GEAR!! As soon as you have the idea to lose weight by doing jiu-jitsu you need to get out of your chair and go sign up for a class...NOW!! As soon as you have the notion of asking out that girl, you need to ask her out...NOW!! As soon as you have the notion of starting your own business, you need to start it...NOW!! As soon as you think to yourself I'm gonna hire Jang as my personal peak performance coach, you need to do it...NOW!! ;-) Are you getting the picture? DO IT NOW!! DO IT NOW!! DO IT NOW!! If you don't the inertia of your past will take over and you'll go right back to doing life the same way, and nothing will change. So one last time...DO IT NOW!!!!!

I certainly hope that clears up step two of The Ultimate Success Formula, so until next time...

Live FREE!! and GET YOUR A$$ IN GEAR...NOW!!!

Jang