What you can do for yourself is limitless. What you can do for the people in your life is more than you can think. And what you can do for the world is more than what you think.
Life will give you what you work for, not what you want. So if you want to create your own lasting success, growth, you must be willing to do the work.
Because you can do a lot if you are willing to do the work, if you are not afraid to fail, if you are willing to challenge yourself.
If you want to create your own lasting success, you must challenge yourself. You must not be comfortable. You must not be complacent. Because complacency is a dream killer. It is a temporary solution. According to Molly Fletcher, ‘Complacency is a feeling of self-satisfaction that keeps you from reaching your potential. Complacency lulls you into false sense of security, an ‘I can do it later’ mindset.’
To be comfortable is not a bad thing. But don’t make it a habit. Because it will make you even more comfortable.
You can create your own lasting success when you commit yourself to what you are doing right now, not what you will do in the future. Why is that? Because what you are doing right now is not going to change anything right now. If you do what you are doing now really well, it has the power to change the direction of your life.
When it comes to success, to growth, commitment is key. When you commit yourself to what you want in your life, you do not really care about what is going on in the world. You are not easily distracted by what other people are doing. You are really into what you are doing. You want to see it through to the end.
You can see things through to the end when you discipline yourself. Life is a failure without discipline.
Discipline is doing something that you do not feel like doing. It is facing your fears. It is saying to yourself, ‘I am going to do this thing, no matter what is going on in my life.’
Success is possible when you discipline yourself, when you are comfortable with being uncomfortable, when you are comfortable with discomfort. According to Molly Fletcher, ‘discomfort creates freedom from regrets, from looking in that rearview mirror and wondering what you could have amounted to.’
You can amount to anything if you are not scared to try things that you have not done before. if you can face yourself, if you can face your fears, you can do anything.
If you can face your fears, you can take charge of your life. If you can do what other people don’t want to do, you can achieve your dreams. If you are willing and ready to do more than others, to invest in yourself, then nothing can stop you from creating your own lasting success.
To start, you must know your purpose. The question is, ‘Do you know your purpose?’
Source:
Molly Fletcher (2024). Dynamic Drive: The Purpose-fueled Formula for Sustainable Success
