The Hidden Cost Of Success

‘When you lay your head on the pillow at night- or in my case the small hours of the morning- you just have to believe that you did everything you could.’

‘Never compromise or second-guess yourself. It’s all too easy to be dazzled by the promise of experience, but tread carefully.’

‘I had to face the fact that I will always be a work in progress.’

‘It takes a certain humility to recognize that you will never have it all figured out. But learning to let go is critical. As soon as you get too attached to a certain way of doing things, failure is inevitable.’

‘Keep your eyes open and your camera phone ready. Great ideas can come from anywhere.’

‘We stayed ahead by constantly tweaking. Not reinventing so much as adjusting with subtle changes that added up to something fresh. True creativity never stays still.’

‘Anyone can be creative. It’s all about finding a solution to a problem, then taking action.’

‘When you’re going against someone, get into the numbers and cold, hard facts. Never give them the chance to dismiss what you are saying as biased or personal.’

‘… Sometimes no matter how hard you prepare or how much leeway you give yourself, that perfect storm will hit, and all you can do is get through it.’

‘You think that you know the business like the back of your hand and you are the only authority, but other people can hit home runs for you.’

You cannot out-give God.’

Source:

Brandi Temple (2017). Scrappy: Using Everything You Have, Trust Yourself, and Press the Reset Button for Success, the Lolly Wolly Doodle Way

What Are You After?

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What are you chasing? What are you going after? What do you want to achieve for yourself? What is that one thing that you can’t stop talking about? What is it that you can’t stop thinking about?

Whatever it is that is keeping you up at night, you must go for it. Things happen

when we chase them,

when we go after them,

when we do what others don’t do, and

when we focus on what is possible.

What you want is why you get up every day. What you are after is after you. Why? We attract who we are. We attract what we want.

Is it going to be easy? No, it is not going to be easy. But you can do it. You can achieve what you want if you do not waste your time on things that are not related to what you want.

You can achieve what you want if you focus on what you can do to change your life. You can make your life happen if you do not lie to yourself, if you are true to yourself.

If you want to move forward, you must stop focusing on what is going on right now in your life.

If you can do something about what is going on in your life, then do something about it. Or you can reach out to people who can help you. If not, then move on.

Move on. Because you have it takes to move on.

You have what it takes. You can reinvent your life. You do that by focusing on what is possible, not on what is not possible.