You know what stands between you and success today? Your mind-set, your perception.
You are laid back because you believe that things will happen naturally if they are supposed to happen. You have un-prioritized yourself because you don’t want a reality check. You have undervalued your existence because you know that if you desire for more, you will have to act on it.
You believe that success is a long shot in this cut-throat competition because you are afraid. You are afraid to hustle. You know you will have to work hard and get disciplined to achieve greatness. You won’t have excuses to make because you will be accountable for your life. Staying stationary feels comfortable. So instead of taking up the challenge and achieving milestones, you find comfort in sitting back and dwelling on what could have been. Instead of bringing a change in your life, you settle for wishing that your life would change. You want success to fall on your lap while you sit on that couch, pondering over the possibilities of a good life and complaining about things gone wrong.
But guess what, it doesn’t really work that way.
The fear, the comfort zone, everything is in your mind.
Life doesn’t change when you are comfortable. You have to be absolutely uncomfortable to desperately want change and desperation makes you work towards your goals. This desperation of wanting to achieve something, changes your mindset and when your mind is set, there is no stopping you. You have to start moving to cover the distance. You can’t stand still and expect to cross mountains. Stillness is death and death is absolute.
Either get up and change the things that you do or stay in the frustration of not being able to do anything. You have the power to choose and it is common sense to choose the best. A decision as simple as getting a paper and making a plan can change your life in a split second. It is not the plan that changes your life but because now your mind-set has changed, your life will definitely follow suit.
When you become passionate about making the best out of this one life, you start to look at the bigger picture. Then you are left with no option but to move, upwards and onwards. Look around yourself right now, this very exact moment is your own. You own it. You can do anything with it. You may not have a sponsorship, profit or popularity right away but you will never have them if you do not start. When you want something, you reach out and get it.
You change your mindset.
You hustle.