There is a Very Thin Line Between Success and Failure – Are You On It?
They say that highly intelligent people or people with high IQ's are people that walk the thin line of schizophrenia. High intelligence borders the line of insanity. These people are always just a little bit different from everyone else when it comes to their social skills and their social behavior.
Are you on the thin line between success and failure?
I have two friends that have very high IQ's. They are extremely nice people and very giving people, but both of them are suffer from some sort of social behavior.
One of my friends can't stand crowds or a room full of people. You will never find him out shopping for Christmas gifts.
My other friend is so meticulous, that one time; it took him two months to buy a pen. He shopped for two solid months to find just the right pen for the price. Whenever I'm shopping for the best price on anything, I will always call him to do the research. He's a stickler for details.
The same holds true for those of us who wish to become successful. There is a very thin line between success and failure…is you on it?
What separates those who become successful and those who fail. It doesn't matter what you're in or what you're doing, if you want to be successful at it, you must walk that very thin line.
Let's take a look at a couple of successful people and see what the difference between them and you and me is.
Michael Jordan
Do you know that Michael Jordan did not make his high school basketball team. How would you like to be the high school coach that cut Michael Jordan from playing on the high school basketball team? What a stigma to carry for the rest of your life, but Michael Jordan was determined to play basketball and that's the first point. Have a goal and aim for it.
Most people don't have any goals or aspirations that they would like to achieve in their life. They just drift around, like a twig on the water. Just floating until they bump into something and that's where they settle for awhile. My old pastor used to say; "you're aiming at nothing and hitting it".
Is that you today? What are your dreams? What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't care who you are or how old you are, find something to focus on and then take aim and shot it! Set your goals.
Do you think Michael Jordan achieved his goal of playing basketball? Yea, that and just a little bit more.
Thomas Edison
I can guarantee, that after you have set your dream in motion and you have your eye on the goal, and you are getting ready to hit that target, there will be people; good friends, your spouse, your family, who are going to try and shoot you down. It's not if they will try, it's when they will try. You are going to hear a barrage of questions and comments that if you're not ready, could knock you right off the horse.
Thomas Edison heard them and he had all kinds of things that went wrong. He was constantly tweaking this and tweaking that, but one thing that made him successful in bringing lights into the world…he never quit!
It's called perseverance. The ability to be so focused on the goal, that nothing and I mean nothing, is going to keep you from winning that prize. It took Thomas Edison ten thousand attempts, but he was determined to bring the incandescent light bulb into our world.
We have to go back to Michael Jordan to bring this last point that I want to make.
What made Michael Jordan so good? Was he just this natural born talent that could make the basketball go into the basket every time he would shoot? NO!
He worked hard, he worked very hard, and he worked harder than anyone else. His teammates would leave the practice and go home and Michael would stay for hours just shooting the basketball over and over again.
To be successful at what you do, you have to work harder than the other teams that you have to play against. You have to go to that next level, where they and no one else wants to go, and you have to park yourself there if you want to win. Anyone who has played sports or been in any kind of competition knows what I'm talking about.
To achieve your goal, the place where you're at must become intolerable, and the place where you want to be must become non- negotiable.
Become a student of your game and work hard at it, dominate it, be prepared for anything, and when it comes, you will win. You will be successful!
Failing is a part of winning. You have to learn how to loose before you can learn how to win, so if you've failed and you've fallen down, get right back up. Brush yourself off and get back in the game. You only loose when you quit!
Fail forward. It's through the gate of failure that you learn how and what to tweak and change and perfect until you've got it right, and then walk through the gate of success and winning.
1.Set Your Goals
2.Never Quit
3.Work Hard at Hitting The Mark
I'll end with a quote from Michael Jordan. You may have heard this already, but it's worth repeating again.
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career…I've lost almost 300 games…26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed…I've failed over and over and over again in my life…And that is why I succeed."
Here's to your success.
Are you on the thin line between success and failure?
I have two friends that have very high IQ's. They are extremely nice people and very giving people, but both of them are suffer from some sort of social behavior.
One of my friends can't stand crowds or a room full of people. You will never find him out shopping for Christmas gifts.
My other friend is so meticulous, that one time; it took him two months to buy a pen. He shopped for two solid months to find just the right pen for the price. Whenever I'm shopping for the best price on anything, I will always call him to do the research. He's a stickler for details.
The same holds true for those of us who wish to become successful. There is a very thin line between success and failure…is you on it?
What separates those who become successful and those who fail. It doesn't matter what you're in or what you're doing, if you want to be successful at it, you must walk that very thin line.
Let's take a look at a couple of successful people and see what the difference between them and you and me is.
Michael Jordan
Do you know that Michael Jordan did not make his high school basketball team. How would you like to be the high school coach that cut Michael Jordan from playing on the high school basketball team? What a stigma to carry for the rest of your life, but Michael Jordan was determined to play basketball and that's the first point. Have a goal and aim for it.
Most people don't have any goals or aspirations that they would like to achieve in their life. They just drift around, like a twig on the water. Just floating until they bump into something and that's where they settle for awhile. My old pastor used to say; "you're aiming at nothing and hitting it".
Is that you today? What are your dreams? What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't care who you are or how old you are, find something to focus on and then take aim and shot it! Set your goals.
Do you think Michael Jordan achieved his goal of playing basketball? Yea, that and just a little bit more.
Thomas Edison
I can guarantee, that after you have set your dream in motion and you have your eye on the goal, and you are getting ready to hit that target, there will be people; good friends, your spouse, your family, who are going to try and shoot you down. It's not if they will try, it's when they will try. You are going to hear a barrage of questions and comments that if you're not ready, could knock you right off the horse.
Thomas Edison heard them and he had all kinds of things that went wrong. He was constantly tweaking this and tweaking that, but one thing that made him successful in bringing lights into the world…he never quit!
It's called perseverance. The ability to be so focused on the goal, that nothing and I mean nothing, is going to keep you from winning that prize. It took Thomas Edison ten thousand attempts, but he was determined to bring the incandescent light bulb into our world.
We have to go back to Michael Jordan to bring this last point that I want to make.
What made Michael Jordan so good? Was he just this natural born talent that could make the basketball go into the basket every time he would shoot? NO!
He worked hard, he worked very hard, and he worked harder than anyone else. His teammates would leave the practice and go home and Michael would stay for hours just shooting the basketball over and over again.
To be successful at what you do, you have to work harder than the other teams that you have to play against. You have to go to that next level, where they and no one else wants to go, and you have to park yourself there if you want to win. Anyone who has played sports or been in any kind of competition knows what I'm talking about.
To achieve your goal, the place where you're at must become intolerable, and the place where you want to be must become non- negotiable.
Become a student of your game and work hard at it, dominate it, be prepared for anything, and when it comes, you will win. You will be successful!
Failing is a part of winning. You have to learn how to loose before you can learn how to win, so if you've failed and you've fallen down, get right back up. Brush yourself off and get back in the game. You only loose when you quit!
Fail forward. It's through the gate of failure that you learn how and what to tweak and change and perfect until you've got it right, and then walk through the gate of success and winning.
1.Set Your Goals
2.Never Quit
3.Work Hard at Hitting The Mark
I'll end with a quote from Michael Jordan. You may have heard this already, but it's worth repeating again.
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career…I've lost almost 300 games…26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed…I've failed over and over and over again in my life…And that is why I succeed."
Here's to your success.
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