People often ask me what the odds of success are in different business opportunities, etc. Feel free to disagree with me, but first, let me explain what I mean. When I started golfing a few years I pretty much sucked. I would slice the ball so far right off the tee box that I would often hit houses. It was pretty embarrassing. I set a goal that I was going to shoot even par on a decent golf course
. Sure, that goal was wildly unrealistic at the time, but I knew that if I set that as a goal, that one day I would achieve it. In my spare time I would watch youtube videos about how to hit the ball out of bunkers, and different tips to drive the ball further off the tee box. Then, after a ton of practice, and a few years, I was finally able to shoot even par (rarely though I must admit). And I reached another goal which was being able to drive the ball over 300 yards (again, not that often, but it happens
My point is that I never once considered the idea of those goals NOT being achieved. I knew that with enough training, enough practice, and enough motivation to reach them, that my odds were 100%! So what were my chances of success with that goal?
100%! And the same goes for any other goals that we set in life. With enough training, enough practice, and enough motivation, you can achieve pretty much anything that you want to in life. I can already hear the skeptics saying things like "If I set a goal to run a mile in 3 minutes, that's impossible" and so on. Sure, you can go out of your way to think of goals like that. Or you can think of goals that stretch yourself, and are within the realm of possibility for you. That is what I'm referring to. I often hear people comparing their odds of success to others. This is very dangerous. Because it can lead to limited thinking. For example, you might look at someone who made $10,000 last month in their home based business and think to yourself that you don't have the skills that they have, and that you would be happy enough with making a couple thousand. What often happens in that case (from what I have seen), is that person falls short on the couple thousand, often making even less than a couple hundred from their home based business. Heck, sometimes making nothing at all. And they justify it in their mind the entire time. The reality is that with enough training, practice, and motivation, it's possible to acquire the skills to make $10,000/mo, $50,000/mo, or even $100,000/mo. Do you truly believe that? It doesn't matter what anyone else has done. It doesn't matter what your company "averages" are. Do you plan on being "average"? My advice is to set BIG goals that you can achieve with enough training, practice, and motivation. It's the same process to break 80 in golf as it is to make $10,000/mo in a home based business. It's the same process to lose 50 pounds of unwanted fat as it is to make $10,000/mo in a home based business. It's the same process to successfully raise children as it is to make $10,000/mo in a home based business. When you start putting things in perspective, you begin to realize that YOU control your chances of success in everything you do. Don't let outside sources control your odds. If you want to get a black belt in martial arts, you could do it! If you want to shoot even par in a round of golf, you could do it! If you want to make $10,000/mo+ as an entrepreneur, you could do it! Start focusing on what's possible. Start focusing on what motivates you. Start focusing on what you are capable of, instead of what society is convincing you of. We all have someone amazing inside of us waiting to come out. Are you ready to release that inner badass?
