Here’s What We Tell Someone Who Wants Quick Success
You have the wrong attitude about success.
Saying that you want success instantly shows that there is a lack of something inside you that you quickly want to fill.
It’s not about what success actually looks like more so than that you want to feel good about yourself.
If you really want success and if you truly know what your success looks like then time will not play a factor.
It won’t matter to you when you get it, if you struggle all the way there or if you fail the first 2,000 times you try.
If you truly desire success what will matter is the end result, no matter when it will show up or how.
That is when you will reach true success because you will do whatever it takes, not whatever is quick and comfortable.
But unless you have that attitude about it, until you stop desiring the quick success that fills whatever lack you want it to fill, you won’t do whatever it takes because it means nothing to you.
People are like this in every area of life.
They want the perfect body, the fairy-tale relationship and the dream job but are not willing to do anything for it.
They go to the gym for a month expecting their body to look like a models, are willing to go on a total of 3 dates to see if that person is “ The One” and their attitude about their job is black and white, love or hate and nothing in-between.
You cannot do that with success.
If you want to reach success it must mean something to you or you will not get it.
There is a reason only less than 1% of the population reaches success.
Not because they are lucky or talented, not always because they are special but more so because they do not care how long it takes or what it takes to get there.
Those that succeed do what is necessary. Period. If you are not willing for it to take longer, if you want to reach it instantly, it’s better to just give up before you start and save yourself a lot of time and trouble. Not everyone is cut out for this journey.
Originally published at http://quora.com.
