Ask any successful person how they became successful and the first word they’ll throw out is: Perseverance.
They all persevered through each of their setbacks and difficulties.
But how?
How do you persevere when the successful business you’ve built for 5 years gets stolen from you? How do you get back up when your enemy takes the job you’ve always wanted? How do you continue when someone tells you and your team that the work is not good enough?
You ignore the story in your head.
Like the “maybe I’m not actually not good enough” story. Or the “maybe this is the wrong pursuit” story. Or the “how long will it take?” story.
You drop all of those thoughts from your head. Immediately.
The real difference between someone who is successful and someone who isn’t, is simple. One person chose to believe the “I can’t ever do it” story. And the other didn’t.
Now, go back and press any successful person on how they truly became successful. Most of them will wink at you. It’s a code that you get them. So they’ll tell you the truth. And the truth is:
They just ignored the story.
A New Source Code 