As we write our goals and make them out 3, 5, or even 10 years later, I realize that achieving success needs a crucial ingredient to maintain posture and focus. As I write this from the 36th floor of Hilton Grand Vacations resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, I’m reminded of the impression that I had when I first arrived here on Thursday afternoon.
Picture this:
We came in to a stunning 3 bedroom penthouse suite equipped with a full kitchen, in-room washer and dryer, 3 luxurious bedrooms with plush king beds, 3 full baths, and a gigantic living room. There was a smart TV in every room, and the views of the Las Vegas strip were spectacular at this floor. We got free breakfast and food amenities throughout the day, not to mention discounted shows, and elite check-in and free hotel parking for a rental car.
All of this could have easily cost us $500 a night, but I got it as part of a membership program that I recently upgraded to. My point is that when we first walked in, we were completely blown away by the magnitude and grandeur of this living unit. It made my wife and I think to ourselves: “we could really get used to a lifestyle like this.” And that’s what achieving success is about.
Honestly, Annie (my wife) and I can live without the glamour and glitz of the luxuries of life. We don’t need penthouse suites and fancy exotic cars to live our dream life. And I’m sure a lot of you reading this may be saying the same thing. But what achieving success needs when we compose our goals is a little breadcrumb here and there to make the journey worthwhile.
When we sit down and write our goals for what we want out of our business, we often times write goals that take longer to achieve. For some, the journey may be shorter, but often times, it’s not. And for anyone who is a seasoned veteran or newbie of network marketing or internet marketing, achieving success is a process.
Humans are great creations by God, because we are given a gift of detailed imagination. This causes us to inherently hunger for our goals and drives us to take action. However, the downside of achieving is that, during the process, what it is in our mind is not reality just yet.
Having the ability to see our successes or desired goals in real life enables our minds to quantify the challenge, bringing it from an idea to a stage of realistic attainment. Your mind will trick itself in to thinking that achieving success is indeed possible, because your eyes have confirmed it.
Why do companies have rewards for great employees or bonuses? Why do people use prizes and positive reinforcement like money to entice people to perform? Society is a performance-based environment, and running your own business to achieving success is no different.
You have to give yourself a realistic motivation at certain benchmarks to keep yourself going in the process of achieving success.
What I’m saying is that in achieving success, never forget to reward yourself along the way. And if you are a leader of a group, never forget to reward their achievements as well. But allow yourself to witness success so that you give yourself a fair chance at achieving success.
The journey is not easy, and your fire will run low at times during the process. Allow your pictures and imagination to jump out of your mind or off your dream board to add fuel to your fire.
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