Formula for Success

[kmr321]

Im sure everyone has heard a quote and just been like wow this is amazing and true "i think ill apply it to my whole life" then forget about applying or the quote completely a couple weeks later. Well one which i read and has stuck with me over the months has been a quote by benjamin franklin. I think most people know of benjamin and should know he is a credible person to listen to.

Benjamin says "Energy and Persistence conquer all things"


Energy + Persistence= Success

Easy right. If you think its true, which i believe. Do it and stick with it.

Ill define this a bit deeper in next post.

[kmr321]

Energy – I see energy as effort/ taking action. How much effort/action you put into achieving your result is a measure of how successful you will be. In a competitive sense whoever puts more effort in total towards achieving their goal is likely to come out the victor.

Energy – “Go Hard or Go Home”
Some ways I think you can get more energized than the people around you is through reading motivational/inspiration quotes/stuff
listening to music that gets you amped
eating right, exercising,
being happy, stop thinking and just get going
Knowing you can and constantly overcoming fear and doubts.

Persistence – Easiest example I can think of is two people trying to lose the same amount of weight the quickest. The person who will lose the most weight the quickest will be the person who can resist all temptations the longest. This will also be the person who is the most persistent in their actions/efforts. Until the goal is reached they will be consistent and move forward to achieve their goal no matter how many custard donuts are shoved in their face and other distractions/blows they may receive from life to throw them off track.

To be successfull Both Energy + Persistence must Exist. As there is no point of thinking yourself thin and then wiping the donut jam from your face in front of the T.V. Or in contrast running 1 mph for 5 years instead of putting a bigger effort in eg. Running 2 mph.

Persistence – Quote from Rocky Balboa “No one hits harder than life, but only the strong will take the hit, get up and move on”. I think that sums it up.
Also “No Pain, No Gain” rings true to me.
I think being a pretty good athlete and student you really do have to have a weird junky love for pain if you want to be physically or academically successful. "If you cant handle the heat, get out of the kitchen"

One more post to come.

[kmr321]

Mistakes
All successful people have made squillions of mistakes. The thing which sets them apart is that they learn from these mistakes and keep moving forward. If you don’t learn from your mistakes you would be wasting all your precious time doing things the wrong way and never actually reaching your goals, no matter how energetic and persistent you are being. All mistakes even the small ones should be learned from.

Failure –
If success is just a result then so is failure. People fail when they choose to stop moving forward towards their goals. People Quit because they choose to, this is because they believe they don’t have either the Energy or Persistence to achieve their goals. This attitude is brought on by Fear and Doubt.

[ÜberDan]

Originally Posted by kmr321

Persistence – Easiest example I can think of is two people trying to lose the same amount of weight the quickest. The person who will lose the most weight the quickest will be the person who can resist all temptations the longest

Nice post. I find the key for success and persistence is a change in your perspective and environment. If you have to resist I think you will eventually lose. Using your example the person who will lose the most weight the quickest AND
never regain the weight is the person who changes there mind on what they want to eat. No resistance needed.

Just my thoughts

[RT Wolf]

Thank you for the post. Its always nice to be reminded the very basics of PD every once in a while.

[AndrewJ]

Good post. I think what you are talking about is momentum. Once you've got this you feel great.

Andrew