The secret to success….

The secret to success….

I bet you have never heard this little savory nugget of advice. I hope you are sitting down. If not, do so now as I am not liable for any injuries sustained after learning this secret of success.

The secret to success is hard work. Okay so really how many times have you heard that? How much thought have you put into that secret?

Let’s unpack that a little bit.

Think about someone you see as successful. It always seems to me that they are always busy off and running. Doing a million things and have a million bucks to go with. Great that’s it, if I just do a bunch of random things I will be successful and own a beach. That’s right not live on, but own it!

If it were only that easy.  Hard work will look different for every person and their own specific situation. So what does hard work look like for you?

Hard work…

• Keeps you busy
  • Busy means you spend less time on success vampires such as TV, video games, social media, and the couch!
  • Focuses your
    • Time
    • Energy
    • Brainpower
    • Goals
  • Gets results
  • Creates new opportunities

Sounds perfect right? Well here is another secret, it isn’t the only secret to success. It is the starting point and it is time for you to start!

Are you ready? Try this magic trick below. That’s right I can do magic via this blog! I will instantly raise your motivation towards achieving any goal. Any goal you want! Ready, set, go!

***Pick a goal you want to achieve***

Seriously, pause and pick just one thing! Okay now that you have that one goal you can continue.

1. What are you currently doing to work towards this goal?

2. What are some good things that will come from achieving it?  Think about it…

3. How about the flip side, what are some not so good things if you don’t accomplish it?  Keep thinking!

4. Time to get on the scale.

• On a scale of 1-10, how important is accomplishing this goal?
  • What would it take to raise the number by two?  Take a second to think
• Same thing, 1-10 how confident are you that you can achieve this goal?
  • Bump it up two spots, what does that look like? How will that feel? Paint that picture!

5. What will you do in the next week to change? Do it! Do it! Do it!

Great job! Now you have a goal and have an action step you will be doing in the next week! Feeling motivated? You know what comes next….Hard work!

I just finished a 30 Days of Hustle program that Author Jon Acuff hosted. It was me and 6,000 other motivated and hard working people. Each day we were given a mission that would help us achieve our own goals. We all supported, encouraged each other, and worked hard to achieve our goals.

He is doing it again and now it is your turn to Hustle!

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Have a great story to share about your hard work paying off? Guest bloggers are always welcome!