There has been many written, and said, about how and why people succeed. The contention being that, in order to succeed, one must learn, and then implement, the techniques and principles used by many who have gained success.
But, knowing the techniques and principles used by others who reach success doesn't qualify a certain person to succeed too. If it did, all of those who have studied the various books, booklets, programs, and plans on the subject of SUCCESS would, by virtue of their knowledge thereof, will succeed.
According to statistics, 98% of the people never reach a level of anything more than sustained mediocrity; only 2% ever really achieve success. - WHY?
The answer is simple. - They never "qualified" for success, because they refused to "pay their dues."
These 98% people are so wrapped-up in "maintaining" and "protecting" the level of mediocrity they have achieved that they will not going risk one iota of what they have.
It is like the young boy who, at last, got his first pair of fine shoes.
Now, these pair of shoes were exceptionally fine. So fine, in fact, that the young boy spent so many hours shining and wiping them - while keeping them safe from scuffs, neatly wrapped in a paper, in their box under his bed.
There are a number of opportunities presented themselves for the boy to use the shoes, but he prefer to safe-guard them and used his older shoes instead. After all, if he used the new shoes, he would run the risk of scuffing or dulling their glittering shine.
When the day had finally arrived, when the occasion was most important, the boy learned, to his disappointment, that his feet had grown and the shoes no longer fit him. (I gave that pair of shoes to a more needy neighbor - and, from that day forward, I have never again been afraid to lose anything.)
Unfortunately, most people are like that boy. - They read all of the booklets, books, programs, and plans about the principles and techniques used by others to gain success. As the boy did with the shoes, they let the opportunities to use what they have learned pass them by - or, they make a half-hearted start, but never continue past their first small and futile attempts.
Why do they hold back? - Because they fear losing what little they have. They "protect" their meager and mediocre position so well that they never lose it.
At retirement age, those people look back with pride at the fact that they have ventured little and lost nothing. But, not unlike the boy and his shoes, they learn, to their disappointment, that which they protected so well will not sustain them after their retirement and they are forced to seek aid and assistance from their government, family and friends.
Those people have never "qualified" for anything better, because they have never "paid their dues."
If you haven't, yet, gained success, look around you. What are you protecting? If you lost it all tomorrow, would you really lose anything of great value?
People fail, not because they cannot succeed, but because they are unwilling to risk what they have. They "protect" their mediocrity until it is all they have left.
The struggle to achieve success is not unlike any great battle in any war. The victorious army is always the one that gives-up the position it has won in order to advance against a better, more advantageous position. Only the losing army stands and defends a mediocre position.
A young Lieutenant once asked a wise General, "Why should we try so hard to reach a position at the top of the hill? As we charge up the hill, our enemies will surely take the positions behind us, and we will lose what we have gained; even if we take the hill."
The General, a very wise man, replied, "Yes - but, it is much easier to charge down-hill. When we have taken the higher position, we will charge back down the hill and recover all that we have lost. Then, we will charge down the other side of the hill."
The people who make up the 2% that achieve success are forever charging up the hill - losing all behind them - and then charging back down the hill, on both sides, to regain anything they may have lost and achieve even more success.
Not unlike the losing army, most people will never succeed, because it would mean that they would have to give-up the mediocre position they have protected for so long.
In order to succeed, you must first "lose" your mediocrity. - Success doesn't happen any other way.
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