Applies to business & life.
So, I’m at the point now where life is tough, and business is even tougher.
I have that desire, the drive to succeed, but there’s a stage that I think everyone must come to at some part in their journey, which is like a plateau.
The gymgoers know about this. You’ll push yourself, you’ll get strong and fit, but eventually, the progress stops, and slows right down.
It’s like you’re not improving at all.
This is the stage where most people quit.
It’s the same with business.
I know deep down that I should carry on, and if I do, I’m going to break through this unseeable barrier and come out better on the other side.
But then, how long is that going to take?
Will it be worth the hassle? Or should I just stick to something that’s safe, and avoid any possibility of disappointment?
When times are good, and you’re making money, or your business is going well and it’s easy to see progress, you never think this way.
It’s the downtime that messes with your brain.
The plateau.
99% of people would quit at this stage, and try something else.
I could do that too. Leave this business because it’s at a difficult stage, and start a new one.
I’ll feel so good, setting it up, making a website, seeing great, fast progress, and possibly some good early money.
But then,
Won’t I just hit another plateau and end up back at this stage?
I’ll be honest with you, I’ve done this 5 times.
Started a business, and took it to the stage where it’s seeing some success, but needs a push through the long, difficult, soul-sapping barrier, to the other side of the rainbow where the treasure awaits, but instead, I quit.
I start another business, get to the same stage, and then quit again.
I’ve repeated this cycle 5 times. Can you believe that?
5 times and wasted 2 years.
I can only imagine where I’d be now if I’d kept going.
Probably in Bali sipping a mocktail.
I’ve said before, that 2 years is plenty enough time to achieve success.
To make $10,000 a month.
To change my life.
Final Thoughts
There are only 2 kinds of people you should take advice from:
1. Those who are where you want to be,
2. And those who have experienced failure and learned from it.
In this article, I’m the 2nd.
Don’t be a quitter like I was.
I regret wasting 2 years of my life and putting so much effort into 5 businesses only to quit when it got hard.
Push through the plateau.
You won’t feel motivated all the time, but you don’t need to be.
All you need to know, is that if you quit now, you will 100% absolutely, definitely, certainly fail.
In life, there are no absolutes with failure, unless you quit.
You can’t win at a game you’re no longer a part of.
Keep going.
You will change your life.