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A New Way To Look At Obstacles

June 11, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

When we think of obstacles, we think of something that is scary. We think of how unlikely it is for our ideas to work and ultimately get consumed in fear. Obstacles are the barriers to success, but most people prefer to sacrifice success in order to avoid the obstacles.

Instead of looking at an obstacle as a necessary evil, you need to look at an obstacle as a benefactor. Obstacles allow you to get more experience and learn from your mistakes.  Everyone who has ever become successful faced obstacles at some point in their journeys. Even the billionaires have faced obstacles before. Traf-O-Data was a bust while Virgin Vodka didn’t go far either.

Obstacles are tough to get through. However, overcoming the obstacles makes winning so much better. Success feels so much better after you are able to jump over all of the hurdles and keep on going forward past those obstacles. Obstacles are a part of your journey. Enjoy them for what they are while knowing that with persistence and dedication, you will be able to conquer all of the obstacles in front of you.

What are your thoughts on obstacles? Do you have any tips about overcoming obstacles or have any obstacles to share? Please share your thoughts and advice below.

 

Filed Under: Mindset, Motivation, Success

Why Personal Responsibility Is Powerful

June 9, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Personal Responsibility

Someone can tell you what to do and give you all of the methods. That’s what bloggers like myself do. Bloggers give their readers different methods that they can implement. However, there is a level of responsibility that is required by any individual in order to see the desirable results come in. In order to become successful, you need to be good at being responsible.

Learning different methods to get more followers on Twitter is great. It’s what happens after that person learns about getting more Twitter followers that determines the level of responsibility that individual has. Learning how to get more book sales, how to get more repins on Pinterest, and how to get more blog traffic is great. The level of your personal responsibility determines whether you are likely to implement the tactics to see the desirable results or not.

It is possible to lead a horse to water, but it is not possible to make the horse drink the water. This is where personal responsibility comes into play. After seeing how other people become successful, it is up to you to implement those tactics so you can become successful. No one is going to do this for you. You have to take sole responsibility for your goals and vision.

If you want your dreams to come true, then you need to take responsibility for your own success. You are the person who decides whether you will become successful or not. The amount of work you put in and what you do when you are putting in the work determines how likely you are to become successful. Personal responsibility gives you the mindset that allows you to get this work accomplished and achieve your dreams.

Like most of the mindset components that are important for success, personal responsibility is something that we all want to ignore. It’s easier to come up with an excuse and not do anything. It’s also easier to give up on dreams and work at a survival job because, “there’s no other option.” That’s a classic excuse. There are many components that make up success, but personal responsibility is the steering wheel. No matter how fully equipped your car is, it doesn’t go anywhere without the steering wheel.

What are your thoughts on personal responsibility?

Filed Under: Mindset, Success Tagged With: how to get more done

Mortality As A Motivational Tool

June 8, 2014 by Marc Guberti 2 Comments

End Of The Road

Everyone is looking for a source of motivation. Some people look for motivation in the music they listen, the books they read, and the inspirational quotes they get from the Forbes list. However, few people are able to keep the motivation they get from the songs and quotes they read and listen to on the internet. In order to gain and keep motivation, you need to think of a bigger picture that will almost force you to accomplish your dreams. It’s very easy to think of, but for most people, it will also be very scary. This kind of motivation is your own mortality.

Although not everyone agrees about where you go once time is up, it is agreed upon that we are by no means immortal. Many people want to think that they will live forever and only pursue dreams at an old age when they seem almost impossible to reach. Although there are success stories such as the one of 65-year-old Colonel Sanders founding KFC, most people give up on their dreams and do not get their goals accomplished at this age. Unfortunately, this occurrence is too common in every age group. Fewer people are pursuing their own dreams because they lack the motivation to do so.

I get my sources of motivation just like anyone else. I have an inspirational quotes app on my iPhone, watch some of Tony Robbins’ videos, and read success stories about people in my niche who make six figures every year. Then came a new way for me to gain motivation–thinking about my own mortality. In my opinion, one of the few problems (depending on how you look at it) technology will not be able to fix is our mortality. Technology has made us live longer and can make us live even longer, but immortality is out of the question.

If someone came up to me and told me about the motivational “secret weapon”, I would be very objective when I heard that the “secret weapon” was thinking about mortality. It’s scary and makes us realize that we don’t live forever. However, the person who used his own mortality as a source of motivation was the leader of a generation, Steve Jobs. I could go on about how he got kicked out of Apple and then ended up saving the day while doing other cool things along the way, but it is more important to realize what motivated him throughout his life. Some of the years he lived were very tough. He was adopted, dropped out of college because his family couldn’t afford it, and right when Apple started to become successful, Steve Jobs got fired. The difficulties he faced and his perseverance alone are incredible. Even when he became successful and regained his position as Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs continued to be innovative. The motivation behind his desire to do so much in his life was his own mortality.

His belief in using mortality as a motivational tool towards success was reflected upon in one of his most famous inspirational quotes, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

We all have an effect on the people around us, and some of us have an effect on people on a global scale. Steve Jobs had an effect on people in California, New York, Europe, and everywhere else in the world. When most people think of Steve Jobs, they think of the visionary that transformed Apple. There are also people throughout history who are remembered for bad reputations and villainous acts. People will remember you for how you lived your life and what you did while you were here.

You may have a bucket list of all of the goals you want to accomplish. You may have the list of 100 places you want to visit before you die. You may want to make $1 million every month so you will be able to live a life without financial worries. You may want to become a bestselling author because it is something you strive for. You may want to run the mile in under four minutes for the glory of doing so. You may want to become successful at a faster rate and start moving instead of staying where you currently are.

We all want to accomplish many things in our lifetimes. However, we only have so much time to accomplish all of the things that we need to accomplish. There are more valuable things we can be doing with our times than watching 32 hours of TV every week. Time gets lost this way; time that you can never get back. Having efficient time management is one part of the puzzle, but a strong motivation the other part of the puzzle.

That motivation, the other piece of the puzzle, is thinking of your own mortality.

It’s something very scary. It’s something that few people ever want to think about. There are so many things uncertain about what happens when mortality creeps in. We have no clear idea of what happens after this stage and are forever left guessing until the time comes. However, there are events in your life that you can control. You may not be living the ideal life right now, but you can change that. Whether you are a stay at home mom trying to bring in more revenue, someone who works at three different jobs, or someone who gets fired too often, there is always enough time to change your life and fulfill your dreams. Colonel Sanders started KFC at 65 years old and got to live to be 90. He did not let the life he lived earlier prevent him from pursuing and eventually fulfilling his dream. Now we remember Colonel Sanders as someone who stayed true to his dream and never gave up on it, not someone who gave up on his life and stopped trying.

The leader of an entire generation used his mortality as a motivational tool to be very productive and accomplish his dream in a predicament where most people would have given up. Although avoiding the thought of mortality at all costs is the easier option, it may be the motivation you need to realize your time is so valuable and you only have so much of it in your lifetime.

 

Filed Under: Mindset, Motivation, productivity, Success Tagged With: how to be more productive, how to get more done, steve jobs

How The “My Life Isn’t Good Enough” Mindset Works

May 29, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Mindset

In one of Tony Robbins’ videos, he discussed how the “My Life Isn’t Good Enough” mindset can set you up for success. It was an interesting video where he interviewed Frank Kern and John Reese about success. One of the parts of the formula got referred to as the “My Life Isn’t Good Enough” mindset.

Most people who think in this mindset know they have been dealt with an unfair hand, and they use that unfairness as an excuse. The people who constantly make excuses will not get themselves out of the “My Life Isn’t Good Enough” mindset. While most people see this mindset as a way to crush dreams and settle with being unfulfilled, there is another way to take advantage of this mindset.

There are many people who have used this mindset to become very successful. The people who used this mindset to become successful realized their lives were not good enough, but took action to make their lives better. That’s why you hear about the stories of people going from $100k in debt to making over $1 million in 1 night. That’s why certain people get to become professional athletes.

This mindset is the creating or breaking point of your success. If you use this mindset to limit yourself, you will remain limited. However, if you use this mindset to realize you need better results and be inspired to take action, then this mindset will allow you to become very successful.

 

Filed Under: Mindset, Motivation Tagged With: how to become successful, how to get motivated, how to stay motivated

Why Running Will Make You More Likely To Succeed

May 27, 2014 by Marc Guberti 2 Comments

running

There are many articles on the web that mention exercising as a way to become more productive. I started to read these kinds of articles during my freshman year when I recently joined my school’s cross country and track & field team. When I saw that exercising increases productivity, I was astounded. Increasing productivity was one of the (very small) reasons why I continued running track (the bigger reason is that I enjoy the sport).

One of the big things about cross country and track & field is that the committed athletes who love the sport always want to get better. In the running world, PR does not mean press release. Instead, it stands for personal record. When an athlete gets a PR, the athlete celebrates that PR for a day, but on the following day, that athlete wants to set another PR. I remember boosting my workout from 4-6 miles every day to 8 miles every day over the summer. Now, I plan to run over 16 miles every day in the summer (if it happens, I’ll be in really good shape). I quickly realized that the runner’s attitude towards getting more PR’s has been the recipe to success all along.

If you become an active runner, you will want to get better every time. You will want to run the mile faster this week than you did last week. Active runners decide to run longer distance and more challenging workouts in order to get better times. This constant need to improve leads to longer workouts which ultimately leads to a more successful running career–whether you are running for fun around your neighborhood or hope to make it to the Olympics.

Once you apply this mindset to one thing, it will be easier for you to apply this mindset to other places as well. One of the places you will be able to apply this mindset is your niche. When I found the time to think of my entire journey as a runner and entrepreneur, my blog started to improve in traffic and content as I ran more often.

The big spike in traffic for this blog (my blog went from 500 views to over 10,000 views in 5 months) started during my sophomore year of cross country (that’s when I started to take running very seriously). In addition, this is the same time when I went from gaining 50 followers every day to gaining over 300 followers every day. In addition, I found the time to write two blog posts every day weeks before the first cross country practice for sophomore year.

Just to prove that I’m not making any of this stuff up, Steve Scott (there are a lot of Steve Scotts in the world) is a self-published author who is poised to make over $300,000 every year from his Kindle books. It just so happens that Steve is also a marathon runner. Is it just a coincedence? I think not.

What are your thoughts about running? Are you an active runner? Do you plan to become an active runner? Please share your thoughts below.

 

Filed Under: Blogging, Entrepreneur, Mindset, Motivation, productivity Tagged With: how to be more productive, how to become more successful, how to get more done, how to get more done faster

The Best Way To Get Motivated

May 26, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

There are several ways to get motivated. While some methods of being motivated surpass others, this method surpasses all of the other methods. The motivational method that is better than all of the other motivational methods out there is seeing the potential in your niche.

We need to see that someone else is doing something that we want to do. This is why success stories are very popular. If you are a self-published author, chances are you know about a variety of success stories of the authors who made millions of dollars by selling $0.99 or $2.99 books.

When Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile barrier in 1954, he proved the experts wrong. Less than 5 years after Bannister proved it was possible to run the mile in under 4 minutes, over 20 runners broke 4 minutes for the mile. Now, it has become very common.

It only took 1 self-published author for others to realize that there is a lot of potential in self-publishing their own books. One success story offers a glimmer of hope. That glimmer of hope is the motivation some people use to achieve a milestone. As more people achieve the milestone, more people will realize that the milestone is in reach. This results in a milestone that once looked impossible becoming more common.

This is the most powerful source of motivation. All you need to do is find success stories of people in your niche to realize that the potential is there. Once you see the potential, you will give yourself something to strive for. The thing that you strive in your niche will ultimately allow you to become more successful.

Filed Under: Mindset, Motivation Tagged With: how to get motivated, how to stay motivated

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