Last week I was on a coaching call, listening to our coach talk about a concept that I have been learning and implementing.
The ideal for each of us, whether we have our own business or whether we are filling a role in a company somewhere, is to be successful.
We must know what it means to be successful in that business or that role, or else we will not know how to achieve success.
Success, to many, means bringing in a certain income or living in a certain type of home or living in a certain location or neighborhood.
Success, to others, means putting in the minimum hours and effort to keep the job and the income associated with that role.
Success, to another group, means creating an impact in others, whether they be customers, coworkers or vendors. Seeing lasting change and impact from how we speak into them is the measure of success.
Let me ask you a question: What does success look like?
However you define it, you must know this:
To achieve success in any area requires action.
Maybe you have seen people who have stumbled their way into success.
It wasn't pretty.
It was almost by accident.
Know this: No one will ever stumble into success if they are sitting still.
That applies to you too!
You do not stumble if you are not moving.
You have to move.
You have to take action toward your success.
You may need to tweak your methods or pivot in your actions, but you have to get moving and keep moving.
Many times we buffer, scheduling a timeline far out in the future that isn't motivating or prompting us toward action.
It's a safe distance away.
But guess what?
We remain safe in our chair, instead of stumbling our way toward that destination.
Will it be successful?
I don't know, and you don't know either.
But if you do not take any action toward your goal, I can guarantee that you will definitely not be successful.
Success requires action, not perfection.
Schedule the event, announce your launch, commit to a specific date.
Once you have a deadline, your creative skills will emerge, I promise.
It's been said that constraints breed creativity.
That means, once you know your deadline, you will meet it with all of the effort necessary.
Get moving in the direction of your dreams.
As you go along, give yourself the grace to find out what does not work.
You may stub your toe. You may trip. You may slip up a little.
But do not drag your feet on purpose.
You are only holding yourself back, not allowing yourself to get closer to success.
John Maxwell sums it up this way: Fail forward.
You may fail a few things. You may fail a lot of things.
But fail forward.
Learn from it, or else it was wasted.
Get stumbling, friend!
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I wrote this to myself.
To date, as I write this, I am past my initial goal of when I wanted to finish writing my first book.
I have never done this before, so I don't even know what I don't know yet.
But I am moving forward again.
I am editing...and editing...and editing.
It's not the fun stage for me, but it's getting more of its shape.
Because I hit this wall, I did join a group that will coach me through to the end of it, plus be able to use the content in many other ways.
If you can relate or need the help too, hop into it with me!
We will stumble toward success together.
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