Personal Reminder: the More Difficult Path Might Be the One Most Worth It
The most successful people in the world have conceded at one time or another that it’s impossible to succeed alone. No individual has all the tools required to achieve peak success — barters will occur, cash will change hands, and relationships will have to be built.
A human psychological tendency, which also happens to be one of the biggest self-inflicted hindrances to our own progress, is getting stuck in what “getting there” looks like.
We identify the path that looks the most likely to get us to the end goal fastest This can easily result in resistance when the need for a pivoted approach arises.
The “most likely path” is also the “safest.” Playing it safe will never lead to world-shifting moves, although it will always contribute to the aggregate. This is not to diminish the strides that are made by friends and family members’ contributions and participation. It all counts, it all adds up. But it will never reach the heights that require a level of discomfort and openness to pain.
Comfort zones are not rewarded with excellence. Short-term pain leads to long-term gain. And conversely, short-term gain leads to long-term pain.
Having that scary conversation and risking a no is what will ultimately lead to a yes…
