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By Mike Ognek
Becoming successful requires courage. In the
achievement of any worthy goal, you must overcome mental barriers, take
risks, and proceed in the face of fear and adversity. Deciding to act
with courage is what can carry you beyond your fear – and whatever may
be standing in the way of success in your business and in your life.
You cannot hope to be successful without taking
risks. The safe path is the easy path. However, the tradeoff for taking
the safe route is mediocre returns. It’s universally true that the
greater the risk, the greater the reward. The more calculated risk you
take, the more successful you can be.
An average life does not require too much from us. A
truly excellent, successful one is demanding. Yet the payoff is
exponentially more – it’s worth the effort, mental toughness, and risk
taking that it demands.
And yet in the face of risk, our fears and mental
barriers arise. Some would let those fears and mental barriers prevent
them from becoming successful. Others proceed in spite of their fear,
and consequently achieve success. The distinguishing factor – the
difference between the two – is courage.
Courage is not a feeling. It’s a decision. Courage
is a determination to persist in spite of obstacles, dangers, and fear.
This determination has to come from your will to succeed – no matter
what. You may be feeling fearful and apprehensive in the face of
adversity, but you must exercise your will, your courage, and continue
in order to ultimately be successful.
Some of your enemies in your quest to be successful
are internal. Certain mental barriers may have been formed from your
early childhood experiences or other circumstances in your life. In your
mind, you’ve set up a belief system based on those experiences and
circumstances. Unfortunately, they may be holding you back from being
successful.
Fear is another obstacle to be overcome. We may
face a challenge, but the fear starts in our minds – where your mental
barriers also originate. The best cure for these internal obstacles is
action. You will find that your fear and mental barriers will evaporate
as you take courageous actions consistently, and are consistently
successful.
Acting courageously also increases your level of
courage. The more you face your fears and jump over mental barriers, the
more successful you will be, and the more courageous you become.
Continually facing adversity and exercising courageousness will drive
you to higher levels of courage – and higher levels of success as well.
We will face obstacles, problems, and challenges on
the way to becoming successful. It’s a given. However, it’s our
response to those obstacles, problems, and challenges that makes the
difference. It’s our decision, too, whether to succumb to fear or make
the decision to exercise courage instead.
Life is full of risks, challenges, and
problems. Why not make the decision to face them with courage and to
pursue success, in spite of fear and mental barriers? To be successful,
choose to act courageously, no matter what you are facing. And remember
that the courageous always win in the end.
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