Throughmy job as a professional speaker and trainer,
I have the opportunity to interact with a lot of people, and most of them are at a place in their lives where they are focused on bettering themselves and their careers. One observation that I have made about many of the people that I talk to who aren’t where they want to be is the reasons they give for why they aren’t there. Most commonly, I hear about the economy, their friends
or family, their boss or company, or something else along these lines. However, what I don’t hear enough of is them taking responsibility for where they currently find them- selves — unless, of course, they are satisfied with where they are. We are much quicker to take credit when we like where we are than we are to take the blamewhen we don’t. I call it the quarterback syndrome. Most NFL quarter- backs love the press conference that ensues following a big win but don’t have much to say following a loss. It’s a great way to find out who your true leaders are. When you think about it, we are really just acting on
our human nature whenwe blame others because it is nat- ural to protect yourself. If someone tries to hit you in the ribs, you cover up, and if our current situation is a result of the economy or some other outside force, then it is out of our control and we don’t have to feel bad about ourselves. The problem with this thought process though is that
if our current situation is the result of factors outside of our control, then we also have to conclude that we don’t have the power to change anything. If it is your be- lief that you are powerless to change your circumstances and the life you will live, then you might as well just get into a coffin and wait! That is not the world that I choose to live in and neither should you. I do want to be clear though that I am not saying that
your surroundings, upbringing, and the economy don’t have any influence over you and your ultimate destination. Of course they do. But there is a difference between in- fluence and total control. Too many people allow the wrong things to control their lives and their businesses. Before I was speaking at conferences and writing books, I had a very successful real estate career. I have been asked
many times why I would leave a lucrative career in real estate where there was no travel required to do what I cur- rently do. The answer to this question is simple: I believe in what I do and the principles I teach and truly believe that I can make more of a difference on this earth by mo- tivating and training people on how to start leveraging themselves as an asset and not their own worst enemy. I’ve found that in most cases, the issue isn’t that we
do not know what to do to create a better sit uation for ourselves but that we don’t do what we know to do. Think of it this way: if you wanted to lose weight five
hundred years ago, what do you need to do? Diet and ex- ercise. What about 250 years ago? Diet and exercise.What about yesterday? The answer is still diet and exercise, and yet, we are willing to purchase a belt that straps around our waist and jiggles all day and if we act now, we can get two of them for only $19.99! Why? Because, please, anything but diet and exercise! It’s too difficult! You see what I mean? It’s not enough to know what to
do if we can’t motivate ourselves to followthrough. I be- lieve that when we understand ourselves, the world makes a lot more sense. Too many of us are so busy trying to be great that we
are never able to be good. You can’t be great until you are good first, just like you can’t get to the number two with- out starting at one first. Oftentimes, people who seek greatness want everything to be perfect before they will put their seal of approval on just about anything. The issue with this is that it is not how the world works. Did Apple wait until the iPhone was perfect before it
was released on the openmarket?Nope. The iPhone even- tually ended up as an amazing product because of its ini- tial imperfections and the feedback from unhappy users. You are never going to be perfect, and every day you
spend waiting until everything is perfect is a another day that your competition is moving forward; even if at a snail’s pace, at least, they are moving forward. It’s the old adage that every journey no matter how
long or short begins the same way, with one step. You have to just go at some point.
“WHAT L I E S BEHIND US AND WHAT L IE S BE FORE US ARE TINY MATTERS COMPARED TO WHAT L IE S WITHIN US.”
Henry Stanley Haskins
EXCERPTED FROM “GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY…AND FINALLY GET WHAT YOU WANT,” BY JARED JAMES, COPYRIGHT © 2014. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JARED, VISIT
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