The Secret to Success Revealed: One Word That Will Change Your Life!

The secret to success isn’t an algorithm.

But it can be summed up in a word.

Imagine you are a bull rider. You go to a rodeo and draw the bull Blue Man Chu (thank you, Tim McGraw). Your goal is to stay on the bull for 8 seconds.

You get on the bull, ride out of the chute, and make it 6 seconds before getting thrown into the dirt.

Your friend recorded your ride, so you can study the video and learn from it.

You plan on trying again next week. So you go home, study the video, and memorize exactly what you and the bull did.

You return to the rodeo, prepared for the bull to make the same movements. You get on the bull, ride out of the chute, and make it 4 seconds before getting thrown into the dirt.

Why?

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus has the answer:

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

You aren’t riding the same bull. You aren’t the same bull rider.

Many people make the same mistake when chasing success. They try and emulate the exact moves the “greats” made. The problem is, copying them is a fool’s errand.

The algorithm is flawed. You are seeing their success without seeing the bigger picture:

• Steve Jobs was fired a bunch of times
• Michael Jordan didn’t make his varsity team
• J.K. Rowling was broke and nearly homeless before Harry Potter

But these people do have something in common.

These people could’ve quit when things weren’t going their way. But they didn’t they stayed the course. They adapted to the changing conditions.

Their success wasn’t the result of an algorithm; it was the result of grit.

They stayed the course when others would quit.

Grit isn’t about staying the course when conditions change; rather, it is hanging on and pivoting when conditions change rather than throwing in the towel.

Hang on when it’s painful — it’s the secret to success.

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