Don’t Settle

Too many people are afraid of failure and afraid of failing, due to all of the negative emotions associated with the failure. I show you where these negative emotions come from and why it doesn’t apply to our world anymore. Moreover, I show you how important failing is, contrary to what everyone thinks of it, it is actually the key to success, not the burden.

It’s important to have a relative understanding of what your brand, business or skill is worth. But the tricky part is measuring this. A lot of people go to extremes to measure value, they either primarily use external opinions or they primarily use internal opinion. Both extremes have negative consequences. In this episode I reveal what I think is the most effective way to measure value.

Persistence is a very fascinating trait because it communicates a lot about someone’s character. It demonstrates a lot of positive and attractive qualities. I show you exactly why persistence is vital for producing the results that you desire.

Too many people focus on uncontrollable variables and fantasies that they can’t control, and they then complain about their results. In this episode I put a huge effort into how important controlable variables are in producing those results, giving you full control over the process rather than the fantasy.

A lot of people live their lives looking for shortcuts, looking for quick and rapid results. But the risk of this is becoming a person who only invests in whatever gives you a positive ROI in the shortest amount of time, which means that you could miss some of the best investments of your entire life. Investing in yourself is one of those. Don’t miss that investment.

A lot of people are fixated on results over the process and skills that actually get them there. Consequently, people force themselves to learn skills and do jobs that they have very little interest in, only because it will get them the result that they so badly want. What I’ve observed is that this ‘result’ often comes from a negative place, it’s usually associated with other people’s opinion of you; comes from a place of insecurity. It’s like a naturally quiet person forcing themself to be loud just so that people don’t think that they’re quiet and boring. We need to embrace our differences, not forcefully try to fit in.

This episode is about the fundamental personality traits and qualities that need to be demonstrated when learning/mastering a new skill. The three that I focus on are Passion, Discipline and Patience, but there are of course more. Those 3 are the most important in my opinion, and in this episode I explain why.

This episode is all about overcoming limitations and challenges to achieve the results that you truly want. However, it’s also accepting the reality of what the requirements actually are. A lot of people fail to meet the requirements because they either don’t know it’s possible or are just too lazy. I talk about my experiences achieving ‘above -average’ results, coming from a ‘below-average’ position.