Stay focused to realize your dreams
If you run behind two Hares, at the end of the day you end up with none. Most people want to get Rich without getting the basics correct, which would be, to realize any Goal, the most important requirement is Focus.
They start off with a project and then after 30 days they start another. Their idea is, if you throw enough sh#t on the wall, something will eventually stick. If you were to ask them the reason for their actions, most would always refer great Businessmen who have multiple ventures.
But they fail to understand that each and every successful businessman started off focusing on just one Project for the first 10 years or until their established system starts bringing in the profits. Rain or Shine, good or evil, they hold on to their business, be it 1 Customer they are serving or none. Everyday they wake up early and start grinding.
Of course this is hard, specially when no one is there willing to give even the slightest chance or trust in their product, and when those around have forfeited all of the trust and faith, that the business would take off.
The only person walking next in support would be the person’s shadow. Still the walk continues, the strive continues, the pain and the agony is endured, until the morning of Happiness arrives. Why does it arrive ? The answer is simple, the Man doesn’t want to let go. He keeps on, keeping on. It is often said, in any fight, the winner is the man who thinks that this fight is his last fight, and he is prepared to die during the fight. Guess what, he steps into the Ring with this “Never Returning mindset”, goes all out, and beats the breathe out of his Adversary.
The life of a Businessman is similar to that. He has to go all out. For even a slightest hesitation will result in his downfall. Downfall in Business means, devastation, humiliation and financial failures beyond repair. All of which cannot be easily handled, specially in times like these.
So the take home point is this, when you are ready to start a Project or a Business Endeavor, remember, Success will not come knocking at your door. Next, you should be prepared to put all of your Focus into one single Project or Business venture. Be prepared to face, Insults, temporary setbacks, discouragements from Spouse, discouragements from Family, discouragements from Friends, and a whole lot of discouragements from Nay Sayers.
If there is one thing that the Whole world wants, then it is Success. The only difference being, Winners stay focused on the course, come what may. To all the Winners, a defeat is just a temporary set back, which they would easily overcome with their Focused mindset.
Story Time
There is this most popular story of an Archery teacher and his 5 students. One day there erupted an argument among the 5 students, as to who is the best among them all. When the teacher learned about this, he intervened. He thus said, if all of you wanted to know, who among you is the best, then take up the Challenge that I give you, he who comes up the correct solution will be the Best among you.
To settle the dispute, all of the 5 students accepted the Challenge. Then on the penultimate day of the Challenge, the teacher led all of his 5 students deep into the forest and then pointed them to a grazing deer.
He thus said, “my dear Students, take up your Bow and Arrow, aim at the deer, when I say shoot, you should shoot to kill the deer, but before that listen to my question, and answer it. He who gives the correct answer, will be the best among you”
All agreed and drew their Bow and Arrow, pointing at the deer. Now the teacher, posed this question. “Students, now I want each one of you to tell me exactly what do you see in your target?”
The first one replied, “teacher, I see the eye of the deer”. the second one replied, “teacher, I see the face of the deer”, the third one replied, “teacher, I see the back of the deer”, the forth replied, “teacher, I see the stomach of the deer”, while the fifth one replied, “teacher, I see nothing but the beating heart of the deer”
Hearing this, the teacher declared, “you are the best student”, and then continued, “you only get one chance to hit at the deer, for it won’t wait there for you to take it down, so make that one chance count. If you don’t hit the heart, it does not count”
Life too offers you just one chance, either you use it and make the best use of it, or let it pass by. Just remember this, You are never going to get a second chance, so Stay Focused, for only the focused eye will see the beating heart.