by Darpan Sachdeva
We all get frustrated.
I am particularly prone to frustration when i see little or no progress after several weeks of practicing some thing new. But as I have learnt from successful people and especially successful athletes, its the proper management of this frustration that plays the most important role in achieving of the success.
Dealing with temporary frustration of not making progress is an integral part of the path towards excellence. In fact, it is essential and some thing that every single elite athlete has had to learn to deal with. If the pursuit of excellence was easy, everyone would do it. In fact, this impatience in dealing with frustration is the primary reason that most people fail to achieve their goals. Unreasonable expectations timewise, resulting in unnecessary frustration, due to a perceived feeling of failure.
“Achieving the extra ordinary is not a linear process”
The secret is to show up, do the work, and go home.
A blue collar work ethic married to indomitable will .It is literally that simple.Nothing interferes.Nothing can sway you away from your purpose.Once the decision is made,simply refuse to budge.Refuse to compromise.
And accept that quality long- term results require quality long term focus.No emotion,No drama.No beating yourself over small bumps in the road.Learn to enjoy and appreciate the process.This is especially important because you are going to spend far more time on the actual journey than with those all too brief moments of triumph at the end.
Certainly celebrate the moments of triumph when they occur. More importantly, learn from defeats when they happen. Infact, if you are not encountering defeat on fairly regular basis ,you are not trying hard enough. And absolutely refuse to accept anything less than your best.
Throw out a timeline. It will take what it takes. Trust in the power of the single decision.
If the commitment is to a long-term goal and not to a series of smaller intermediate goals, then only one decision needs to be made and adhered to .Clear ,simple and straightforward. Much easier to maintain than having to make small decision after small decision to stay the course when dealing with each step along the way. This provides far too many opportunities to inadvertently drift from your chosen goal.
“The single decision is one of the most powerful tools in the tool box”
Darpan Sachdeva is the CEO and Founder of Nobelthoughts.com With a long time passion for Entrepreneurship, Self development & Success, Darpan started his website with the intention of educating and inspiring like-minded people all over the world to always strive for success no matter what their circumstances.To keep going and never get disheartened and learn from every adversity.
