Ian WhiteWhy we Fear Success
October 7th 2008 21:56
Marianne Williamson stated that our deepest fear is not our inadequacy, but that we possess power beyond measure. Now logically this makes no sense. People are not consciously afraid of succeeding, they don't consciously think they are insane, nor do they believe they are evil. It is our ego's that create an illusion to prevent us from seeing what lies below the surface.
The truth is, people are terrified of succeeding, and not just the journey to get there. Because in life its not getting what you want, its wanting it after you've gotten it.... Success can carry a heavy burden. When Oprah Winfrey lost weight, she immediately lost several of her closest friends. Why? Because the sad truth is that your success is scary to others.
Some people need you in pieces, in order to hold themselves together.
They feed off of your procrastination, your lack of ambition, your self doubt. The reason being is that, if you were to not be a victim of those factors, then their curtain of comfort would be pulled to the side and they'd be forced to see the light of mediocrity side by side with their potential, and that is a nightmare. They say that hell on earth is meeting the person you could have become face to face. Why let it happen?
You see, as difficult as the road to achievement is, the secret to success is quite simple and the process can even be quite enjoyable. One naysayer asked me a while ago, if I was a millionaire rapstar yet. Without missing a beat I said yes. Because that is the only way to get there. Ask Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, any of the most successful people of all time, they WERE their OUTCOME before it happened. If you can't think like a millionaire, you wont' become one. Success is merely the physical manifestation of what already is. Life is both a bitch and a beautiful, caring woman. Which one you know depends on YOU. Reality is divided amongst individuals. Your life is a reflection of your personal beliefs, actions, and thoughts. This is not to say that merely believing will make your dreams appear in thin air. Vision with no action is nothing more than a dream.
However a dream will put you on the path. Just keep in mind that path is not an escalator. You must walk to get to the end. Do not be swayed off of it.
Your closest friends and family will tell you all sorts of things. They'll attribute the lack of immediate empirical proof of accomplishment with being a failure, ignoring the fact that they've been on a treadmill their entire life. They chose to be comfortable because their goals were too HARD.
Ridiculous....accomplishing anything is just doing easy things that nearly anyone can do over and over again. The trick is that its also easy NOT to do it. Successful people do, what unsuccessful people aren't willing to do. You have two people going to the gym, one guy skips a week. It'll make no difference, he'll look to his friend and say, "oh you look the same." He can keep skipping while his friends keeps going and they'll be no noticeable difference at first, but eventually one guy will be ripped and the other won't remember what his feet look like.
Somebodies opinion should NEVER stop you from doing what you were put on this earth to do. Who cares what people think of you? A study was done about funeral services. When you die, about 50% of people in attendance will NOT travel to see you get buried depending on the weather. How bout that. You went through life giving and following the rules and the weather will determine whether or not they'll see you get buried. Not a hurricane, nothing extreme, just rain. Now tell me, how can they possibly matter?
Always keeping moving forward, because no matter what the negatives, nothing compares to the joy that will come from doing something that you truly love.
God Bless
-Ian
The truth is, people are terrified of succeeding, and not just the journey to get there. Because in life its not getting what you want, its wanting it after you've gotten it.... Success can carry a heavy burden. When Oprah Winfrey lost weight, she immediately lost several of her closest friends. Why? Because the sad truth is that your success is scary to others.
Some people need you in pieces, in order to hold themselves together.
They feed off of your procrastination, your lack of ambition, your self doubt. The reason being is that, if you were to not be a victim of those factors, then their curtain of comfort would be pulled to the side and they'd be forced to see the light of mediocrity side by side with their potential, and that is a nightmare. They say that hell on earth is meeting the person you could have become face to face. Why let it happen?
You see, as difficult as the road to achievement is, the secret to success is quite simple and the process can even be quite enjoyable. One naysayer asked me a while ago, if I was a millionaire rapstar yet. Without missing a beat I said yes. Because that is the only way to get there. Ask Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, any of the most successful people of all time, they WERE their OUTCOME before it happened. If you can't think like a millionaire, you wont' become one. Success is merely the physical manifestation of what already is. Life is both a bitch and a beautiful, caring woman. Which one you know depends on YOU. Reality is divided amongst individuals. Your life is a reflection of your personal beliefs, actions, and thoughts. This is not to say that merely believing will make your dreams appear in thin air. Vision with no action is nothing more than a dream.
However a dream will put you on the path. Just keep in mind that path is not an escalator. You must walk to get to the end. Do not be swayed off of it.
Your closest friends and family will tell you all sorts of things. They'll attribute the lack of immediate empirical proof of accomplishment with being a failure, ignoring the fact that they've been on a treadmill their entire life. They chose to be comfortable because their goals were too HARD.
Ridiculous....accomplishing anything is just doing easy things that nearly anyone can do over and over again. The trick is that its also easy NOT to do it. Successful people do, what unsuccessful people aren't willing to do. You have two people going to the gym, one guy skips a week. It'll make no difference, he'll look to his friend and say, "oh you look the same." He can keep skipping while his friends keeps going and they'll be no noticeable difference at first, but eventually one guy will be ripped and the other won't remember what his feet look like.
Somebodies opinion should NEVER stop you from doing what you were put on this earth to do. Who cares what people think of you? A study was done about funeral services. When you die, about 50% of people in attendance will NOT travel to see you get buried depending on the weather. How bout that. You went through life giving and following the rules and the weather will determine whether or not they'll see you get buried. Not a hurricane, nothing extreme, just rain. Now tell me, how can they possibly matter?
Always keeping moving forward, because no matter what the negatives, nothing compares to the joy that will come from doing something that you truly love.
God Bless
-Ian
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