1. Desire
You have to be hungry to succeed. You have to have a deep desire to move the needle of your life forward. You have to have a desire for a dream, for a mission, for a cause, for something you believe in that’s pulling you forward because you care about it so much.
Desire is built on experience. Desire is built on exposure to things, so go explore the world, read books, ask people what they do, and see what’s out there.
We have to have desire. We have to be hungry for achievement and success, not to just to have achievement and success. Not just for the ends of that experience of money, wealth, status, fame, power, satisfaction, and pride. Those things will come, but we have to have the desire for that journey to grow into the type of person who deserves such a lofty goal. To grow into the persons who would deserve the experience of those things, to really desire that journey.
2. Direction
If you have a desire, go out and interview people on how to have that, to achieve that, or to accomplish that. Ask lots of questions. Be a student of life. Even experts are always students first.
If you really desire something you need a map. You need to get direction.
3. Discipline
You need a high level of discipline each and every single day. You need to set up repeated habits, repeated methods and practices in your life that you do over and over again to move you towards your desire.
You don’t see any high level achieving person in any area who doesn’t have an extraordinary amount of self-discipline. They are absolutely committed to their habits and practices that positively support them on their path to desires.
Discipline is not a negative thing; it’s just a joyful habit of constantly pursuing your dreams.
4. Distraction Radar
There’s so much to be consumed by but your job is to have that desire. Your job is to have direction on how to get there. Your job is about discipline and working towards it and so much of commitment today means minimize and removing distraction.
So you have to choose to consume the right things that are going to support you on your path to success.
How Do You Do That?
You wake up in the morning and say,
- What do I desire today?
- What is my direction, what am I going to do today?
- How am I going to be disciplined today?
- What distractions can I remove from my life?
That’s when you start to feel like you’re really moving forward in life.
Life becomes more energized and engaged. You’re more enthusiastic for tomorrow, because you know you control your destiny. You know what you’re after and internally you feel such a magnificent spark and fire each and every day. That’s how we experience the charged life.
* Source: Brendon Burchard – 4 Cornerstones of Achievement