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Article #197: Are You REALLY Serious About YOUR Success?

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How about that for a provocative a pilot with the prestige and respect
question! I'm sure your immediate answer that comes with it and of course, the
is "Of course!" But many people who good salary seemed very appealing. But it
answer in this way simply aren't really requires endless hours of hard work and
serious about achieving success. Let me continual development and this reality is
explain. far less appealing.
Recently, I had dinner with my best 3. The man's father is paying for the
friend. I hadn't seen him for a while as course. He knows he can take as much time
he is currently training to be a as he wants because his father will pay
commercial pilot. During dinner, we for the extra study and the retaking of
discussed the importance of having exams. As he isn't paying for his own
complete focus on achieving success. studies - and for his own mistakes - he
In my own case, I wanted to run an doesn't have the focus and urgency that
Internet business and this meant giving comes when you spend your own money. In
up my full time job so I could focus on other words, failing isn't painful enough
learning the necessary skills and have for him.
the time to develop and run my business. 4. Easily distracted. Instead of doing
The process has required me to invest extra study after classes, the young man
lots of time, lots of hard work and surfs the Internet. He's a keen sports
sacrificing a lot of other activities in fan and spends hours on the web looking
my life to concentrate fully on at sports sites. They are wasted hours,
developing my websites. hours that won't take him any nearer to
For my friend, his determination to becoming a pilot. This distracts him from
become a pilot has required an investment the task at hand, as does:
of around $100,000 to date. He too gave 5. Inviting his girlfriend over every
up his job to pursue his dream and he weekend. Instead of working, studying or
also gave up his girlfriend. He has flying at the weekends, he spends it
studied in 3 countries and has studied instead with his girlfriend. They go
very hard, day and night, to attain the shopping together, they watch movies
necessary skills and qualifications. together, they dine out and you can guess
Conversely, we discussed how many people the rest! My friend tried to point out to
say they want success but aren't really him that he was wasting weekends he could
serious about it. A case in point is a use to get more hours in. He was met with
young man my friend encountered on a the reply "Yes, but my girlfriend
course in Oklahoma. He too was studying wouldn't be happy about that, we have to
to become a pilot but was struggling to see each other" Despite my friend saying
reach the required standard. Despite they could spend lots of time together
having the ability, the young man failed AFTER he'd qualified, the young man still
his tests twice and my friend highlighted invites his girlfriend for weekends - and
the following reasons. As you read, see has recently failed a third test.
if any apply to you:- If you are to achieve the success you
1. Heart isn't in it. He left university really want, it requires total focus. You
and didn't have a clear idea of what he must be prepared to give it your full
wanted to do. His father had found a attention and be 100% committed to your
pilot's course whilst surfing the projects. It must become the number one
Internet and mentioned it to his son. priority in your life.
Thinking that becoming a pilot would make So, are you REALLY serious about YOUR
his family proud, he signed up. He isn't success?
doing it for himself. Until next time.
2. Sold on romance: The thought of being






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