Are You REALLY Serious About YOUR Success?

How about that for a provocative question! I'm surerequires endless hours of hard work and continual
your immediate answer is "Of course!" But manydevelopment and this reality is far less appealing.
people who answer in this way simply aren't really3. The man's father is paying for the course. He
serious about achieving success. Let me explain.knows he can take as much time as he wants
Recently, I had dinner with my best friend. I hadn't seenbecause his father will pay for the extra study and the
him for a while as he is currently training to be aretaking of exams. As he isn't paying for his own
commercial pilot. During dinner, we discussed thestudies - and for his own mistakes - he doesn't have
importance of having complete focus on achievingthe focus and urgency that comes when you spend
success.your own money. In other words, failing isn't painful
In my own case, I wanted to run an Internet businessenough for him.
and this meant giving up my full time job so I could4. Easily distracted. Instead of doing extra study after
focus on learning the necessary skills and have theclasses, the young man surfs the Internet. He's a keen
time to develop and run my business. The process hassports fan and spends hours on the web looking at
required me to invest lots of time, lots of hard worksports sites. They are wasted hours, hours that won't
and sacrificing a lot of other activities in my life totake him any nearer to becoming a pilot. This distracts
concentrate fully on developing my websites.him from the task at hand, as does:
For my friend, his determination to become a pilot has5. Inviting his girlfriend over every weekend. Instead of
required an investment of around $100,000 to date. Heworking, studying or flying at the weekends, he spends
too gave up his job to pursue his dream and he alsoit instead with his girlfriend. They go shopping together,
gave up his girlfriend. He has studied in 3 countries andthey watch movies together, they dine out and you
has studied very hard, day and night, to attain thecan guess the rest! My friend tried to point out to him
necessary skills and qualifications.that he was wasting weekends he could use to get
Conversely, we discussed how many people say theymore hours in. He was met with the reply "Yes, but my
want success but aren't really serious about it. A casegirlfriend wouldn't be happy about that, we have to see
in point is a young man my friend encountered on aeach other" Despite my friend saying they could spend
course in Oklahoma. He too was studying to becomelots of time together AFTER he'd qualified, the young
a pilot but was struggling to reach the requiredman still invites his girlfriend for weekends - and has
standard. Despite having the ability, the young manrecently failed a third test.
failed his tests twice and my friend highlighted theIf you are to achieve the success you really want, it
following reasons. As you read, see if any apply torequires total focus. You must be prepared to give it
you:-your full attention and be 100% committed to your
1. Heart isn't in it. He left university and didn't have aprojects. It must become the number one priority in
clear idea of what he wanted to do. His father hadyour life.
found a pilot's course whilst surfing the Internet andSo, are you REALLY serious about YOUR success?
mentioned it to his son. Thinking that becoming a pilotUntil next time.
would make his family proud, he signed up. He isn'tChris Green is the author of the new book
doing it for himself."Conquering Fear", the acclaimed book that shows you
2. Sold on romance: The thought of being a pilot withhow to turn fear, your worst enemy, into your most
the prestige and respect that comes with it and ofpowerful ally.
course, the good salary seemed very appealing. But it