A story on results and successHave you ever felt like you have done everything right, but have not yet got the results you hoped for? Of course you have; who hasn't! This question brings me to a quote by John Paul Jones, "People always ask me what was it like when I wrote, Stairway To Heaven, as if three wise man had come knocking on my door and said excuse me, are you writing Stairway To Heaven Here!?" I have always remembered this quote and found it rather comical; yet, it contains a valuable message. The thing I take away from this is that this song was just like any other song he wrote to him, he worked hard at it! And that you can truly be in the process of doing something great and not yet know it or see instant return.
Working in a gym I see far to often people who expect instant gratification for their effort and give up when they are so close to achieving the success they want. People come in de-conditioned and work out hard and diligently for a few months, they begin to get in better shape, but because their expectations exceed the results that they are seeing, they give up. They give up right before they would have succeed because they couldn't realize they were in the process of doing something great - they wanted instant gratification for their hard work, but success takes time and patients. You have to learn to value delayed gratification because there will never be three wise men there to tip you off about the greatness yet to come. We don't always know we are in the middle of writing Stairway to Heaven. The thing is people who achieve great things don't give up when things aren't going as planned. They keep pushing forward and enjoy the journey and the process. For example, Michael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity basketball team but he did not give up, or perceive this as a failure. Instead, he used it as a motivating tool to keep going and work even harder that summer to go on and make his varsity team and to become the greatest NBA player of all time. My takeaway here is to keep going even when reality does not meet your expectations because we do not have the cognitive capacity to perceive greatness as we create it. It's impossible to both perceive and create greatness at the same time - top athletes and top performers realize this which is why they persevere. Keep playing. Keep going. Move confidently in the direction of your dreams and your passion - always. You too could be writing your own Stairway To Heaven and not yet know it! So, enjoy the journey and #sisuUP
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