Quote: (12-30-2014 05:09 PM)Travesty444 Wrote:
I want to say this is a great quote for those of us who don't quite know large success yet.
I have said this for years to friends and others when I tell them plans or how much effort it takes to really succeed at anything.
The word to describe it really is obsession or all consuming. If you want to make amazing progress quickly at anything and be successful it needs to be your sole focus at that point in your life. I hear this repeatedly from successful people and people that are not successful look at you like you are sick in the head when you explain what it really takes to out-do everyone else. The amount of hours, the nights, the weekends, the time management, trying to squeeze out a social life on top of all that.
You need to sacrifice and persevere over long periods of time.
Yeah, I couldn't say whether that type of obsession is good or bad. I guess it is what it is.
When I get a particular vision, for a program, in my head, I have to create it otherwise I don't stop thinking about it. Most times it comes from trying to use other programs that just don't meet my specific needs.
For a long time, I had a problem turning work off. I guess I still do, in a way, but force myself to workout, to go out for walks with the dog, or make sure to visit with friends and family.
You do need balance to be happy.
I still think people can accomplish great stuff without having to be obsessed. Like you said, the obsession portion allows you to work through the long hours that are typically needed. Maybe the obsession is leaving the country to live in a foreign land.
Try and use any type of motivation to make your goals a reality. We can trick ourselves. For instance, I made myself believe I wouldn't be able to go out and get a job. Honestly, I don't know whether that was true or not. There was a good chance I could walk out and get a 6 figure job. But thinking that way helped motivate me to do what I needed to do and it worked.
The good part is people like me make terrible husbands. haha I was briefly married and divorced her partly because she was getting more and more demanding of my time. I am not good in relationships, especially when the time comes when they want more from me. Not a bad thing to upgrade every few months or years, eh? hah