Your comments your feedback on this last video it's seriously
Overwhelming for me. I'm so excited that you're so excited about the new space
So I just again wanted to say thank you for your support. Today, we're gonna delve into another tea time Tuesday chat
If you had to define success in one sentence how would you do it and I know that's a really tricky question
I really want you to think about it though. So if you can pause the video just two seconds
Think about it come back to me
Okay
I think when a lot of us think of success we think of somebody who either has a lot of money or a lot of
influence or power and you're probably really
Successful if you have both like if you're Oprah Winfrey or Johnny Depp or the president or something
Right, but having money and having status... it's just not a definition of success that I personally subscribe to
Now a few years ago here on YouTube I watched a video which is actually more of an audio recording
So I listened to it. It's about 30 minutes long and it's by Earl Nightingale
It's called the strangest secret. When I listen to it
Then I listen to it again and literally every single day for the next month
So it's a short little audio clip but it's really potent and it's profound and I seriously can't recommend it highly enough
So I'm gonna leave that video link for you in the description box below in case you want to give it a listen as well
So let's start with a definition of success as Earl describes it. He says success is the progressive
realisation of a worthy ideal
Sounds pretty wordy
But essentially what it means is that if you're working towards this worthy end goal something that you've determined that you really want to do
You are successful at each and every step that you take
Towards building that vision and I love that definition of success because for me it's not about competition. It's not about results
It's not about comparing yourself to anybody else. It's just about being creative and taking action and doing. Now let's break this down
let's say that for you a worthy end goal or worthy ideal that you want to build is creating a YouTube channel where you can
Share your passions with the world. Now you according to Earl's definition?
You are successful at each and every moment you work towards making that a reality
You're successful when you get pen to paper and start writing down ideas for the video
you want to create, you're successful when you get your phone or your camera out and you start filming your first video, you're
successful when you learn the editing software and when you have the courage to post that first video you
Successful when you get your first subscriber, even if that first subscriber was your partner or your mom like it was for me
Thanks guys, but you know, you're not necessarily just successful when you reach a milestone like your first hundred thousand subscribers
It's amazing, but that's not when you're successful
you were
successful at every step along the way and the same thing can be applied to any other area or aspect of your life if you
Want to be more successful in school or in your own business learning an instrument being more active?
Apply this kind of concept to every area of your life success is the progressive realisation of a worthy ideal
Now here's another thing that Earl says he says that the key to success is realizing that you become
What you think about. I could not agree with this more
So if you think of a concrete and worthwhile goal, you will get there. He uses an analogy to describe this
He says that our minds are like fertile farmland
You can choose to put into the soil of this farmland, whatever kind of plant you'd like
You can plant the seed for a beautiful flower or you can plant the seed for a deadly poison
But if you tend to the plant and if you water it daily
It's going to grow whether it's the beautiful flower or the deadly poison
It doesn't matter and the same thing happens with our minds
If we think in negative terms, we're gonna get negative results. If we think in positive terms, we're gonna get positive results
so if you want to be successful think in positive terms always
So here's how a friend put it to me
Once he said if you want to achieve anything
You have to behave like you already have it and take that word behave and break it up
What do you get you get "be" plus "have". Be comes before have
So you have to be it before you can have it. Do you want to have a healthier lifestyle?
You must first be the kind of person who is healthy. What would they do?
What kind of choices would they make they would likely be making the time to go grocery shopping?
And they would be creating healthy and wholesome meals. They would be making the time to get in some physical activity
You need to behave like it's already happened
You might not feel like you're healthy or fit yet
But it doesn't matter you have to first behave like you are and then it's gonna happen. There's no way that it can't
And one more thing about success it is not a limited resource there is enough to go around everyone can be successful
It's not about competition
Remember that prosperity works on the law of mutual exchange. At least. That's what Earl says and I love it
So no man can get rich himself unless he enriches others. So if you have something worthwhile to share you've got some knowledge to share
Share it and the world will give it back to you in some way
Alright, go ahead and give that audio recording a listen if you'd like
I hope it rocks your world as much as it did for me. If you do give it a listen
Let me know in the comments what you think and if you're feeling like just you're gonna go and smash the world with your successfulness
After this video give the video a thumbs up
It always means a lot when you do
thanks for enjoying this cup of tea with me and
Very much looking forward to seeing in the next video until then have an awesome week