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The first sign that you’re going to be successful, you make up your own mind.
We live in a world in which everyone wants to tell us what to do.
Go on social media, everyone has an opinion.
People are telling you how to run your life.
The media is telling you what you need to do.
Society tells you what you need to do.
Your teachers or your parents they tell you what to do.
But, at the end of the day, you’ve got to make up your own mind.
When you realize I have the ability to craft the story to change the script and to go out
there and make up my mind for myself and this is hard this is difficult that’s why most
people don’t do it.
But, if you have the courage to do this, you’re on the path to success.
In today’s video, ten signs that you will be successful.
Are you ready, gentlemen?
Let’s do this.
[Music] Predictor number two, you know what you want.
Again, you’ve thought for yourself and you’ve identified what do you want to get out of
this precious life, this one life that you have.
Now, you can achieve anything, but you can’t get everything and that’s an important distinction
to understand.
Now, I know a lot of you guys are thinking, Antonio, I don’t know what I want.
I need to look at what’s out there, I need to try a lot of things.
And think of this as the difference between a flashlight and a laser.
A flashlight allows you to see what’s out there, but it doesn’t really have an effect
on what you are shining that light on versus a laser.
When you see something that you want and you want to go after it, this is when you take
this tool.
You actually have to know exactly what you want and go after it.
That laser takes those photons, line them up and will cut through solid steel.
And, by the way if you can’t figure out at this point what you want, then do yourself
a favor and identify what you do not want because once you can identify that you can
cut it off, it’s going to be much easier to identify what it is you’re going after
and to be able to laser focus and go after it.
So far so good, right?
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The next sign that you’re going to be successful, you’ve got grit.
You have perseverance, you do not give up.
No, I’m not talking about being hardheaded, I’m not talking about repositioning yourself
maybe your company or going after a different career, but I am saying that you understand
what it takes to go after something, the hard work, the pain, the frustration of failing.
And it doesn’t feel good, it never feels good, but you understand that’s part of
the game that anytime you want to get stronger, you want to get better, you’ve got to go
through the pain, you’ve got persevere, you’ve got to go after it.
Guys, if you’ve developed a grit, if you can persevere through the tough times, you
will succeed.
The next sign that you’re going to be successful, you develop your passion.
Notice I didn’t say pursue your passion or find your passion.
No, you develop your passion.
That is you putting the time, the effort, and the work to become better at something
and all of a sudden when you become and you master something after years and years of
effort, you start to really love it and you develop a taste for it because you love succeeding
and you realize that, wow, I’m really good at this, I’m better than a lot of people.
And when you have that type of passion whether you’re building homes whether you’re sanding
floors, whatever you’re doing, if you’ve got the type of passion, you will succeed.
The next sign that you’re going to be a success, you consistently outwork people even
when it appears that it really doesn’t matter.
You’ve got that hustle, you’ve got that drive, you are putting in that time and effort
for the small things.
My friend, Alex, I remember watching him at his first job at Toyota dealership right out
of college and he was jogging from point to point to bring a customer water or to get
back to the office, so he can grab some paperwork and get back out there and sell.
I asked Alex, “Why are you working so hard?
Why are you jogging between points?”
And he’s like, “You know what?
If I was in charge of this dealership, I would want my guys moving and greeting people as
soon as they walk on with a great greeting that I knew would get people talking and then
sell them a car.”
[0:05:05] Now, he went on to run multiple dealerships
and he’s had great success because of that hustle that drive to be the best.
He wasn’t those guys that you see that are doing the bare minimum.
If that is what you think is going to get you through in life, you are going to be sorely
disappointed.
Gents, I can tell you having that type of hustle having that type of drive is rare and
if you’ve got it, you will be promoted.
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The next predictor that you’re going to be successful, you’re not afraid of taking
a calculated risk.
So, let’s go back to that last point.
You’ve got the drive, you’ve got the hustle, but nobody’s noticing.
Well, guess what?
You need to have the courage to float around your resume even in a small town.
You need to look at different positions, maybe within the same company, outside that company,
maybe in a different city, have an adventurous spirit and realize that there is always risk.
That job that you think is going to be there forever, that government job, I know in the
United States all of a sudden people were not getting paid.
The point is, gentlemen, everything in life has a risk and if you’re willing to take
a calculated risk be a bit bold, success is right there waiting for you.
The next sign that you’re going to be successful, you’re not afraid to make a decision and
this sounds very simple, but so many people are afraid to make decisions.
They hold off, they do analysis paralysis, they’re always waiting for more information.
You realize anytime you make a decision, you are not going to have all the information
you would like to have and therefore every decision you make has the chance to be wrong.
When you are consistently taking action, you are not doing the opposite which is inaction
which is letting the world affect you.
You’re going out there and pushing, you’re going out there and asking, you’re going
out there and making decisions, yes, making mistakes, but also making things happen.
And, success, gentlemen, happens to those who make it happen.
The next time that you’re going to be successful, you enjoyed the process more than you actually
enjoy the rewards of when you reach your goals.
So, this one’s interesting, a lot of us when we’re going after something, we think,
okay, I can’t wait to get to that point, I can’t wait to have the body I want, I
can’t wait to achieve that particular goal with my business.
And what happens when we hit it?
We, all of a sudden set another goal because it wasn’t the goal, I mean, yes, it’s
nice to enjoy it for a little while, but what we really want is actually to go through the
process.
And, yes, a bit of the pain, yes, the triumphs that go with the ups and downs of going after
a goal.
Guys, that’s what makes it fun.
And when you realize that you’re enjoying the ride that you enjoy the process more than
simply the goals, all of a sudden it becomes a joy to put in the effort to put in the work
to go after it and this is when you start to really succeed.
The next indicator that you’re going to be successful, you are a bit strange.
So, your friends want to go out drinking and partying and you want to stay in and finish
coding that app you’ve been working on.
Yes, you are going to be successful.
Your friends they want to go watch the Super Bowl and you want to finish writing that book
that novel that you’ve been working on because you’re going to get this thing published.
You are going to be successful.
Whenever you can find something that you obsess over, something that you just got to get into
the details, you will have an argument with people that you care about because this thing
matters that much and they need to see it.
When that is happening, you are on the path to success.
Success happens when you care about something so much that you want to see it to completion.
You are going to make it happen.
So, what to watch next?
Gentlemen, check out this video right here, how to organize yourself in a single day.
Guys, I break it out so that you can become a more organized person.
Check out this video right here.
Not to your liking, you want something different?
Check out this video right here, ten mistakes that screw up your mornings.
I talk about the perfect morning routine how to develop it, guys.
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I highly recommend it.
That’s it, gentlemen.
Take care.
I will see you in the next video.
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