Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Relentless


By: Ben DeGeorge

You can measure your current level of relentlessness by one thing; the amount of time between thinking about calling someone and actually calling.

One skill that you need to master in order to fulfill your potential is the ability to effectively act without any hesitation in all situations. This takes a lot of time to master.

So, start very small.

Practice by picking up the phone and immediately make important phone call after phone call without any thinking transitions. You will save a lot of time and energy and your phone conversation charisma will sky rocket. Most importantly this builds habits that you can later apply to bigger things.

A lot of people have trouble with this, especially today with the ability to hide behind the convenience of checking email. But, you don't want to be like a lot of people or else you would not be reading this.

I know it seems kind of goofy, but you should focus on your phone call transition speed and move upward from there.

Paradoxically, the less you think about yourself and your fears, the more you will succeed. People who fail spend too much time thinking about their problems, not planning or acting to beat them.

"Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." - Winston Churchill