Determination & Success

Determination is the key to success

Determination is the Key to Success, remember Motivation fades but determination keeps you going towards your goal. If you are determined it will keep you aligned with your goal and keep you focused on it.

Determination is not whether you’re a good or bad person, it’s about what you’re willing to do to achieve your end goal.

Here are the best ways on how to be determined:

Know what is your strength

It’s not necessary for you to be determined or something difficult. Not all forms of determination are the same. Your determination can come from any point in your life, maybe you are feeling so helpless. This helplessness can also make you determined to the easier option available at that moment.

Thus know your situation and intention to have your determination. Doing this ensures that you always have something to fuel your intention.

Don’t rely on Luck

Often when we don’t get results, we blame it on luck. Lets take an example of a sportsman, they should know that one match can alter their career drastically, but no matter if it’s a win or a loss, it should always improve one’s character. A series of matches over a number of years is ultimately what defines your career.

Never leave anything down to luck and always give nothing less than 100% during training. You need to be in the exact right frame of mind when you’re approaching every match you play.

Say no to DISTRACTIONS

Distractions never leave our way, but in order to achieve your goal, watch out for distractions. The path to greatness has so many obstacles that make you struggle.

You’ll have friends who would love to take you out, and are offended when you refuse their offer, then you might find it very hard to keep up with your schedule. Socialize on your own schedule, not someone else’s.

Each and every one of these incidents will just stall you and opportunities could be missed, as someone else will snatch that opportunity away from you.

Limit  Your Choices

Too many choices create confusion and when you are confused, everything looks unclear. Not being clear about anything leads you to failure. You will not be able to decide what to do, even though you know what’s best for you.

On the other hand, if you identify what distracts you and stay committed to avoiding it, then you’ll become much more focused on your goal.

Your mind will have fewer choices to make it wander around and come up with excuses for not taking a fight or going to train.

Play by the rules

Determination should be such that you do not do anything unethical. Determination is something which anybody can follow in lie, but know what is ethical and suited. Your Determination should not harm anyone.

Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins and many other greats obeyed the laws of good health and self-discipline. If you have any inclination to reach to that level of success, you need to master the laws that govern what you want to achieve.

If you don’t play by the rules either consciously or unconsciously, the mountain top gets higher and you may never be able to reach it.

Personal values

Once you identify the laws that should guide you in your endeavor, come up with personal values that you’ll not compromise for anything else. Personal values give you a purpose for staying committed to the goal even when everything else seems meaningless.

Sure you can have low morals, be determined and still reach your goals, but if you want to remain happy no matter what position you’re in, then don’t “sell yourself out” or step on someone else’s toes just to get further. Keep the personal values aligned to the laws so that you work in a proactive way.

Realign your work plan when needed

Many people find it difficult to break a routine they’re so used to, especially if it coincided with their initial beliefs.

For example, if you’ve told that weight training will increase your power, and you’ve been doing it for a long time, then all of a sudden, other facts present themselves that it’s not good for you, then you must change the way you do things. Since being determined does not convey the message of not changing your work plan, instead, it emphasizes the fact that what changes are necessary you should do it to bring out the best result.

Action is needed

You can only learn from your past so you need to put your attention on what you do now. Since you’re reading this article, it’s a step in the right direction. It’s all good to have a vision and a plan of getting there, but the steps you make now will lead you to the goal or away from it.

Aim to make good use of any opportunity that you get on any given day because it may not come around again. Do not wait for inspiration but instead, you must seek it and you will surely find it. As it is truly said Determination is the key to success.

End Note

There’s a well-known saying by 

Mike Tyson – “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face“. This is when reality sinks in and you have to deal with the present situation.

Know that when you are determined about something it is just at one arm’s distance from you. Show that hustle and zeal to get it in your life.

Also read, Driving your team towards Success

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