8. Live your dreams inside your head long before they become fulfilled outside your head
Probably one of my favorite training videos, is where John Reese, Frank Kern, and Tony Robbins are talking about the path they had to success.
It was a typically rocky path for all three entrepreneurs: Tony started out as a janitor, John as a video store assistant, and Frank as a salesman selling cash registers to small businesses.
Not inspiring beginnings for all three men. So how did they break free from their circumstances to become the international success stories that so many of us now know them to be?
Whilst the details are unique to each man, one thing comes through very clearly from the video: they all lived something inside their head on such a day-in, day-out basis, that no matter what people threw at them, in either word or deed, they were able to lick their wounds and get up, carrying on the walk until they had reached their goals.
But, how did they develop such persistence, and why do so many people with as equal determination as they obviously have, fail, whereas they succeeded?
Two things: very rarely do entrepreneurs regard lack of success as a failure. It may be a painful and sometimes humbling learning experience, but it only becomes a failure if we give up.
So that begs the question (again): what’s the secret of success that Tony Robbins, Frank Kern & John Reese have, that so many others don’t have.
The answer is simple:
It’s CERTAINTY.
How could they be so certain, when they were living in tough circumstances?
They lived their dreams inside their heads long before they became fulfilled outside their heads.
They breathed, saw, heard, touched and smelled their dreams. Daily. Perhaps even hourly. And they continue to do so today.
People of passion and conviction always, always, always win over people who have lesser, more material motivations that drive them to push for success.
When you have a big dream inside you, something that you can almost live the moment your eyes are closed, that’s the moment you begin to find the true motivation to work at your dream until you see it, touch it, live it, outside your head.
Notice I didn’t say: "Live your dreams inside your head long before they become fulfilled in reality". The reason for this is because in some sense, the experience that the dreamer has is almost as real as the real experience itself.
Click here if you want to watch the videos where John, Frank & Tony share their thoughts. And see if it inspires you to drink from the fountain of certainty.
