Success

You can be successful with anything. You can literally be successful with anything that you put your mind to. Although the results of success are mostly seen from the perspective of the top of the iceberg, very rarely do we pay attention to what goes on at the bottom of the iceberg. It’s about how. How did you make it to where you wanted to be? It’s a matter of making a plan and sticking to that plan until you see the results you have been looking for. 

I want to highlight some of the key components when it comes to achieving success. Those components are Discipline and Persistence. I believe that most of every action and or step that it takes to reach success falls under the umbrella of these two principles.

The more disciplined you are, the more persistent you’ll be. Discipline requires sacrifice, late nights, and hard work according to the examples given in the picture above. Sometimes you have to sacrifice sleep, which then leads to late nights. And from that sacrifice, you will have gotten into the habit of doing hard work. Hard work breeds success. The combination of Discipline and Persistence creates a machine that's built and ready for the journey to success.

Discipline is the fuel that drives that machine. It’s a battlefield of the mind. You have to have a mindset on what you want to achieve. Sometimes you won’t see what you’re looking for until you discipline yourself enough to see the results you want. I like to think of it this way; I can't keep doing things the same way hoping and expecting to see something different. I must be disciplined enough to change habits and thought patterns in order to see those results.

Now with persistence, I will then be able to keep this same discipline with consistency. Discipline is the fuel, persistence is the wheel.

Now of course along the way you will face doubts, failures, struggles, disappointments, and changes. But the actions of both discipline and persistence will give you the sure results of destined success. In whatever goals you’ve set for yourself, remember to stay disciplined, and with the fuel of discipline, allow persistence to be the vehicle moving towards sure success.

Be of good courage, take risks and be patient. Because the road to your success is waiting for your vehicle. You’ve got the fuel. You have the wheels, now it’s time to hit the road.