第36章打开成功之门的钥匙YourKeytoSuccess(2)
Theformulaseemstosaythatwemustbelieveinourabilitytosucceedbeforeerienysemblanceofsudthatistrue。That’swherethekoftheesin,andwhyitisthefirstequationintheformula。Beforewebelievewewillsucceedwithmadea,wemusthavesomekowhatsutailsandwhatstrengthsandabilitieswebringtothemix。Wemustalsokhabout“failure”。
Failureisofattemptingtoachieveagoalandfallingshortofthemark。Failureoweallowfallingshortofthemarktocauseust。Actually,thereareonlytwowaystofail。Giveupbefoalyoureallywantorueonapaththatiswrongforyoubeadeawroiallyaheerroneouschoiceistheostaywith。
Suppose,forexample,yougotintoyourdiafriendatanunfamiliarlo。Yougetturnedarouherea。Infailureformulanumberoneyoudiscoveryouarelostaocorrectyourcourse。However,youaretoofaroffcourseforjustoogetyoubatraakeaionaerthreeorfoursyoudecideyouwillofindyourway,soyougiveup,parkyoureverreachyourdestination。
Infailureformulawoyoudecidethateventhoughyoumadeawrongturn,youmuststickwithitbeakeaneweanyoufailedwheheihatgotyoulost。Soyouuedroad,knowingit’swrtomakeaionbecauseyou’vealreadymadeachoice,hitmaybe。
Bothsariossouyabsurdinthattext,buttheworldisfullofpeoplewhogiveupandquitbeftheirgoal,andwhostaywithbadchoigaftertheyhavediscoveredtheyarebad。
Toensuresuustbewillingtoalteryourdkeepalteringit,andtainandagain,asmaakes,toreachyourdestiheryoureaotwilldependonyourbeliefinyourabilitytoeventuallyarrive,andthatbringsusbacktotheula。
&ultimatelyknowingyourselfandyourabilities,andknowinghowtousethemmosteffethehustle-bustleoftoday’sworld,wesometimesfettotakeathhlookatourmostvaluableasset-ourselves。Onlywithself-awarenessaandiobelieveinourabilitytofisolutionandtoarriveatoals。
Peoplewhodon’tknowthemselvesareeasilyside-tracked。Theyhavenowell-definedpersonalboundariesaerofpower。Athhandaccurateself-assessmentprovidethepassweayontrack。Withoutaterofpoersonalbuideus,thereisnowayweachieveoalsbecausethereisnowaytoknowforsurewhatoalsare,orshouldbe。
Happy,tered,well-directedpeoplearepeople,ngandhohepeoplewhohavethebasipthiopersistinpursuihesearethepeoplewhosucceed。Theysucceedbecauseeveryachievedgoaliheirfaithiytosuderygreaterahings。Thehappyresultisahighdegreeofself-d,withsuffitself-ce,successis。