Success isn’t automatic, but it is guaranteed.
Just like the laws of nature and science, success is an exact and very consistent outcome. What you do turns into the results that you experience. That much is guaranteed. What’s not easily known is when that’s going to happen.
It’s been said by many philosophers that as humans we dramatically overestimate what we can do in a given day, but underestimate our ability to achieve seemingly impossible things over a lifetime. That is all too true. In truth, you’re not wired to be good at predicting when your awesome actions are going to lead to epic results.
The problem is that your brain is smarter than you think it is. And not in a good way.
It’s ready with excuses and plausible explanations about why the laws of success aren’t meant for you, and why you’re different. Why you should give up and quit because nothing is working. You might not want to hear it, but success isn’t measured on your timeline.
You don’t get to determine when the boomerang you’ve thrown reaches your hand again. Don’t get me wrong: there is a lot you can do to influence success. You can try harder or work longer. You can leverage the influence of others, borrow money to move faster and engage mentors to help you avoid costly mistakes. What you do and who you are have a direct impact on your success. But you don’t get to decide the exact day and time for your success.
You don’t even get to decide what your success looks like exactly.
What you want and what you get always end up being a little bit different. And usually in ways that are more magical than you can imagine.
Take wealth for example. It is wildly appealing to dream about building the next Facebook app — where as a 20-something-year-old you can put together a platform that turns you into one of the world’s richest people. That sounds awesome. It’s just not realistic. It’s not logical. And it is directly in contrast with how success works.
You’re not going to be a millionaire in your 20's. Or your 30’s. Or for most of your 40’s. Did you know that the average age of a millionaire in the developed world right now is almost 50 years old?
Why? It takes time to get the experience you need and to find the purpose you have to have in order to achieve epic results.
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