Have you ever wondered why you are not achieving success even if you are working really hard and doing your best? Are you frustrated and not sure why you are not achieving your goals? Jen and I are sending you an important message from Costa Rica in this article to help you overcome frustration and begin seeing results. “Your actions today will determine your success in the future“. It may seem self-explanatory but we are here to give this phrase a deeper meaning and a twist to what you would normally think about when you hear it.
We have a great motivational video for you from Costa Rica as well as summarizing our message in the text below. Find out what actions you can take today to be more successful in the future.
How Your Actions Today Will Determine Your Success in the Future
Were you expecting us to tell you to get your “to-do” list done so you can see success? Sorry to disappoint you! You already put enough pressure on yourself with this ‘to-do” list, where you keep moving the tasks from one day to the next. The shame and self-loathing of “I am not good enough” because you can’t seem to get everything done is a tough burden to bear, yet we all do it.
Now that we have been part of this transformational retreat in Costa Rice, our eyes have been opened to a newer and deeper understanding of this situation, which all of us frequently find ourselves in. We are here to tell you that these actions are affecting your future success, but not in the way we traditionally think about it. Sure it might be important to get the things on your list done and those things will physically help you move closer to your success. But we learned there is a different way to look at this whole process, which has an even greater impact on your future success than just getting your “to-do” list done.
Be Kind to Yourself
Don’t allow external social pressures or your expectations, which are actually influenced by your upbringing and social pressure, to bring you down. Beating yourself up and feeling these thoughts of inadequacy and failure are also actions and these will influence your future.
These feelings negatively affect your mood, productivity, and your beliefs that it is possible to achieve your goals. That means when you feel like this your ability to take the actions you need to take to be successful is lessened or nonexistent. You are just so down that you can not even consider your future success and you become stuck.
Be kind to yourself so that you do not bring yourself into this negative state of thinking and being.
Procrastination is Good
From the time you were little, you have been constantly told that procrastination is a bad trait and is the reason for your lack of success.
But this is so wrong. Instead, consider procrastination as a way that your body is communicating with you to say “Don’t do this! You are not good at it! Get someone else to do this for you.”
When we heard this being taught in the retreat, it took us a while to get our heads around it. But once it was explained, it made much more sense.
Think about it.
Do you feel good when you procrastinate?
No.
Do you clearly know that things need to be done to succeed but for no good reason you still can’t get them done?
Yes.
Solve Your Procrastination
You just can’t seem to get certain things done even though you work hard and can get other things done without any issues. That does not mean you are lazy.
Once you realize that when you procrastinate it is a sign that you should NOT be doing those tasks, even if they need to get done, your perspective changes.
Get someone else to do these tasks for you. Pay someone more qualified who loves doing these tasks and is good at them. Can’t afford help? Barter with someone who will do a good job, maybe they don’t like doing something you are good at.
You can then spend your time and energy doing the things at which you excel so that you can thrive and be in a positive and productive frame of mind.
This is crucial because your thoughts affect your actions and your actions today will determine your success in the future.
Choose to Surround Yourself with Mentors
Your action today is to surround yourself with mentors who will be a positive influence on you and will positively affect your chance of success in the future.
They say you are influenced the most by the 5 to 10 people who you constantly interact with.
Who is influencing you?
Do these people also have dreams and goals similar to yours? If not, find ways to surround yourself with mentors who you look up to or want to be like because they have achieved the success you desire.
Take Action and Be Influenced By Mentors
Go to workshops, as Jen and I did. Be influenced by a great speaker and motivator. Read biographies about successful people. Watch videos where successful people speak and share their stories or teach.
When you allow your brain to hear and be influenced by such great mentors it changes your frame of reference as to what you believe is possible for you.
This was a huge learning for Jen and me. We already thought we were successful in our own frame of reference. But we realized we had been limiting ourselves in terms of how successful we thought we could be. Being around mentors and people who had achieved even more success made us realize we have much more potential than we originally thought.
You can also take these steps to surround yourself in any way possible with mentors and people who have achieved what you want to achieve. Your actions today will determine your success in the future. Take time out of your day to read a book. Watch a video or listen to a podcast, which provides you with motivation from a positive mentor.
A Motivational Message for Elke and Jen from Costa Rica
Enjoy this video. We talk about the points in this article and more. You will truly understand that your actions today will determine your success in the future.
It is not just about getting your “to-do” list done.
Find out more by watching the video. Feel free to leave a comment on the Facebook thread where you will be watching the video.
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About the author:
Elke Clarke is the author of the upcoming book, Creative Online Millionaire
She has made over a million dollars online using Zazzle.
Elke mentors and teaches creative entrepreneurs how to make money online, with her blog, free eBook, and online courses.
Elke Clarke is the CEO and Founder of Clarke Courses Inc.
