December 10, 2008
Hard work, Michael Phelps & a new product
Hello my friend:
A few months ago I received an email from a woman who'd
ordered 'Unstoppable Motivation Now!' and was unhappy with
it, because in the program, I wrote, "I believe that with
hard work, I can achieve anything I desire."
Well she said that she didn't ever want to work hard. She
only wanted to "work smart" and didn't want thoughts about
hard work going into her mind.
My initial thoughts were that I was sad for her, because,
no doubt, she's had a life of failure and misery. And
that, sadly, will continue.
Because I can guarantee you that she is one of the throngs
who've bought into the fantasy mindset being sold by people
trying to cash in on the popularity of "The Secret." Seems
everyone who counsels anyone about anything these days has
a book, audio, video or seminar to teach people how to
"manifest" and "attract" what they want without actually
having to do anything. And so they are "teaching" that
hard work is definitely not necessary to reach the highest
highs. Just think about what you want, and miraculously
you'll get it.
Right.
But the promise is so attractive, it sucks people in by
the thousands. I can also guarantee you that a good number
of those teaching this drivel are helplessly struggling
themselves in more than one area of their own lives... even
financially.
Because anyone who has ever achieved any big goal that
took years to accomplish will testify that it often took
every ounce of energy and belief they had within them to
keep going, to keep persevering, to keep from quitting in
order to finally get what they wanted.
Hard work? Uh, just a bit.
But because 98% of all humanity sort of floats along in
"auto-pilot mode" and does not achieve very much beyond
"average" things, this message of "work smart, not hard"
actually resonates. People want to believe it so badly,
they buy into the wild, unrealistic promises. Because as
the typical "person on the street" will tell you, people
who are wealthy, who look great, who have lots of good
friends, have a high paying job, etc. are... "lucky." It's
luck, genetics, brown-nosing, etc. that gets you things in
life, they say. "Those lucky people definitely didn't do
anything more or better than me!" they say. And the
teachers say all the most successful people did to
"manifest" their dreams was by visualize/meditating/make
vision boards. (Yes, they might have, but they did a whole
lot more than that!)
I can tell you that yes, I meditate, I visualize and I do
mind maps of where I want to go in life. And yes, your
thoughts CAN change your vibration and in a sense "attract"
to you things that otherwise would not be available to
you...
BUT it's not because you simply pictured what you wanted
in your mind that you had it magically delivered to you.
Empirical evidence shows that most of what any of us will
"get" in our lives we get from taking focused action, from
taking calculated risks.
So "seeing it" ahead of time, in most cases, simply helped
you do what you needed to do to get what you pictured in
your mind.
For the most part, what changing your habitual moment-by-
moment thoughts does primarily is make you FEEL how you
want to feel so that you can DO what you want and need to
do in order to be and have what you want in all areas of
your life. It's not magic.
Can you imagine if Michael Phelps, the greatest swimmer
ever to strap on a Speedo, had the attitude that he wanted
to only "work smart, not hard?"
What if instead of training all those thousands of hours
over all those years, he just dreamed of winning gold
instead?
If he did, I can tell you with absolute certainty, no one
would know who he is today. He would not have even gotten
to the Olympics, let alone win 14 gold medals over the span
of two Olympics.
Think about it... in winning the 7th of his 8 gold medals
in Beijing, in the 100-meter butterfly, his margin of
victory was only 1/100th of a second... so close it had to
be verified by a camera that could analyze frames shot
1/10,000 of a second apart. He won by about an inch.
All those years, all those thousands of hours (water)
logged, all that hard work, all the sacrifice... it paid
off. By 1/100th of a second.
Pretty "smart" guy to have worked so "hard" I'd say.
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Now, speaking of "doing what you need to do," a LOT of
people have been asking what has happened to me over the
last 2-3 months.
Where have I been?
Am I alright?
Am I sick, alive, on extended vacation?
And the answer is, I'm fine. Excellent, in fact!
What I've been doing is working both "hard" AND "smart."
Hard in the sense that it has consumed most of my time,
often into the wee hours of the morning on many occasions.
Smart because my efforts just over the last few months
will result in revenues that will grow to between $3
million and $10 million per year for the next 30+ years
without me having to invest any more than 2-4 hours per
week, max.
Was it difficult work? Sometimes, absolutely.
Was it smart? Well, you tell me...
So if the phrase "hard work" sends you running, take a
pause and ask yourself some questions.
Ask yourself what's in it for me if I do this thing that
seems so difficult... what will I learn in the process, who
will I be as a result, will I gain any respect from others
or from myself, is there a financial gain, a physical gain,
will my relationship with my God be better, will it give me
more freedoms? Will I like myself more or less after going
for it?
Not everything worth having is difficult to gain. Not
everything. But keep in mind that the easy way out is very
often the fastest way out... The fastest way out of a job,
out of a relationship, out of your home and too often out
of your mind. Short-cuts can work. But not usually.
Imagine if the leader (president, manager, coach, parent)
of your company, of your church, of your team, of your
family or your country had the attitude that hard work is
taboo and they didn't want any part of it. That would not
be good for YOU, would it?
Well, it's even worse if you are the one with that
attitude, isn't it? Not good at all.
We all suffer the consequences of poor so-called leaders
every day. Our environment sucks, our schools aren't
teaching our kids, our teams are OK one year and terrible
the next, our companies can't compete, the quality of many
of the products sold to us is pathetic, and the typical
family is not very close.
Leadership is about responsibility, hard choices and risks.
Bad leaders and bad followers don't want any part of any
of those things. Too hard.
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- "What if I don't like the people I'll be working with?"
- "I know I can't keep up this facade very long."
- "If I take that job, they'll all know I'm a fake."
- "I can't eat this way forever... I'll go crazy."
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- "Being well-known will mean I'll have no privacy."
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This is so common that it's a cliché that most people
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is familiar. Their entire life would change if they were
to succeed massively in one or more areas of their lives.
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When things start going too well, they put on the brakes.
Can't change too much. Can't deal. Too much heat.
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Be smart.
Learn to love work so it can feel like play.
Love,
Mike Brescia
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