10 Reasons why only 4% of the population achieve their goals
We as human beings are always dreaming what we want to make true. But for some of us no matter how much you try it seems that you do not reach your goals. What is happening? , Why are you having so much trouble making your dream come true?
A blogger friend of mine wrote a very interesting article called “are you willing?†and here is a quote of it:
What if you could have anything and everything you ever wanted just by giving the empowered answer to one question? What if that was really all it took?
Here is the question.
Are you willing?
The main reason why many of us fail to reach our goals is because many times in order to allow that to happen you really need to change… you need to change your way to think, your way to act, you need to be disciplined, you need perseverance, you need control, you need to change your consciousness at all levels including the subconscious level. There is so much you need to do inside of you that the mere act of deciding to start this process deserves the question: “Are you willing to do all that in order to reach your goal??â€. If you can answer yes to that question then you are really motivated to go ahead or maybe you are not aware enough of how hard that can be… but whatever the case is it is worth every single effort to try, in the end we are talking about your dream aren’t we?
Since the Internet was invented and search engines exist you might notice that all the keywords related with “make money†(and “sex†but it is not important for this article 
) have always been at the very first most searched keywords.
I have always been amazed about how people is always looking at the wrong places in order to reach financial abundance, they are all always looking for the get rich quick and the easy financial solution to their problems, surely a 40 pages ebook that describes something will help you make money… jajaja yeah to you and the other 1000 people who bought it.
The same phenomena we see with blogs and other internet publications, in the blog world the niche that receives more traffic are those about making money online and monetize your blog. Great, it is good to be informed but still you are looking at the wrong place.
As a person that have lots of contacts with wealthy people I can tell you that I do know WHY 2-4% of the population of the world are so rich while the rest are just struggling to make a living. The reasons are quite simple, but it is easy to say than do.
The reasons are:
1. They research and they understand what they want to do.
Every single thing you would like to succeed requires dedication, study, understanding and mastering. Are you doing that?
2. They create a plan
After you know exactly what you need to do, you develop a plan around it, you can call it a business plan or whatever but a plan is a plan is a plan.
3. They stick to their plan
You need to stick to your plan long enough to let it work, if you really understand what you are doing you will have less problems to stick to your plan.
4. They persevere
Perseverance and dedication are needed in order to reach your goals, you need to keep track of what you are doing, do it everyday religiously and for doing that feel happy that you are sticking with your plan.
5. They BELIEVE in their plans
Believing is everything, if you believe strong enough that what you are doing is the right thing you will stick to it. There is always this strong dilemma about being flexible and dynamic inside your plan but at the same time “flexibility†is the best excuse to bail out or deviate from your plan. A plan that is really flexible have that already into consideration so if you are flexible is already in your plan, which means that you need to be rigid and stubborn about your plan.
6. They are disciplined and self controlled.
Discipline, If there is something you need to follow your plan is discipline. Without discipline there is nothing you can do even if you have the best plan, the best product in your hands, the surest money maker in the world. Lack of discipline is the number one reason why everyone fail, and let me remind you that is over 90% of the people on the globe.
7. They have the right mind set.
Check all my other articles and read all about them, what is what I am trying to tell you??? It is all about mind set… you need to think the right things, you need to attract the right things, you need to understand the right things, you need to be happy with you, I promise you that you will not be happy no matter how much money you make or have, happiness comes from somewhere else.
8. They take ACTION
You have a great plan, you have the right mindset and you feel ready… now you need to act. Acting under the plan settings is what will lead you to the goal. Acting means all and you know how much you have to act because it is stated in your plan. You have to act with certainty as if you know what you are doing, convinced that is the right step to take because you have taken all the proper steps before to believe that is the right thing to do.
9. They keep reinventing themselves
Things change and with them you have to change to, you need to know when to Stop your actual plan, do modifications according to what is happening now and keep going. Things are not static and they have never been. Today you might be feeling great because you are in a booming economy but are you ready to change when the economy falls into depression?. So have always been and will keep being.
10. AND there is another ingredient but it will take an article to discuss so look for it in the future.
What were you waiting for?? Some sort of magic formula?, well that is the magic formula my friends, how many times have you read the same I am saying in books and other websites and after the first read you have just told to yourself, I do not need all this B.S, I will just go over the internet and google “make money online†and buy the most expensive ebook out there… for sure that’s what I need and not this stupid Growth kind of stuff. Maybe it is time to ask yourself, is that why I haven’t reached my goals yet? I will answer for you… YOU BET. Let me tell you something: what people is selling you in ebooks are just plans to act and I bet every single dollar I have that 90% of you will not be able to follow it to the T.
I am just describing you in a few words what would require a 400 page book in order to scratch the surface of success of goal achievement, but at least now you know what does it take to really make your most wanted goal.
Now I will ask you the following question and please answer it using the comment form below:
“Are you willing to change yourself in every aspect if I tell you that if you do, you can make massive amounts of money?â€
on August 1st, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I am willing! I am willing to do whatever it takes!
Thanks for the link! It was a wonderful surprise!
on August 1st, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Great article. Even Paris Hilton has a total strategy on how to get the media exposure that she wants. And she gets it. No secret to success. Follow the points as you have set them up.
on August 2nd, 2007 at 1:03 am
Because the other 96% of the population are spending all of their time reading or creating useless lists.
on August 2nd, 2007 at 1:59 am
I am 64 and getting ready to go back after some goals that I’ve acieved in the past but have temporarly let go of .
Your article is the most cut to the chase information I alredy knew but couldn’t put everything in order like did.
Kudos and
Thank you
on August 2nd, 2007 at 2:24 am
I gotta say i’ve seen lot of BS articles too
but none of them caught my attention like yours did (through its effective headings), and out of the ones I did bother to read, hardly any of them ever left me with the feeling that it was really worth reading. So thank you very much for such a useful article, and you are right, it did save me from reading several hundred page books because you’ve nailed it in two pages.
Now maybe you could write the second part of it “How to change yourself”, and the third part “How to keep the money that you make”. And the trilogy would be complete!
on August 2nd, 2007 at 8:11 am
I totally agree that most eBooks sold out there only make profits for the seller. That doesn’t mean that the information isn’t valuable, only that most people don’t stick to a plan long enough to allow it to work. I have been there…
on August 2nd, 2007 at 10:13 am
Answers:
Spec: you are totally right, in fact I am about to write an article about how much time you spend reading instead of putting it to practice. Wait for the article
Charlie: It is never too late to put everything to work for you so never give up and keep moving forward
Bilal: Thank you, and you are right I will be creating those 2 articles you mention.
on August 2nd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
No, I am not willing to change myself 100% to reach my goals and have my dreams come true. It would be like an endless loop. I change myself and then my goals would change. Then, I’d need to change myself again to reach those goals, but then I’d have different goals again…
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