What’s Stopping You From Achieving Success?
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I’ve heard it said that the true test of a person’s character is what it takes to stop them. If something small can create an impassable hurdle for you then your character is weak. If it takes a mountain of fire to hold you back then perhaps you’re a bit stronger.
If you’re like most people, then you’ve probably got some pretty wild dreams for your online presence. If you don’t, then you should. You probably won’t climb higher than you’re reaching.
But as you move forward to accomplish whatever it is that you want to do, ask yourself what is that will stop you from moving forward. Which obstacles are you willing to overcome and which ones are going to overcome you?
In fact, I’ve just shared a personal story that relates to this very concept over at my personal blog. Many of you may know that I’m working hard to run a marathon before the end of the year and to achieve a terrific time while doing it. This is one of my goals and I realize that I’m going to have to work incredibly hard to accomplish it.
So when I came into work on Monday morning and it was pouring down rain, I refused to let it stand in my way of achieving my goal. To read the rest of the story check out my personal blog and you can gain a fuller understanding of what I’m talking about here.
Group Discussion
Today’s post is intentionally shorter than usual but that’s because I want you to control the conversation. I want you to share your thoughts about goal setting, perseverance, dedication, online success, and character.
Sachin @ Web Design Mauritius said:
I don’t think there’s something stopping me from achieving success but I still need to get round to managing my time as I’ve got heaps of ideas and a whole lot of projects running all round the year. I’ve been lurking over your personal blog since the first day and I have to congratulate you for the quality of the content.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Thanks, Sachin. I sure do appreciate it and I’m really having a blast on that personal blog. I’m learning a lot, meeting new people and having a great time putting together the material for it.
Have you considered that you’re time management might be standing in your way of achieving your fullest potential.
Jorgen Sundberg said:
Hey how funny, I wrote a post about running a marathon yesterday! Mine is only 3 weeks away and I’m aiming to do it under 4 hours
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Good luck on it. You think you’ll be able to hit that 4 hour mark? What kind of training have you been doing?
Jean Sarauer said:
What’s made the biggest difference in my life is to create better goals. I used to set most of my goals based on family/societal expectations of what I “should” want. Not very motivating! Since I’ve learned to listen to my own voice and structure my goals around that and my values (creativity, health, etc.) I have a fairly easy go of it. I break every goal down into teeny steps so it’s just a daily, enjoyable process to get where I’m going.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Jean, that really resonates well with me. I completely understand what you mean. I’ve felt that same pressure before and after a while you just want to accomplish the things that are really important to you…not to everyone around you.
It sounds to me like you have a great plan to achieve your goals. Great work.
Onibalusi Bamidele said:
Wow! So great lesson from very short a post.
There will always be challenges in life, one just have to pass through it. If it were to be me, I wouldn’t have run in the rain but I just learned a great lesson from you today.
Thanks a lot for the great post,
-Onibalusi
Nicholas Cardot said:
I actually had a friend join me on that run and it felt so good. We both talk about it now and to us it was a terrific experience. There are some things that seem difficult at the time but afterward they are sweet memories and great accomplishments.
Seun Kilanko said:
Just stumbled on this site today. I must say I’m impressed at the quality of its content – they are invaluable.
I am always proud when I see bloggers giving their best to see that readers are positively impacted.
Great work,Nicholas!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Thanks Seun. I really appreciate you’re enthusiastic and encouraging words. They mean a lot to me. And welcome to the site.
Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing said:
I know about wanting to give up and I know about pushing through.
The main reason I’m online full time is due to physical limitations preventing me from an outside job.
I’ve always wanted to do what I’m doing, but you don’t want to be forced into it before you’re ready.
While I won’t be running anywhere anytime soon (never), I’ll also never be giving up.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
I’m incredibly sorry to hear about your physical limitations, but I’m equally excited about your position as I hear you speak of your dedication and determination to not allow anything stand in your way of achieving success. Keep it up, my friend!
Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing said:
Thanks man.
I gotta say, I’ve been at this online thing for a few years now in one area or another, and feel like I’m finally “getting it” completely.
If anyone wants to chat about how it’s not a get rich quick world, send ‘em to me!
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Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing said:
Btw, please don’t feel to bad, I’m not “crippled” as it were; not in the sense most people think of anyway.
I have several herniated disks in my back, two really bad knees, starting from an interesting childhood, lol, and a rather large yet healing leg wound from a recent operation.
I can walk and all; just takes a little longer some days.
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Noah Rainey said:
My success I want to reach this year is getting on average six hundred unique visits a day. I’m currently getting three hundred. Another thing is gaining a higher Alexa rank by the end of this month. I hope it’s somewhere between 70k-40k. I know you shouldn’t place to much trust into your Alexa rank because it is bias, but it’s a good bench mark. Anyways these are my goals I want to accomplish this year and this month.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are good goals. Be sure that you put in the hard work and study necessary to connect with people in a way that will really allow you to achieve those goals.
Alex @ Zahnbleaching said:
It is not about that someone is stopping you from success it is that you stop yourself from having success. Most people take the easy way out and say that you need to get lucky and so on. But reality is if you put your mind to something and don’t give up you will succeed no matter what. Success in making money online is a lot about taking risks, motivating yourself and being patient.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
I’m really becoming convinced that a lot of people have that “I need to get lucky” mindset that you’re talking about. Then they feel as though they’ve lost out when they don’t achieve the success that they’re looking for rather than learning from their failures, growing from their learning, and going back at it again and again.
Alex - Blogussion.com said:
Honestly, I’m all for the ideas of setting goals and even making them unrealistic. I mean, why not?
If you can tell yourself something to get you motivated to start working, then do it. Whenever I tell people to dream unrealistically in my own blog posts, I always hear at least one person disagree. That’s great and all, but is it so bad to dream BIG?
Nicholas Cardot said:
I’ll be honest. I agree with you. I think that far too often we set goals that are below our potential. If you set a goal to reach for the stars and you only make it to the moon then you’ve still done more than the guy who’s goal was to jump over the welcome mat by his front door.
Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot said:
Good thinking. Dream big,start small is my philosophy. Taking the first step’s the hardest but if you do that then keep putting one foot in front of the other you’ll get there in the end.
Incredible that on our blogs we’ve written what would be a book in the same way,by writing one post at a time.
Keep up the good work:)
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Mariam Cisse said:
Hey there,
Alex, I absolutely agree with you. And it’s not bad to dream big. I always dream big. No, bigger than big! And many of my dreams therefor are not realistic. I often get laughed out or something, but that doesn’t bother me anymore. The lesson I’ve learned is that you only can achieve more when you set higher goals. I think I’m made for more and I won’t let others stop me. Those who try to, are just afraid of me reaching something they want but don’t work to get it.
So, Nicholas said it right: “If you set a goal to reach for the stars and you only make it to the moon then you’ve still done more than the guy who’s goal was to jump over the welcome mat by his front door.”
I think it takes a lot to stop me.
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Bruce Teague said:
The main thing stopping me is time. You find ways to make it work though.
Gurl said:
The major thing holding me back right now is money. I am looking at how I can budget in the handful of expenses I see as necessary ASAP, and how to keep those going as months go by.
I’ve also set some goals for page views and time of site, as well as generating both free and paid content by the end of the year. I’ve actually just finished round one of editing my second free product ever, but its the first that is an actual serious infoproduct. Now to get that second and final edit done, grab that Aweber I keep hearing about an start working even harder
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Vinish Parikh said:
Nice tips, because people always remember success and successful people, rest they forget
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Reza Winandar said:
Cost and time, I need more time to spend. I’m kinda busy right now because I’m still a student.
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Super Blog Posts said:
Great Post Nicholas!! yeah i agree , aim for the stars and you’l at least get to the top of a tree.
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