About Your Attitude

There's a movie that came out a couple of years ago that I want to see. It’s based on a book I just read by Marcus Luttrell called, “Lone Survivor”. Marcus, along with three other Navy SEALs go on a mission into the mountains of Afghanistan and only one of them survives – Marcus being the lone survivor.

In his book Luttrell talks about going through training to become a Navy SEAL and what it took to “make it”…

…it required a must win, never quit, never give up attitude.

In his book he talks about how his Navy SEAL instructors always drove home the point, “It pays to be a winner”.

And it was that attitude and work ethic that was engrained in him that helped him escape capture for days (despite serious bullet wounds) until he was rescued.

Now I know that the politically correct rhetoric these days is that we’re all winners… we’re all the same… and that we should all celebrate the “game” and not so much the winning or losing aspect of it.

BS!

That’s just settling for mediocrity, which seems to be the new standard for living for the masses.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just competitive.

Or maybe I have higher expectations of myself and my team, but I do believe that it pays to be a winner.

Why “Good Enough” is NOT Good Enough

Sadly, far too may people these days celebrate mediocrity.

Most feel that “good enough” is good enough.

The new mediocrity has become today’s normal standard of living.

I met so many online business owners a recent Online Business Summit who said that before coming to the event they thought they were doing well, but two days into the weekend they realized that they still had plenty of room to grow their business, add more value, raise their prices, and deliver better results to their clients.

It’s only been a week since the event and I’m already getting messages from these same entrepreneurs who are telling me that they’ve added more income, clients, and systems into their business.

Good for you them!

You know what the problem was for these entrepreneurs before attending the event?

They had settled for the new normal – mediocrity.

They gave up their personal standards and expectations of themselves and accepted good enough.

And coming to a big event filled with other like-minded successful Go-Givers was the “slap in the face” they needed.

It was an epic reality check.

I know how that is… I’ve had that in my own life before.

It’s like when a captain of a cargo ship sets the rudder of the ship off by just one tiny little degree. It’s not much… to the entire crew it seems like the ship is going straight ahead, but after a few hours, that ship is miles off course.

That’s what settling for mediocrity is like.

You don’t feel it at first.

You just kind of adjust your lifestyle and personal standards to it, and before long you’ve become plain vanilla…white toast…one of many who are fighting for the same scraps rather than setting the bar high and standing out above the noise.

My "Not-So-Fast" Fast Start

Now I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve made my share of mistakes. Not every system or service in my business started out perfect.

I had my ups and downs, strikeouts and homeruns. I've had those dreaded "slumps".

But you know what? I kept on pushing.

I studied like crazy and went to work on myself. I listened to the greats of the self-improvement world. I made my car a "rolling university". I spent thousands on books and CDs. 

And it was all worth it, and besides, I owed it to the customers and clients that believed in me.

Here’s What Saved Me

None of what I have accomplished so far would have been possible if I didn’t start with a winner’s mindset and a never give up attitude. You have to have this from day one, and you have to foster the growth of this mindset by connecting with other like-minded individuals and feeding your mind with inspirational and motivational stories (like I find in books like “Lone Survivor” – your sources of inspiration might differ).

Today I have a growing client base of entreupreneurs around the world who use and trust
our services to grow their business day in and day out – and who happily refer our business to others.

But imagine if I had given up.

Imagine if I had quit and settled for mediocrity instead.

Well, imagine all you want, but that was never even a remote possibility in mind.

Never.

It pays to be a winner and to have a never quit, never give up attitude. It was this attitude that saved me.

Never ever settle for mediocrity my friend. It doesn’t serve you.

Set the bar high. Reach your goals. And then set bar up higher.

It’s all in your attitude.

I believe in YOU.$

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