"You Performance Will Decrease and Your Enjoyment of LIfe Will Decline When You Have the Courage To Face the Loss Dependent Gain Dilemma"
The following quote from Vincent Van Gogh "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." definitely gives everyone hope that they too can achieve their dreams, one small step a a time. Great things take a long time and lots of small steps, both forward and backward as we learn through our mistakes what works and what does not.
One of the heroes I met while taking care of my mom and dad was Dr. Donald Guess, DMD. He invested 35 years in conducting research projects on how doctors and business executives could become financially free in the shortest period time. He discovered that financial freedom is a savings account big enough that the interest will cover all the living expenses.
One of his research projects that cost millions of dollars and was conducted at Stanford over a number of years produced the fact that "When people make changes in their lives and businesses, there is an immediate loss and deterioration in performance. The trial and error, making as many mistakes as possible to find out what works fastest, is a critical part of generating enough momentum to catapult to the next higher level of performance.
The researchers discovered that this applies to all areas of life. That is why it is so hard to make changes in our own lives because of the fear of failure and loss, but it is the only way to disrupt the status quo. Choosing to be better or achieve a higher level of performance takes courage in every area of life.
Either we do everything to maintain the status quo or seek to be different and choose to set ourselves apart from the masses and become great. Overcoming the fear of failure is crucial before we can be great achievers because making mistakes is an integral part of transformation.
take care,
ralph