Journey to Success

Have you ever found yourself in a place like this?

I know I have and it can be a very frustrating place. Ask yourself some questions.

• In your job, do you work real hard for a small paycheck?
• Are your co-workers interested in advancement or just getting by?
• Is there a ladder to success or are you stuck in a rut?
• Do your co-workers put you down when you work hard or put in extra time?

I have been in jobs like this in the past. The walls of this tiny city can be pretty intimidating and you may feel there is no way out. Your co-workers may be one of the biggest hindrances to leaving. After all – you do have some fun on the job at times and you do get a paycheck. You wouldn’t want to leave your friends behind… would you? But then you look at your paycheck on payday and realize it doesn’t go very far.

How can you leave?

There is a road out, but you will face many obstacles along the way. The people in your town will not want you to leave and you may have trouble even finding a path out. Once you commit to the path things may come at you fast and furiously. In our story you had the negative voices from a forest of trees. In real life these voices may come from family and loved ones. Your co-workers may chime in with statements like…

• You don’t have any skills…
• Remember the last time you tried something new…
• You’ve got bills to pay…
• What are you thinking…
• Are you sure it works…

When these voices come, the world can be a pretty dark place. The more negative the words, the darker the forest gets, until many people turn around and go back to their safe surroundings. Sometimes the only way to overcome these voices is to run and run fast.

If you are successful overcoming the negativity you’ll surely find the flying monkeys coming your way quickly. These insidious creatures will land on your shoulder and start talking in your ear. Fear and temptation are their game and their voices come on loud and strong… They whisper….

• You’ll lose everything…
• They’ll take your car…
• Your spouse will leave you…
• The new job will be worse than the one you have…
• This is money game…

After the monkey of fear is done, the monkey of temptation may chime in…

• Come drinking with us…
• Take the day off and let’s go surfing…
• Quit your job and get unemployment…
• Try these pills, they’ll make you feel better…
• What for you work so hard, the boss won’t appreciate you…

Some of these monkeys can really stop you in your tracks. Realize that no matter what you do these monkeys may land on your shoulder from time to time. There are really only two options… you can brush them off and move forward or let them sit there and crawl onto your back. Once you get a monkey on your back, moving forward is really tough and it is much harder to reach them to knock them off. Sometimes the only way to get them off your back is having someone else knock them off.

The best way to keep monkeys from landing is to keep moving forward. If you have a destination in mind and you are moving along the path, the monkeys will find it much harder to land. Brush those monkeys off and get going.

As you can see from the story above, the journey to success is filled with obstacles. Sometimes the smallest thing can stop you in your tracks. Taking this journey alone can be very daunting and getting to the end can be almost impossible. What you really need on this journey are some friends and mentors to help you along the way. In real life we all need some help along the path.

To Your Success,

AdisonChan

Young Entrepreneur@

Journey To Success!