Motivation
6 Tips That Will Help You Achieve Massive Success
In the book, Mastery by Robert Greene, he talks about how some people are born with higher IQ’s and have a lot more natural talent than others.
They are usually out-shined by someone who has a lower IQ and a lot less natural talent.
Examples of this phenomenon can be Charles Darwin and Sir Francis Galton. Galton had an exceptionally high IQ and was a child prodigy in science, while Darwin admitted to be an ordinary person. Yet, Darwin is now more widely known and accepted as the more prestigious, superior scientist.
We can also see this in other examples with Bill Gates and other people who were not the best in their class, but became more successful. What are their secrets and how can you reach this massive level of success?
Below I am going to share with you 6 things that will help you reach a massive level of success.
1. Follow your passion and turn it into a dream
We all have similar brains, but we all have different personalities. This observation lets us realize that our brains may react to certain stimuli in a different way, and that we all think differently. Because our brains react to different stimuli, we are ultimately attracted to different things in life.
Certain things spark up our brain and we become fascinated. Those things we become fascinated by in life are the things we were meant to do. We lose our sense of those fascinations and what we are passionate about because we force ourselves to conform to getting a job we don’t like in order to have financial stability.
This is the wrong path to follow if you want to achieve massive amounts of success, you must re-find those things that fascinate you and master them. Mastering a subject you are passionate about will take you to new heights because you will find enough determination and persistence to know more than anyone else.
This will make you successful because you will have more to offer than anyone else. Begin to take this and dream of the life you want to live by following your passions and the things that excite you.
“There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions in a way that serves the world and you.” – Richard Branson
2. Have a sense of realization
Once you start to work on your craft and develop a sense of how you want your life to be, you must come to realize that this process will not happen overnight. Mastering a craft and becoming successful takes a lot of hard work and patience. You have to do something every day that will help you achieve success.
This will require dedication, willpower, and sacrifice. You must have this type of realization because if you constantly believe that you can become an overnight success, you will be disappointed, and this will hinder your journey in achieving success.
3. Improve yourself
Not only do you want to master your craft to be successful, but you also want to master yourself. Lao Tzu once said that “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” The most successful people in the world, and the people who rise in the career field, work on themselves more than they work on their craft. You must constantly find ways to improve and stay healthy.
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change” – Jim Rohn
4. Take small steps
You cannot leap into success. Take small steps and start from the bottom, building a foundation of knowledge. Start on the smallest projects and do them to the best of your ability. Excellence is a habit, so you must make it a priority to do everything with excellence and work your way up the ladder.
Taking on too much at a time will drain you. Start small and put your 100% focus into that. Remember, massive success is achieved through the sum of small efforts.
5. Enjoy the ride
Achieving success is a journey. We all want to reach success rapidly because we believe that the destination will be the best part of our lives. We believe that the best part is the end. Well, not so much. Yes, reaching success will be fantastic, but we must also enjoy the process and develop our character as much as possible.
Enjoy everything you learn and every person you meet along the way. It is critical to build your character on the road to success, because the person you become, will determine if you stay successful. There will be failures on the road, but enjoy them. Know that every failure and mistake has made you stronger.
6. Stay focused
There are so many distractions in the world. You have to find a sense of discipline and perseverance. Distractions are the enemy to success and the enemy to opportunities. Organize yourself, your thoughts, and when it is time to work, stay focused. Turn off all electronics and stay away from all social media.
Clear your life of unnecessary clutter. You will feel a lot better about yourself and have clarity in your goals. We must remember that our ability to focus is an evolutionary trait that helped us become one of the most powerful species on the planet. Once we realize this and put it to use, we realize just how powerful we are. You can get so much done in such a short amount of time if you focus.
I hope these tips will help you on your journey. What tips would you add to this list?
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Steliyan Borisov
Aug 14, 2015 at 8:10 am
Great article and tips, I love it. 🙂
sami
Jun 23, 2015 at 9:37 pm
What if you find out that you don’t have a dream because you are so much occupied with supporting your family? Or that your dreams will live only when you have opportunity. Because you cannot wait for the opportunity will ultimately lead you to forgetting about your dreams.
Steve Faber
Jun 14, 2015 at 5:36 am
Lawrence,
“Stay Focused” That’s the biggie. There’s a reason why organization and detail oriented are two very common traits of successful individuals. It is so easy to let shiny objects distract you from your goals and mission. The key is balancing your life outside of your venture with the focus needed to ensure its success. I’ll let you know when I manage it!
Thanks for the post!
Steve
Hannah
Jun 10, 2015 at 1:46 am
Hi there Lawrence! Thanks for sharing your tips, it’s very motivating.. To be successful, patience is a must.
Candice
Jun 8, 2015 at 8:14 am
Thanks for this post, I set daily goals and make sure I reward myself at the end of the week for my efforts. Never give up on your dream.
Mandy
Jun 6, 2015 at 10:15 am
Thank you Lawrence for your excellent and insightful article. It’s a great guide for anyone on a journey of self improvement and success.
Christian LS
Jun 6, 2015 at 9:06 am
Lawrence,
This goes with staying focused, cutting out distractions, and turning off your cellphone… cut out the negativity in you’re life – your haters.
As you mentioned before there are some people born with a higher IQ and of course naturally we believe they have a higher aptitude for success.
For those not fortunate enough to have the smarts,… times are tough…
As some one was seen as the under dog when I first met my group of friends, I can attest to the fact that once you find you’re passions, move on up, and find out what you really want, what’s you purpose in the world, their true feels about you will start to rise and rear it’s ugly head.
They’ll despise you for becoming what you we’re meant to become, and then they feel insecure about themselves and try to drag you back down to the initial person they know you as.
Basically when you go from YOU.1.0 to YOU.2.0, they won’t easily adapt and accept the new YOU, and they’ll try as they can to downgrade you back to the old.
Cut them out.
And not even just them,…
Another lesson I’ve learned in my entrepreneurial journey is to tolerate no BS/negativity.
Seriously, it goes a long way.
Christian Lavarias
NitroSalesTeam
Lawrence Berry
Jun 6, 2015 at 7:55 pm
Yes, I was recently listening to a motivational piece and the person said that the road to success would be a lonely, less traveled road where your friends won’t be around. Well, you have to find friends who are just as ambitious as you are. If they start to hate on who you have become and the success you have obtained, they were never your friends in the first place. Yes, you correct you cannot tolerate negativity, it will only weigh you down.
Lawrence Berry
Jun 6, 2015 at 12:10 am
Yes, take small steps and do the little things with excellence. This is the true key to success and of course, as you said, to have patience. Nothing worth having will come fast, so you must have patience. If your dreams came fast and easy, would it really be considered a dream? Just keep striving, for the greater the challenge, the sweeter the victory.
Sija Mafu
Jun 5, 2015 at 9:24 am
Hey Lawrence
Thank you for sharing. It does take time and patience, sometimes feels like you may never achieve success. I’ve learned to persevere through all kinds of challenges..
Lawrence Berry
Jun 5, 2015 at 11:47 pm
Hi,
Yes, it does take time and patience to reach whatever you want to achieve in life. Nothing worth having will come fast and easy!
Gabriel DoCarmo
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:00 pm
Wow!!! What an awesome article…Thanks for sharing this Lawrence. Really appreciate it
Love #1. We must all find our passion and purpose in life. Once we do that, life truly becomes LIFE
Lawrence Berry
Jun 5, 2015 at 11:48 pm
I am glad that you enjoyed the article. Yes, you must find what truly attracts you in life and pursue it. In this way you will master that in a way no one has or ever will.
David
Jun 2, 2015 at 5:46 pm
Lawrence, this is a phenomenal article! In fact one of the best that I’ve read on Addicted2Success.com. There are some timeless concepts that you share in here that everyone should read, reread and memorize. I plan to do the same! Thanks for sharing this wealth of information with us!
Lawrence Berry
Jun 5, 2015 at 11:51 pm
I truly appreciate that you have taken the time to read the article and share your thoughts!
Iggy
Jun 2, 2015 at 6:23 am
@ Pat and Lawrence – I read these articles and dream and hope that I become better in many aspects of my life. Without action, reading becomes futile and without productive habits we are doomed for a destiny full of regret. I battle every day with self mastery. And I am conciously unskilled in the area of self mastery. But my realisation that I should be battling with small things rather than big things makes hope brighter for this journey I undertook of self master. And yes, I would like the power that Lao Tzu is referring to.
Thank you for sharing and let us keep striving for success but above all for self mastery.
“We shall overcome”
Lawrence Berry
Jun 6, 2015 at 12:08 am
Hi Iggy,
Self-mastery is something that we all struggle with but the true way to overcome yourself is to build habits through repetition. What you have to do is find a strong purpose for why you want to obtain self-mastery and this purpose has to be bigger than your own self-interests. Do you have kids? Or parents? Or a vision to change the world in some way? Find out what inspires you and wake up to that everyday. Create dream board and look at it and repeat your purpose and dreams every morning. This will help change your thoughts in ways you can’t imagine. I really want you to succeed and reach your full potential. I have a personal coaching service that you can take a look at on my website. I will offer it at a discount because I truly appreciate your comment and want to help take your life to the next level.
Pat
Jun 2, 2015 at 2:51 am
A wonderful post Lawrence.
A real important key to success, as you mentioned, is taking small steps. In today’s modern world, where technology dominates, I think many of us are looking for the quick results but it is important to remember that the best results come with patience, doing the little things well everyday and setting up a strong foundation for long-term success.
Lawrence Berry
Jun 6, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Yes, take small steps and do the little things with excellence. This is the true key to success and of course, as you said, to have patience. Nothing worth having will come fast, so you must have patience. If your dreams came fast and easy, would it really be considered a dream? Just keep striving, for the greater the challenge, the sweeter the victory.