The Reason Why Most People Fail - Don't Make This Mistake | John Maxwell

if you are comfortable today with what you were comfortable with yesterday you're already in trouble [Music] nobody ever went uphill by accident you have to be intentional with what you do and who you are the more valid reasons you have to accomplish a dream the higher the odds are that you will the first question is is your dream really your dream and that's where we started because it can I tell you something if your dream isn't really your dream ain't going to work so what I tell people all the time is we start off our life living someone else's dream probably our parents so what happens is a lot of people as adults they never switch so true and so they're still living someone else's dream they're putting on someone else's armor and they just aren't going to achieve because it's not who they are it's not it's not their dream so I think a lot of times we have clarity on where we should go but there's a lot of emotion that holds this basher so what I did and this is I think this is what we really hopefully if this will be helpful to you whatever you make in a transition that's kind of out of your out of your strengths owner or certainly a brand new like this was I ask a lot of questions and I listened mmm and so I just sit down people like you that are highly successful in business and I'd say ok let me ask you some questions I'd go and I'd ask you questions I learned from gonna take a lot of notes and I'd pull away it's okay now this is how ed did and this is what ed thinks and well I think I could apply this theory and I spent three years humbling myself and being very teachable and saying I just want to learn I just want to learn because I I knew that I had the leadership principles but principles that are good without application or a connection our principles that aren't going to work for anybody I am responsible edie to move on what I see today mm-hmm there's a whole bunch of people there wanting to hold and not move because they don't see three days five days you know two years out whatever and what I'm saying is it's it's kind of like the lights of a car if I go to the parking lot at night turn on the lights and say oh my gosh I can't go right I don't see my house well no no no get the card start moving in the direction supposed to move it and guess what you only get about 300 feet of light you don't get seven miles right you don't get a see your house you've got to utilize the light you got oh so that you can get to where you want to go oh so many people they're so comfortable with that with that light yeah because it's there's it well it's not long enough and what's around the corner and and the whole issue is you don't you know what you don't know what's around the corner do you go around the corner oh gosh that's so good and so you just so you have to be very comfortable which I am yet to be very comfortable with traveling not having all the answers so true but can I tell you something the only way you get all the answers is to go all the way through absolutely you don't get all the answers on this side and so if I've got to have it lined up and straight and right and I feel comfortable with it then I'll never be the leader and I really believe this head I believe a lot of leaders fall short because they're unwilling to take what they know now and act on it and so therefore they never get to know what they couldn't know no matter how gifted you are no matter how committed you are if you're out of position you're not going to be successful that's why everybody needs to find their sweet spot you know what what do I really do well and on that there's a point that I really want to make and that is I tell people if you're gonna be highly successful you've got to get into what I call the top 5% so you got a hundred people you got a hundred people here in your whatever chosen profession got you've got to be in the top five yes you got to get there and you can only get to the top five if you're in your sweet spot you can't get to the top five working on weaknesses you can't get to the top top five if I'm not in the area of my giftedness so you've got to find out what your because that'll give you if men if you're committed and if you got a good strategy and all this other got a good team around you then that'll allow you to get in that top five and once you're in that top 5% you're in good shape you're going to do very well and I tell it that doesn't matter what your profession is you've got to get it in the top 5% and you could only get the top 5% if you're in your position if you're in your sweet spot I've got a question for you what would your advice be to me about just transforming my life what would be the step you would take the thought I should have the action maybe I should take if you really want to be transformed you have to live an intentional life this is so simple I don't want you to miss it most people don't lead their life they accept their life and when you accept your life you are living on things that are not worthy of your time and effort and energy the reason I want you to understand that is to go up hill you have to be intentional nobody ever went up hill by accident you've never read a book on accidental achievements you have to be intentional with what you do and who you are and so I would just say to you find your strengths become very intentional and and and and commit your life every day - it's all uphill it's all of you listen it's very successful he's having he's got great businesses you made a lot of money could can I tell you something it's still uphill for him see the great mistake we make is we think I'm going to go out and make enough money in it and there's a day when I just I can relax and I can rest and everything's gonna be easy kind of taste something the day that you have that day you know one of your children you know gets in an accident you got problems will never ever leave you issues obstacles difficulties that they're always going to surround you so you never get to that place where you've got it made you're not supposed to got it mate you're supposed to add value to people and it's all uphill so the moment I understand that then what happens is I commit myself to it and then it becomes a beautiful uphill climbing like because one thing is beautiful about going up hill is the scenery is really so you've got to be intentional with it so that's what I would say probably be intentional start today and here's what's written and here's the difference good intentions are overrated gosh I know with so many people what I'm going to do that yes I think that's a good idea I think I'm going to do that so good can good intentions are the most it's the most overrated phrase in the world you've got to go from good intentions to good actions nothing happens until you've got good actions and you won't have good actions until you're intentional with your life you

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Length: 6min 58sec (418 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 22 2019