Success isn’t a mystery if you let your guard down.
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Maybe it’s the news or negative experiences in our past, but too many guys are skeptical of success. Every time we see a story of someone successful, we analyze it to see what lucky break that person experienced along the way.
The reason too many guys are skeptical is because they’re waiting for permission.
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There are some guys that get lucky; there are some that experience a sudden windfall—like an inheritance. In general, however, when you see someone who is experiencing success, there’s a backstory of them busting their butt to get there.
When we are skeptical of success, we can’t get to a place in our mind that allows us to believe it’s possible for us. If we don’t believe in something, we won’t take the necessary steps to change our situation.
The reason too many guys are skeptical is because they’re waiting for permission. They’re waiting for someone or some situation to be in place before they can believe in themselves or their dream.
Waiting for permission has held too many guys from the life they truly deserve. Here are three reasons why guys need to stop waiting for permission.
1. Life passes us by too quickly
Life is short. I’m well aware that those words have become cliché. They are true, and before we know it, life can pass us by. We only get one life to live and time is the only thing we can never get back.
It’s too easy for us to wake up every day and sleepwalk through our life. When we wait to do something about our goals and dreams, we waste the precious time we have on this earth. We wait for permission and live someone else’s life in the meantime.
We need to get honest about the kind of life we want to live, no matter how scary it is. Making changes scares the daylights out of all of us, but the alternative should be even more frightening.
2. We have the tools and technology we need for success
We have incredible opportunities around us that make a way for us to achieve success. I’m an author who self-published two books. I was a high school dropout who had a dream to be a writer. In the past, this goal would not have been possible.
With social media, the Internet, and Amazon, I was able to self-publish my books and sell enough copies to quit a job I hated. Yes, this is hard to do, but it is possible today because of the advances we’re experiencing every day.
We no longer have to wait for the old-school gatekeepers to create freedom in our work, health, and relationships. We can research what it takes, put a plan in place, and take action on that plan. We can do this on our own. We don’t need permission from someone sitting in the cheap seats.
3. No one will ever give us permission
At the end of the day, if we are going to experience success in our life, it will come from what we do. No one will tell us that we’re ready or that what we’re doing is smart. Most people are terrified of change and consider significant life changes as “radical.”
All those stories we see of success don’t have to be a mystery.
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If we want to make our dreams a reality, we have to believe in our self and the idea, and then do something about it. We have to beat our doubt, fear, and self-limiting beliefs. We have to ignore the naysayers—they will never get it.
All those stories we see of success don’t have to be a mystery. We don’t have to be skeptical of success. There are some guys facing stressful situations that are hard to recover from. There are things that happen to us that are out of our control–I get that.
The system is not set up to help people. The game is not set up in our favor, but that doesn’t mean we can’t experience success in each of our lives. If it’s going to happen, it will only happen when we stop waiting to live the kind of life we want to live.
Audio version:
Are you waiting for permission?
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Photo: Flickr/ Moon Lee
Yes! This article is fantastic. I can’t count how many times I’ve waited for permission, or waited to be chosen in my life. Thanks for a great reminder of what it takes to be successful.
Mahalo Catharine 🙂
Many of us were conditioned not to do anything unless we were told to do so and unfortunately, it got embedded into our brains. You can wipe negative things from a floppy computer disk, a CD, tape machine, etc., however, it is not that way with your brain and emotions and it can be incredibly difficult if not impossible to get re-wired yourself. You are correct that no one will give us permission; however, no one told us that we did not need their permission and/or someone’s permission.
G, thank you for this. You are spot on, it’s not how we were trained or wired. That’s why I wrote this, I want to tell people you don’t have to live the way we were told to live. I hope the message helps a few people.