2 Reasons Why Quitters Never Win…
What you learn today: Why “quitting” is a trap and how you might be quitting right BEFORE you succeed!
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I was in “Hot”lanta this past weekend to speak at a seminar. An hour before I spoke, I ran into a lady in the lobby and we struck a conversation. She was telling me her own “fighting” story about how she got to the seminar…
–> She was broke.
–> Had to fight her husband to get there.
–> Had already failed on building her online business a few times and everyone was telling her she couldn’t do it.
However, she said she REFUSED to give up and that she was going to keep “fighting” – her words, not mine (I don’t think she even knew that I run this site).
She Said Something Incredibly Profound…
As she talked and I practiced my listening skills I caught a quick statement she made that pierced straight to my brain and made me have an “AH HA” moment.
Here’s what she said exactly…
“I told my husband there is no way I’m quitting. Only 2 things happen when you quit. Either you quit before you ever even started OR you quit right before it became successful.”
Just take a minute to really think about that, if it “clicks” in your head, you’re going to have a serious moment like I did.
This woman (I wish I had written her contact information down) doesn’t know it, but she may have just changed the way I think about many things!
I’m not saying that you should never “throw in the flag” or “walk from a bad investment” – but if you really think about it, most of the time the only reason we ever “fail” is because we either never really truly started or we just didn’t try hard enough (a.k.a quit right before it became a success).
The last few days I have been walking around repeating that statement in my head and it’s truly motivational…
So, when’s the last time YOU quit something? Did you ever really even start? If so, do you HONESTLY think you tried hard enough and kept at it as long as needed?
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Tags: Fighter Story, Quitting
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 am
Thanks for writing this article, I have felt like throwing in the towel. Everytime I start to get going on my sites, ideas, etc. Life throws me a curve. Life happens.
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May 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I believe many quit before successful breakthroughs for fear of responsibility. Once you achieve something others expect more of you. The more you succeed the more that is expected. It is much easier to try and give up with excuses then to succeed and become the focus of expectations. Most may not know they are in this rut, but fear of success is more common then fear of failure.
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