I've oken to many people who've told me, "I've tried millio of ways to do this, and I never succeed!", or "I've tried thousands of ways, oken to 400 people, tried 300 times and yet nothing in the form of succe comes my way!". Ever heard those kind of lines? Well, think about it. How many people who say they try thousands or million times actually do try that much? Very few, if any at all.
Take the example of an i irational man by the name of Colonel Sanders. At the age of 65, after his busine got forced to close down, he was only living on his $105 social security cheque each month. He got mad, but i tead, of heading down to the social security offices, he asked himself, "what can I do that will be valuable for other people?"
With this one question, came his succe a wer. Colonel Sanders was a great cook, but he just had to get people to know it. His eciality was the wonderful chicken recipe he knew. So he decided to get in his car and drive around to the restaurants asking whether they'd buy his recipe, and he thought, if it'd sell well, perha he'd get a percentage of their takings. His a roach didn't succeed, and he got re o es such as, "Why would I want to buy an old man's recipe?"
Each time, he changed his a roach slightly, and continued giving it his best shot. For two years, he drove around his old car, acro the USA, knocking on doors and selling his recipe. Gue what was ectacular - he had visited 1009 restaurant owners and all turned him down. At 1010th one, he succeded. To this day, we know him as the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC. You can read the full story here: www.kfc.com/about/colonel.htm
How many people do you think would actually wait that long, and persist for a thousand, even a hundred times, to be totally succe ful? Very few, if any. If you look at the most common people in the world, they would not be denied. They will not take no for an a wer. They are concrete in their goals, and will strive and persist until they attain them.
I have grown up to learn that NO PROBLEM IS PERMANENT. Nothing will stop me from allowing the problem to pa and then moving forward to achieve what I want. I have co istently reminded myself to focus on the solutio , rather than the problems, helping me to overcome any barriers. All this has helped me develop my goals of being a percu ionist, my even bigger dream of helping people as a life coach at a young-ish age, and much more.
I say this not to boast about my work, but to boast about the power of focus and persistance. Think about the things you have really wanted to achieve. What is the one most important thing to you? How will you determine when you have been a succe in your music career? When you are 80, what is the one major thing you want to turn back and be really proud of in your music?
I have one simple thing to say here in re o e to that: Remain committed, take action co istently and e ure you focus on the solutio , not the problems.
Hiring a life coach will e ure you stay on track, define your goals easily and actually move forward to achieving them in a timed ma er. Hiring a life coach brings reality closer. It did for me and every other person who has worked with a coach. Treat yourself to a coach and reap the seeds within you.
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Kavit Haria, The Musicia Coach
Kavit Haria is The Musicia ' Coach. Kavit is the director of I erRhythm, a company that prides on providing succe solutio for musicia worldwide. Kavit sends out a musician development newsletter to over 2000 musicia in 16 countries every fortnight to help them achieve their desired results. Sign up now and experience the huge benefits from www.i errhythm.org
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