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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
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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
kid the cards start moving in the
direction supposed to move it and guess
what you only get about 300 feet of
light right you don’t get seven miles
right you don’t get a see your house
you’ve got to utilize the light you got
so that you can get to where you want to
go oh so many people they’re so
comfortable with that with that light
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
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