We discussed ways we put obstacles into our own paths on The BIGG Success Show. Be sure to listen to hear some frightful things! Here’s a summary of that discussion.
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” – Hannah More
Amongst the monsters and ghouls and ghosts, the vampires and werewolves and zombies, is a monster who stands between you and the life you really want.
We all know this monster. It’s appealing. Likable. Full of potential to do good.
But this monster can also hold us back. It can block our success. Put up obstacles needlessly. Stop us – dead in our tracks.
The great inventor, Thomas Edison, obtained over 1,000 patents in his lifetime. But did you know that it took him about 10,000 tries to finally invent the light bulb? If at first you don’t succeed, try 10,000 times again!
We celebrate our 15th year in business with a podcast that shares the secrets to our business – or really any business success. Click the player to listen to The BIGG Success Show. The summary is below.
In today’s ever-changing business landscape, it’s hard to find a company that has been around for more than a decade. But BIGG Success is one of the exceptions.
Despite the challenges it has faced, our company is still going strong after 15 years. So how have we done it?
Let’s go to The Professor’s whiteboard for the 4 secrets to business success…
It made us think of one of our favorite movies, The Pursuit of Happyness. It’s the true story of a once-homeless single father, Christopher Gardner (played by Will Smith) and his son, Chris Jr. (fittingly played by Will’s son, Jaden).
We were traveling down a busy road in our area recently. It’s a two-way road with two lanes going in each direction.
A sign indicated there was “Road Work Ahead” – one lane on each side was shut down for about a mile. There was a worker with a “Slow” sign at the point where the lanes merged. There was another worker at the other end with the same sign, directing traffic in the opposite direction.
So here we were – driving through the construction zone. Suddenly the person in front of us stopped.
But why? We didn’t understand. However, we quickly discovered the reason.
He was looking at the worker holding the sign for traffic going the other way. On the back of the “Slow” sign was the word “Stop”.
So he stopped – even though the sign was not meant for him. The worker in frustration quickly waved him on.
Don’t hurry to stop
Unfortunately, most people don’t get waved on so quickly and readily in life. So they just stop and they stay stopped.
It’s the single biggest reason people do not reach success – they are in a hurry to stop.
They stop when they’re not supposed to. They haven’t reached their destination, but they still stop.
They stop because they see a sign – even when the sign isn’t meant for them.
They listen to other people who tell them to stop. They just don’t realize the advice isn’t for them or that the people they’re listening to don’t know what they’re talking about.
They stop because they think they’re being safe. In reality, they’re putting themselves and others at risk.
They stop because they run into obstacles. The problem is many of these blocks are self-created.
They hurry to stop.
Hurry to go!
BIGG goal-getters do the opposite. They hurry to go.
Things didn’t go as planned? Learn, adapt and go!
Someone said something discouraging or disparaging? Use it as fuel and go!
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