Anyone can start something…What separates those who are winning in life from those who are just getting by is the commitment to FINISH.

Most people don’t finish because they can’t face adversity.

Overcoming adversity is not a matter of knowing the answers… It’s not giving up on yourself when you have the wrong answer. 

Because pushing yourself means that sometimes you’ll miss the mark.

If you want to be in flow state, you have to be at the upper limit of your abilities. You can’t find your boundaries if you don’t push them, and you’ll only know what they are when you fail.

That’s what it means to face adversity.

Having a vision is good, but the vision has to be big enough to pull you through adversity.

Otherwise, it’s not big enough.

Here is how you develop the mindset it takes to overcome adversity

1- Prepare for the journey to be harder than you think it will be

Many people fail because they think it will be easy. If you prepare for the work to be twice as hard as you think, you’re one step ahead of the game. Being optimistic will get you started, but knowing that you are prepared for shit to hit the fan will help you finish. 

2- Manage your fear

A lot of people run away from fear. Sit with it; get to know it; embrace it. When you embrace your fear, you become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Fear is good if it reminds you to be careful, but bad if it stops you from taking any action at all. Turn fear into fuel by knowing that the regret of not taking action will be bigger than the regret of failing. 

3- Change your focus

Whatever you focus on, you will attract into your life. You can focus on the problem or you can focus on the solution and see more opportunities. A lot of times, you see what’s wrong in life, and what’s wrong in life is always available, but so is what’s right. You can always focus on making connections to help solve the problem.

4- Find your flow

You can do more in 10 minutes in flow state than in hours being stressed out. If it feels like you don’t have enough time, take a break, and get into flow. If you’re stressed, it could be because you forget to feed the king: you don’t work out, you don’t meditate, etc. Give yourself time to get into flow state. When you’re in flow, your thought patterns are literally different than when you are not, and you will be able to see solutions that you couldn’t before.

Nothing lasts forever. You just have to be strong enough to withstand the storm. Most people quit because they aren’t strong enough to withstand the storm. It’s not how you start the race that determines the outcome… it’s how you show up when adversity hits you that will determine how and when you finish. 

The ability to overcome adversity is what separates those who dream about being successful from those who pay the price to be successful.

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