Are You “Willing” To Succeed?
This is a guest post on Are You “Willing” To Succeed? by Willie Crawford. His site is: TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com
I thought that I’d share an editorial that I ran in my ezine this morning. I wrote if after a number of conversations including conversations with some clients… but with a chat with a trusted advisor pushing me over the edge.
Given that the editorial is “edgy,” I do expect it to lead to some unsubscribes, but at the same time it will give some of those that I serve the nudge that they need… making it a success.
I’d love your feedback!
Here’s the “sanitized” editorial:
I started this morning out having a LONG talk with a trusted spiritual advisor. I called him because I woke up “agitated” and somewhat “frustrated!”
My conversation with my advisor centered around the fact that so MANY people come to me telling me that they want my help but then don’t USE it once it’s offered. So I end up spending a lot of time and resources working with people who simply WON’T do what they absolute have to do to build successful online businesses.
I actually feel much better after that long talk 
My advisor/coach merely told me several things that I already knew. He reminded me that:
1) Success requires moving outside your comfort zone, and people naturally prefer remaining in their comfort zones. They do this because staying in your comfort zone DOES, at times, keep you safer. It’s an instinct that helps to ensure the long-term survival of the species.
I already knew that.
I learned long ago that “Successful people do things that unsuccessful people don’t like to do.” Those things are actually the same things that SUCCESSFUL people don’t like to do… often requiring stepping outside of their comfort zones… but they do them in-spite-of the discomfort.
I was reminded that people only change when the discomfort of NOT changing becomes greater than the expected discomfort of changing
2) Each person is ultimately responsible for their own success. They have to want it bad enough to decide to, and then actually take action.
That reminded me that while I can actually want your success MORE than you do, there is nothing that I can do about it. Since I can often see the possibilities better than the individual on the verge of success can sometimes see it, and because I can often see how CLOSE they are, I can actually feel more PAIN over their failure than they do.
3) Many people in many communities are destined to reach old-age living from paycheck to paycheck, and since I’m not God, I don’t have the ability to change that UNLESS they let me. That was a very powerful reminder. I don’t run the universe, and since we all have freedom of choice, I can’t MAKE another person choose success over failure.
That long talk with my advisor was just what I needed. It reaffirmed that I have held up my end of the bargain. I have actually reached out and helped many of those who are WILLING to be helped.
I’m still reaching out to YOU though.
I currently have over one-dozen projects that I’m actually looking to joint venture with people on. Many of these are longer-term business relationships, and I will find the right partners, but it’s not something that I’ll rush. Maybe you’re the right person for one of these… maybe not.
All of the people that I’m partnering with, coaching, and just getting to know better are people who have proven to me that they are willing to take responsibility for their own circumstances, rather than “playing the blame game”
My advisor reminded me that my own happiness and health hinge upon surrounding myself with the right people. Whether you acknowledge it or not, yours does too.
We all need to spend time periodically examining what we are doing… and asking why… and even examining if it’s working. maybe today is the day that you need to do that. Doing it certainly made me feel much better.
Willie
