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Go hard. Push hard. If you have an idea that matters to you — an idea that mean something deeply to you — then go for it. Push for it. Don’t “float a trial balloon” . Don’t “run a beta test” . Don’t limp into action.   Go hard. Push hard. Put everything you have into being successful. You won’t always end up with the results that you think you deserve right away. You won’t end up winning the prize on your first try.  But at least you’ll have given your bold idea the dignity of honest effort. You won’t be left wondering whether you could have been more successful if you would have only invested more ambition and creativity into getting to where you want to be. You won’t be confused as to what doesn’t work — you or your strategy. There’s something magical about the unique achievement made possible by the desperation of a competitor who lays it all on the line. That w...

One of the overwhelmingly apparent habits of high achievers is their insatiable curiosity. They question everything. They don’t just want an answer. They want the explanation behind the answer. They want the research behind the explanation behind the answer. They aren’t satisfied to believe what other people tell them. They own their facts. They know what they believe. And why they believe it. It’s important. And often overlooked. In the busyness of your daily schedule, it is easy to just accept the answers that someone else gives you. It’s easy to mimic the formulas that seem to be making someone else successful. The danger there is that you never truly understand what works for you. You never figure out the secret power you bring to the battle that no one else can exactly replicate. You’re too busy copying someone else’s battle plan that is built around their secret power. You’re trying to be like them and will l...

It’s natural to believe that you need some grand gesture in order to turn your life around. That you need to throw everything away and start fresh. Lots of hard work. Massive amounts of unbelievably focused energy. If you’re only thinking big and quick, you’re probably overlooking small and guaranteed options for long-term success. You’re so busy hoping to find that one thing that will catapult you towards where you want to be that you’re ignoring the smaller stepping stones that lead you there almost automatically. Take, for example, time. There never seems to be enough time to get to everything that you want to do. You want more of it — but know that’s just not possible. No amount of scientific breakthrough will allow you to double or triple the amount of hours in the day. But what if you got out of bed 1 hour earlier each day? It doesn’t seem like much. In fact, when you’re groggy and sleepy it hardly seems like it’s ev...

If you could have any future that you imagined, what would that look like for you? What skill are you missing that would have the greatest impact on you being successful? What are you not willing to do in order to make progress towards being successful? What do you know already that you can start implementing to improve your performance? What important tasks and skills do you find yourself procrastinating or avoid doing at all? What type of mentors, coaches, or mastermind group would be most beneficial to get you where you want to be? What personal vices are limiting your ability to operate at peak performance each day? What else are you involved with that is competing for your time, attention, and performance? What simple things bring you the greatest pleasure in your day-to-day life? What else do you need to know in order to move past the obstacles in your way right now? The post 10 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Day. appeared first on Dan Waldschmidt: Author of EDGY Co...

They don’t rationalize or trivialize failure — and stop themselves when they are tempted to make excuses. They have an off switch. They know how to enjoy the moment, relax, and enjoy what they have in their life already. They don’t confuse their job with their identity They are more interested in getting things done than they are in doing things that are easy. They make every effort to finish what they start — even when it costs them more than seems reasonable. They practice what they preach. They are comfortable with new and different, even though it’s scary at times. They work to stay in shape personally — eating smart and exercising. They are vigorously effective — stay busy, productive and thinking ahead. They associate themselves with like-minded people. They understand the importance of building great teams and win-win relationships. They are ambitious and driven — they want to be awesome and work to ach...

You can only go as far as you’re willing to take the next step. That’s the secret to breakthrough. Moving forward just a little bit more. Every day. In every way. Just another step. But that step is important. It stands for progress and your potential to achieve the goals you have set out for yourself. No audacious challenge is accomplished quickly, easily, or without setbacks. The biggest challenge of all is figuring out where to get started. What to do. Where to go. What you actually want. Unless you’re deliberate about forward progress you’ll find yourself spinning in circles. Doing enough to appear like you’re living a meaningful existence, but doing absolutely nothing that truly matters. It’s deceiving to you and everyone else that watches you work. You think you’re being awesome because you’re busy. You think you’re changing the world because you’re moving. You’re just not moving towards where you need to be. What y...

Don’t whine about it. Don’t cry about it. Figure it out. Just because you have a big problem doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the world. Everybody has problems. Everybody you meet today in every place you go has problems that are just as scary to them as your problems are to you. The hard truth about tough problem is that there aren’t any easy answers. There isn’t one thing you can do to magically make your problems go away. You have to figure it out. And figuring it out takes time. And focus. Emotional courage too. And while it’s scary to not know what you want to know right away, you have more chances to figure it out now than ever before in the history of problems. Access to answers has never been more readily available than right now. Access to experts that can solve your specific problem can be found more easily than ever before. Figuring it out though is something you have to do. It’s your commitment that makes the difference. How c...

Practice doesn’t make you perfect. It makes what you’re practicing permanent. Working out doesn’t automatically make you fit. It just means you’ve been working up a sweat. Practice is the performance. You need to read more. You need to make more time for learning. You need to hire a coach to push you beyond your limits. But most importantly, you need to practice being successful. That’s why you aren’t winning more. You aren’t practicing like it really matters. That means you can’t just go through the motions, you do those motions with purpose and intensity. You do it right. You correct yourself when your practice is sloppy or slow.You do it again until you get it right. That’s the essence of steady improvement. That’s the only guarantee you have of being better. A relentlessly deliberate rehearsal of success. No matter what type of outcome you’re looking for in business, sports, politics, or life in general, you improve...

You’re not disciplined because you do some of the things that need to be done. You’re not disciplined because you do the same things each day. You’re not disciplined because you get up on time, go to work on time, or get things done on time. The hard truth about discipline is that repetition isn’t the same as practice, excellence, and focused determination. Superstar athletes and high-performance business executives share the same ability to maniacally develop improvements in their own abilities, no matter how good they already are. That’s where discipline comes in. It’s easy to do what’s easy. It’s natural to do more of the things that you’re automatically good at. But doing more of what you’re already good at isn’t going to lead to any new breakthroughs. You won’t be awesome by doing the same old things you’ve been doing before. It takes discipline to practice improving that one skill that makes you feel unc...

One of the most hopeless feelings in the world is feeling lost. That sense that you’ve lost your way. Going somewhere but not sure where or why or if you actually want to be where you end up. If you aren’t there right now, you’re guaranteed to be there soon. It’s a challenge that plagues all of us. You were born looking for purpose. You cried and struggled and failed your way to figuring things out. You didn’t know enough to even consider that you might have limits. Before you could run, you walked. Before you could walk, you crawled. Before you could crawl, you grabbed whatever was closest to you and pulled yourself up until you fell back over again. Every day was a new learning experience. Developing new muscles — intellectual, emotional, and physical. Your way was everywhere, doing everything. You wanted it all. And tried it all. But then something began to undermine your grand exploration towards greatness. You begin to realize that...

You can be anything you want to be as long as you are willing to be something different than you are right now. You can’t be better and still do the same mediocre activities that make you good enough right now. You can’t evolve, expand, and take your game to the next level if you’re not willing to dramatically change what you do. You have to change before change happens. Deliberate, uncomfortable change. Not different excuses. Not better reasons. Not new ideas, easier challenges, or trendy schemes. Real change. You have to do the hard things that you’re not doing right now. On a schedule. Each day. Bit by bit by bit. Not all at once. Not one sprint towards the finish line. Continual, obsessive progress. If you want to achieve something you have never had before, you must do something you have never done before. And then keep doing it. Until it works. That’s the secret to living a life without limits. That’s the answer to your struggle to lead bet...

1. To be successful you have to stay inspired. Inspiration is the fuel that powers the engine of your soul. Invest in your heart and soul. That means you might need a better coach or mentor or a new set of friends. Inspiration is what you lose just after you stop looking for it. 2. The post 5 Undeniably Hard Truths About Success. appeared first on Dan Waldschmidt: Author of EDGY Conversations . 5 Undeniably Hard Truths About Success.