“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill
Success, especially as an entrepreneur or virtuoso, requires obsession. To succeed at anything you do, you have to become fanatically obsessed with one thing over a long period of time. Obsession creates a laser-like focus that allows you to ignore anything that distracts you from your obsession.
This is one of the many reasons why highly successful leaders rely on a team. The team is tasked with dealing with the distractions so the leader can focus.
In my research I saw this fundamental law of success at work. Every self-made entrepreneur and virtuoso was obsessed with and focused on only one thing at a time.
Pursuing a dream, starting a new business, mastering a new skill, or taking on a challenging project/initiative creates an obsession. An obsession that can last months, years or even a lifetime.
As Winston Churchill so aptly put it in the quote above, if you pursue something important, you must see it through to the end and let nothing distract you. Distractions are everywhere. They derail you on your journey and take your focus away from what’s important. Distractions tempt you to take your eyes off the ball and distractions make success impossible.
Successful people become successful because they make one thing into submission. They obsess over it until they master it. And they avoid distractions.
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