The Formula for Life Success

| Bob Brady

The business philosopher Jim Rohn once said, “Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you’ll make a living, if you work hard on yourself you can make a fortune.”1

The Main Question

Do you want to make a living or a fortune?  (BTW – This is about more than money.)

The Hamster-Wheel Trap

The problem for most of us is that we’ve grown so accustomed to life’s hamster wheel that we don’t take opportunities for self-reflection and self-improvement.  We fall into the hamster-wheel trap.

Every day we hop on the hamster wheel, spinning around for eight plus hours a day thinking we’ve done something significant.  Sure, we’re sweaty.  Sure, people think we’ve got good form.  Sure, we accomplished our task.  But we haven’t moved.

We can’t break this cycle until we intentionally jump off the hamster wheel and decide what we really want in our lives.

The “Be x Do = Have” Formula2

The “Be x Do = Have” formula gives us a starting place for making change in our life.  Ultimately, if we follow this simple formula we will find success in any endeavor that we pursue.

The first step is to decide what you want to have from your life – or your business, or your relationships, or your health.  The key here is to be really clear on what you want.

It’s not enough to say that you want a lot of money.  How much money do you need, exactly?  How exactly do you want your relationships to look?  What exactly does your health look like?

Clarity gives you direction.  Clarity informs your decisions.  Ultimately, clarity on what you want will determine who you need to be.

When you look at your list of wants (i.e., dreams and desires), can you see yourself in possession of them?  Are you the type of person who has those things?  If not, who do you have to be?

Interestingly, “Do” is the easiest part of this formula.  Our doing flows from who we are.  Once we’ve made the switch in our minds to the type of person we need to be, the right actions will begin to flow and we will more easily and swiftly move in the direction of our dreams and desires.

Summary

Remember, your success in life depends on your ability to work on yourself.  Start with the “Be x Do = Have” formula to pull you off the hamster wheel.  Intentionally choose your direction and you’ll be making progress.

Bob Brady is a certified business coach with ActionCoach.  He helps committed business owners reach their ongoing targets by offering proven tools and strategies to create momentum. He understands it is this momentum that will fuel the determination to get to the next level of learning, growing, and sharpening of the mind, in order to fulfill the “why” of their business. And that is the motivation behind everything Bob will do for you.

If you’d like help pulling yourself out of your business, so you can work on it, please contact Bob at 763-444-9812bobbrady@actioncoach.com or the website BusinessCoachMN.com

References

1Rohn, Jim. “9 Jim Rohn Quotes That Will Inspire Your To Work Harder on Yourself.” Pick The Brain Grow Yourself, 24 August 2015, https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/9-jim-rohn-quotes-will-inspire-work-harder/. Accessed 27 September 2017.
2Sugars, Brad. “Be x Do = Have, The Formula For Success.” Ezine Success Articles, 21, October 2009, http://ezinearticles.com/?Be-x-Do-=-Have,-The-Formula-For-Success&id=3132712. Accessed 27 September 2017.

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