85-40=45
85-50=35
85-60=25
What do these calculations mean? Most
of us focus a great deal on how much of our life time has passed
instead of what time we have left. Focusing on what time perceived to
be lost will most definitely keep your mind at a certain place in
time, usually in the past. Instead of focusing on how much time has
gone by (The Past) begin focusing on the time you have in life to
make your mark on the world (The Now). Then implement baby step goals
that will start working you toward achieving small goals. Small goals
become huge accomplishments in time. The numbers; if you live to 85
years old and you are 30 right now you have 55 years left to create
success in your life. If you are 40 years old you have 45 years, at
50 you have 35 years and even at 60 years old you still have a full
25 years to become a true success in life.
In any of these cases there is more
than enough time to achieve true success in life, if you can become
conscious of arrow like focus. It is thought it takes somewhere
around 10,000 hours to become an expert in any field of study. This
may seem like a great deal of time to some and very little time to
others. Nevertheless it does not take this many hours to become
successful in one’s life. Success can achieved before the 10,000
hours are completed if being mentored by an expert. In other words,
expertise can be realized ever so quickly when training with other
experts. Small successes are almost always achieved while working on
becoming an expert. Matter of fact it is the small successes which
creates the mind of an expert. The expert then creates complete
success because of the information and knowledge her or she
possesses.
Yes, shaping success does take time
however it is how the time is used which will determine the length of
time it takes to be successful. Wasting time thinking about what has
not been accomplished over the past years of your life will carry
over into the future years. What you’ll find is there will be in
constant thought of what could have been accomplished last year.
Every year that passes will be filled with more and more regret. What
must take place is a completely altered psychology and focus on what
CAN be accomplished in the years to come. The way we interact
with life is based on how we have been conditioned to do so and this
can lead to a negative life perception. The perception is to look
outward instead of inward for understanding of self. Our inward view
of ourselves is nothing more than a mirror reflection of what we see
out in the world.
In life there are always important
choices to make which can and will lead to true success. In this case
the choice needed to be made is whether you spent the rest of your
life dying or living. We all have a path we must take in life. The
path cannot be realized if we find ourselves always waiting for
something to happen instead of creating what needs to happen. Notice
I did not say that we have to find the path. There is no need to find
the path as the way only needs to be realized. Everyone is always
talking about finding the path to this or that. Taking action reveals
the path because there is nothing to seek; it’s always there within
every fiber of our human being. The path to true success is always
revealed through actuation which methodically eliminates negative
decisions. None of this can be accomplished if the mind if focused of
perceived past failures.
The next time you feel like there is
just too little time to get on the road to begin working toward
becoming an expert rethink it. If the feeling comes over you that you
are too old to start of new path to success change your psychology.
Whenever the feeling comes that your best years are behind you or
that the success game is for the youth, stop. It just isn’t true.
There is enough time left in your life to accomplish anything you
wish before it becomes part of a bucket list. Isn’t it funny how we
get off of our butts and try to do everything we missed right before
we die? That’s if we even have the strength to use the bathroom on
our own. Calculate how many years you have left to live; think about
becoming any expert at something and get moving. It’s likely that
most of the ten thousand hours it takes to become and expert are
already completed. You just need to apply your expertise with a
little action and then start reaping the benefits.
