Everyone wants to be good at something, to succeed, but sometimes it's so hard to take these steep stairs or even to decide to take them. And that's where determination comes along, which is that one thing that leads us to taking these stairs, which often looks endless.
So I couldn't help but wonder: what is the reason we become so determined about something?
It obviously has a lot to do with our passions, with things we are passionate about. A friend of mine once told me: if you want something or someone so badly, you will do something about it. And if you don't do anything about it... well, then maybe you don't want it that much, you just think you do.
I must say it answers my question, but the thing is that sometimes we are afraid of something we want, because this thing looks so enormous up there and our determination to do something about it just hides back in the corner.
If determination is a way to succeed, how could we overcome our fear of heights?
As I was more and more thinking about it, I came to conclusion that the phrase
replace your fear with curiosity is obviously a lie. You just can't
replace your fear with something, because as long as you will care about something, you will have this fear and it's natural. I think the only thing you can do about it is to risk and hope for the best while having this fear along with you.
Some time ago I read this book "The power of your subconscious mind" by Joseph Murphy, where he talked a lot about how important is to visualize the result of your desire in your mind and in this way your subconscious mind will be encoded to succeed. I may not agree to all of his statements, but I think there are some truth in some of them. When you imagine the clear result of what is that you want, you become more determined about it, so it is more likely you will succeed!
In conclusion, I should say that this whole circle of success comes from one thing: courage. If we can find courage within ourselves to want something so badly - then everything else will come along with it. As usual the unknown author once said the most brilliant wisdom:
Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying:“Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.”
I know it is impossible.
So let's start working. :)
xoxo,
Ak.
