Approaching the next level to success will increasingly demand your best performance. It’s impossible to reach for level 10, when you’re only giving level 3 effort.
It’s a matter of personal responsibility. Do you react or respond when things don’t go your way? Does quitting become an option for you? How can you level up in order to achieve your goals?
Personal Responsibility
It happens to everyone – something doesn’t go the way we expect it to and we react by quitting, pouting, or being defensive.
Reacting to the situation like a 3 year old doesn’t help anything. Let’s be the mature people that we are and respond constructively.
Instead of feeling like everything and everyone is out to get you, take responsibility for the result. Know that you are capable of improving the situation to your benefit.
It’s hard to take an objective view at yourself, but that’s the only way you can make progress. Your mom and your friends will tell you what you want to hear, but you must be strong enough to be honest with yourself, if you want to get to the next level.
Quitting Should Not Be An Option
Being defensive puts you in a negative energy state. Your feelings are hurt and the only way you know how to deal with them, is by lashing out. When you begin to feel this way, the next step is quitting.
Blaming and complaining are the 2 immediate reactions when it comes to being defensive. You attempt to put the burden on someone else. In your mind, this makes you right.
It’s natural to think of quitting sometimes, but you should ignore the thought. The obstacle that you are facing can be solved and it won’t last forever. Once you figure out what to do, you’ll be in a better position to continue to the next level.
A Different Level Requires A Different Effort
Have you ever heard of the saying, “What got you here, won’t get you there”? It’s true.
Putting forth effort is great, but when you put that same effort towards the next level of progress, it won’t work.
Reaching the next level of success will demand a different strategy and intention. Leveling up depends upon your ability to adjust and stretch a little further.
Understand that the same efforts you used to get to the beginner’s level, will not get you to the intermediate or advanced level. You must do a little more and increase your thinking along the way. This is what it takes to reach the top.
Level Up Your Mindset
All in all, everything you do revolves around your mindset. It takes another level of thought in order to succeed with your goal.
It’s always better to think positive than to think negative. Even when you consider constructive criticism, it’s not really negative – it’s a suggestion on how you can do better. Be adult enough to handle it with grace.
Being able to take responsibility for your actions and improve upon them, is a great catalyst to approaching the next step successfully. Continue to raise your standards, live up to them and you’ll be prepared to accomplish your goals at the next level.