"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
" - Coach Vince Lombardi I just love Vince Lombardi quotes.
That's probably because what it takes to make it in business is very similar to if not spot on what it takes to make it in sports.
Hard work, perseverance, practice, practice, practice, and constantly building skills that will prepare you to take advantage of prime opportunities to score when they present themselves.
Of all of these, it is the willingness to simply keep going that out trumps everything else on that list.
The reason for this is that "staying in the game" so to speak is what allows for you to be able to build your skills and confidence over time until you have mastered the necessary skill set to be a superstar.
This is a general principle of winning that can more specifically be applied to what it takes to become rich.
So often when people look at the ultra-successful, they view those people as "fortunate" or "lucky".
What they don't see are the many hours, days and years of work, sacrifice, disappointment, and struggle that it typically takes to get to the point where you have become rich.
Being able to "stay in the game" is literally one of the cornerstones of what it actually takes to achieve wealth.
Many times people get discouraged and the quit just before they were about to win big.
However, if they would have just stuck with it, they may have found to their delight that all of the wealth and success that they were after had been waiting for them.
On my own journey I can look back on at least a decade of working extremely hard on several business ventures (ok, it wasn't exactly several, it was MANY!).
During that time I was often very unhappy and frustrated because for the life of me I could not figure out why it wasn't "happening" for me in any big way.
I felt like I knew enough, was confident enough, and was deserving of a major breakthrough that would take my level of success up a few notches.
However, now when I look back it is so incredibly obvious to me exactly what I was missing or still had not fully developed yet at any given time and why my lack of it was keeping me from any major success.
Regardless of your current level of achievement in your enterprise, know that whatever success you have had or have not had is not a mistake.
It is a direct result of your knowledge, skills, and habits that have led to a specific result.
Just keep on moving in the direction of where you want to be, and when you have reached the point where you have learned all that you'll need to learn, done all that you'll need to do, and most importantly become who you'll need to become, I promise you it will all come together like magic.