Conquering 4 Challenges – How the Successful Do It SCRIPT 2

They Put World Problems in Perspective

Successful people know that they cannot control world leaders and the decisions that governments make. They focus on what they can do to improve things in their specific niches. Environmental issues are huge, and yet the CEO who is focused on developing solar energy stays focused on his/her piece of improving things, not the larger pessimistic issues that are a part of the news every day.
How are you meeting these challenges? Can you take them on? You don’t have to be the next Bill Gates, but you can adopt these approaches to the challenges that we all face and conquer them in the same ways.

There Is No Past or Future
Successful people do not dwell in the past, and that is a huge challenge for most of us. We tend to ruminate about our past mistakes and failures and we then fail to focus on the “now.” Or we worry about an uncertain future and allow fear to keep us from taking the risks that will result in success.
Successful people live in the “now,” wiping the negative past out of their minds and embracing the fact that they cannot predict with certainty what the future holds. Steve Jobs could have allowed his poor prognosis of cancer to stop him. He did not. He continued to lead Apple, staying in the “now” at all times.

Fear is a Motivator
Successful people meet fear head-on. They know that if they can “smash” through it, they will emerge better and more energized. Malala Yousafzei met fear head-on and was almost killed. Look how she has emerged – a Nobel Prize winner and an international leader for women’s rights and peace around the world.
Ghandi and Martin Luther King met fear head-on as well. They changed entire nations. When we allow fear to block us from moving forward, we become stuck – no successful person ever allows himself/herself to become stuck.
Toxic People Are Eliminated
Successful people hang out with successful people who have the “success mindset.” These people have emotional intelligence, goals, positive energy, and are supportive of new ideas.
Psychological research states that we all tend to take on the demeanors and personality traits of the people with whom we associate – it’s sort of a “group think” phenomenon. If we continue to remain in circles of negative, pessimistic, people without goals, this is exactly who we become. Eliminating toxic people from our lives can be painful. Oprah Winfrey had to do this, and by any measure, she is one of the most successful women on the planet.