When All Else Fails, This Is What You Do To Succeed

I felt the same way.

When I closed my two businesses, didn’t get the girl I was going for, got rejected on all of my job applications, and when people close to my heart weren’t listening to me.

I felt I was in the middle of a desert.  Surrounded by sand dunes, as far as the eye can see.

And I tried so many different things, but none of them seem to work.  I kept searching for the magic trick that would immediately bring me home, not realizing there was none.

When all else fails, this is what you do to succeed.

 

Show up.

The struggle is real, and for each and everyone of us, including me, we all have the problems, and with it, our fair share of fears, doubts, and walls.

Fears, doubts, and walls, that we all put up, ourselves.  Though I found myself blaming others for problems that were of my own making.

Which lead to me failing, still.

But that’s a fact of life.  You will keep experiencing failure, until you find out what you need to find out to succeed.

And for that to happen, you’ve got to show up.

You’ve got to show up and do the work, face what you’re afraid of, and to show up, follow through, and face the consequences.

Or, show up and reap the rewards, which is something we forget to do, or we avoid to do.

 

Show up, even when you don’t feel like it.

Because the work you need to do to succeed, doesn’t wait when you’re ready.  It doesn’t care.

All it cares about, is if you’re willing to show up, and get it done.

For a long time, I was so afraid to show up, and do the difficult work of facing my inner fears and doubts, overcoming them, and doing something productive with my life.

I was so afraid of the pain.  I felt that I was just drifting through life, and found escape with my computer games and books.

I knew what needed to be done.  I knew what actions I needed to take.

I knew that it would take hard work, and maybe, pain.

And for a long time, I didn’t show up.

I wouldn’t show up.

All because I didn’t feel like facing my fears that day.

Reality check : We always have to face our fears, everyday.  It’s the only way to go on growing, and living.

And when I started showing up, in my life, even in small, daily, stuff, I could feel myself building momentum.

Going, and going, and going forward.  Slowly at first, then faster.

 

Show up, even when nobody’s there.

Because, YOU will always be there.

And if you’re not even willing to show up in YOUR life, in YOUR day, then how can you expect anyone else to show up, and do the work for you?

Life throws a lot of shit at you, shit that you have to figure out, and do something about.

And almost all the time, there won’t be anyone who can help you.

Because a lot of the shit that life throws at you, is inside of you.

And as long as you don’t acknowledge it, don’t recognize it, don’t make an effort to understand it, you will keep repeating the mistakes that you made.

All of this is work that you need to do and show up for, in the moments when you least expect it, or in the moments you carve out for yourself.

Show up, and do the work, even when you’re all alone.  Especially when you’re all alone.

Feel free to explore, experiment, ask, and discern.

Face the hard questions, and answer them honestly, truthfully, acceptingly.

Only by overcoming the work needed inside of you, are you able to overcome the work needed outside of you.

 

Persistence and Trust

When all else fails, the only thing you can do, is to keep on showing up, and finding what will work.

Keep on showing up to yourself, for yourself, and for what’s important for you.

Persist in showing up, and doing the work, or finding what works, even when you don’t see results.

All the effort you put in will compound, and will deliver results.

And you also have to trust in the process.  Trust that the results will come.

Even if, it’s not the results that you initially intended to obtain.

And finally, have faith.  Faith that things will come together, as long as you keep on moving forward.

One step at a time.

Persist.

Trust.

Show up.

Keep going.

 

What’s a recent setback that you picked yourself up from?  Let me hear in the comments below!