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Tip
of the Month: February 2007
Remove the “I Quit” chip from your
hard drive
Dear Friends,
The very best leave some real clues. Among other characteristics, they
are grateful, authentic, sincere, focused, experts who refuse to deviate from
their true course. Occasionally I come across people who seem to have something
glaringly missing. They have all of the above, but they are different. Similar
to a computer, if the mind is a hard drive and the heart is a program, there
is a chip missing from these individuals. They are missing the “I Quit” chip.
They have no concept of what it means to give up. They are not swayed by the
following things:
The enormous odds they face while accomplishing their big,
hairy audacious goals. The odds are hugely in their favor in their own minds.
Peoples’ beliefs, perceptions, or predictions that
they will not accomplish their goals. Those missing the “I Quit” chip
are deaf to this.
Their current place on top of the food chain. They are hooked
on more. Must have more, need to have more, and will have more. They are
happy but remain unsatisfied.
Their current strategy and tactics which they will drop in
a heart beat, having no loyalty to what made them successful yesterday. They
change not for the sake of change, but because it is a requirement to getting
more, an upgrade. They are in the momentum business.
What is the tangible and measurable difference between the very good and the
very best? The answer is – not much, and a whole lot. Not much in terms
of definition and the attributes they share, and a whole lot in terms of attitude
and how they are mentally wired. This is what I believe about those missing the “I
Quit” chip:
It can’t be installed by someone else. It’s alive,
dormant, or dead. It’s an individual choice.
Human beings don’t do what is painful for very long,
we seek pleasure. Those that are missing the “I Quit” chip in
business are fearless of the pain, because they know it is the key to breaking
through. It means they are on the right course.
Those that choose to quit find it too painful to break through
to new levels, and therefore are comfortable, and that’s okay – for
them.
It is the one thing that separates the very best from the
very good.
Those that have the “I Quit” chip fully functioning can still be
very successful people. They are just stopping short of something. Those that
are at the very top of the food chain, stop short of nothing. If you think that
is too rudimentary, please give it a try. |
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