Successful people have been studied extensively, been probed, questioned, interviewed and written their own books. It’s probably one of the most readily available formula on the planet. Anybody with an internet connection can learn how to write, build a business, lose weight/gain muscle, whatever their goal is there is a thorough and step-by-step guide out there plus the social proof to do it. Whatever it is that we want to achieve, someone has achieved it in less favourable circumstances and probably written out a guide on how to do it.

Find your strengths, find out what you want to do for the rest of your life, model successful people, focus relentlessly etc. I think everybody knows how to be successful. We just don’t do it.

If there was going to be a reason to not doing something it’s not because of a lack of knowledge. There has never been a greater abundance of knowledge than today. There’s probably too much knowledge and not enough action.

Michael Phelps doesn’t win a single medal if he sits there with his talent but doesn’t swim a single lap. Bill Gates doesn’t get to where he is if he sits there with his talent and doesn’t write a single line of code. Mozart doesn’t get to where he is if he sits there with his talent and doesn’t play a single note. Nobody achieves anything if they just sit their with their innate talent and doesn’t practice.

We’re all predisposed to doing something. There’s not a single person born without some sort of talent. Our lack of achievement of our own goals has nothing to do with our lack of strengths.

There are genuine reasons and roadblocks as to why you aren’t where you want to be but you’ll learn and get around them. It’s just a matter of time.

Don’t talk yourself out of what you want to do. What do you need? You can get the knowledge, the mentors and build the self-confidence. It’s not impossible.