Stressed Out? Ever Feel Like the Efforts You Put in to Achieve Your Goals Are Going Unnoticed?

Slow it down and embrace the journey, it’s the best bit.

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We live in a world that has very little patience.

Everybody wants everything now. There is no time to wait and you can see it almost everywhere you look.

Instant coffee, fast food, quicker connections, rapid response, express delivery, hurry, hurry, hurry.

If things aren’t instantaneous then they are no good.

It’s chaos.

Many people blame the internet and social media for our impatience, but whatever, it is what it is.

That’s just the way we live today.

And all we can do is accept it.

But unfortunately, this fast-paced, hurried demeanour doesn’t apply to all aspects of life.

Especially not when it comes to achieving your goals — depending on how high you set your sights of course.

There is No Such Thing as An Overnight Success

Starting on the path to a new goal is exciting. There is no denying that.

The thrill of creating a strategy, a blueprint, your plan of attack.

Motivation levels at an all-time high as you create and gather the tools you need to help you along the way.

Setting up new email addresses, social media pages, maybe even a website — all the necessities required in this day and age to help you promote your work.

And then there’s the adrenaline rush you experience as you finally get the ball rolling, taking that first step on your latest arousing adventure.

It’s electrifying.

But it doesn’t take long for those feelings to fade away and your attention to be drawn towards achieving results.

“It takes 10 years to become an overnight success” — Biz Stone, Twitter cofounder

It’s easy to look at the superstars of today and forget that they have been working hard at it for years to get to where they want to be.

From the outside looking in, it’s as if they appeared out of nowhere, an overnight success.

But there is no such thing.

It takes years and years of putting in the work, getting beat down, getting back up and never giving in to achieve your dreams.

And, with the rise of the internet and social media, we are given a false sense of hope and what it really takes to succeed as you strive to reach your goals.

For the most part, we only ever get to see the good side of things.

What people want us to see.

The perception of success, power, and achievement usually outweighing the reality of failures that have been endured.

It’s Time to Slow Things Down and Enjoy the Ride

If you’re truly passionate about your goals and are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve them then it’s time for a shift in mindset.

Stop looking for the quick and easy road to success. It doesn’t exist.

Instead, look forward to a challenge. Embrace the upsets. Take pleasure when your efforts go unnoticed.

For each of these encounters serves as a stepping stone on the road to your success.

All you have to do is to keep on chipping away and overcoming the obstacles that are placed in front of you. One by one.

Gaining more and more experience as you go.

It won’t always be easy.

There will be times when you just can’t be bothered, were your motivation and drive is nowhere to be seen.

You may even begin to question yourself;

“What’s the point? Is it even worth it?”

But deep down you know that it is.

To achieve your goals, you must play the long game.

Do it for the love of doing it, not for a quick payout.

So please, just keep turning up every day, do what needs to be done and ignore all of those short-term results.

It’s time to slow down your expectations, sit back, enjoy the ride and have some fun as you work towards achieving your dreams.

Be one of the few that makes it to the top and not one of the many that were too impatient to play the game.

Now, let’s get after it!