Want to succeed in life, but not there yet?
I’ve spent COUNTLESS hours of my life trying to figure out how to succeed in life.
Whether that was when I was
in college,
in my workouts,
in my business.
I’m an entrepenuer.
Success is something that I’ve always kind of wanted and gravitated towards.
Obviously, you know, I don’t want to fail.
Very few people wake up and are like “I hope I’m a failure today.”
So, I’m a thinker,
I don’t know if you’re an over-thinker like me,
where you can hardly shut your brain off,
but I think A LOT and I’ve always kind of been really curious about this concept of success.
I have found a lot of success in my life, so I’ve tried to analyze, “What did I do? What did I finally do to help me succeed at a higher pace, or a greater level?” and that’s what I want to share with you guys today. No matter what you’re going for, you know, normally in most scenarios, someone has gone before you and has succeeded. So first and foremost, my recommendation is to find that example.
Figure out what you’re passionate about,
figure out what makes you tick,
and what you would love to do
because I find that is ultimately: success.
When you get paid to do what you LOVE,
or when you can design your life the way you WANT,
with your priorities at the top of the list, instead of being stuck going to a job you hate,
or having responsibilities that you dread every day…..
so first find out what you LOVE.
Then find someone who is already doing it.
Top Tip to Succeed in Life
They say success leaves clues, and that’s SO true.
You know, we don’t always have to learn the hard way.
It’s so great if you can learn from other peoples mistakes, instead of you having to make them all yourself, but that’s gonna require that you’re
TEACHABLE
and that you’re
COACHABLE
and that you’re
WILLING TO LEARN.
Because what’s CRAZY is, sometimes, we actually WANT to make the mistake. We won’t take that person’s opinion, or that person’s experience as gold and we’ll still go try to do it our own way and then when we fail, we take a couple steps back and spend a lot of energy trying to find our way back to where we were.
So, I learned pretty early on, after making some pretty considerable mistakes, and I’m talking about mistakes that cost me THOUSANDS of dollars, because I didn’t listen to the advice I was given. You know, my dad pretty much said, “That’s not a great idea, Jessica”, and what did Jessica do? SHE DID IT ANYWAYS! And what happened to Jessica? She lost THOUSANDS of dollars! So, I was literally about eighteen when that happened, so I learned quickly, GUESS WHAT? If there is someone WISER than me, giving me some ADVICE, I need to heed that advice. So now, I can see it in a LOT of people, which is why I wanted to share this message, so you don’t make a thousand dollar mistake! If you want to succeed in life, I hope you are listening.
You know, I get people that message me and are like, “Tell me what to do! I love your arms, I love your abs… Whatever I gotta do, because what I’m doing is NOT working and the scale is NOT moving and I’m having a plateau and i’m NOT getting results”, and then what happens??
I give them the exact plan.
I’m gonna hook you up with the program,
I’m gonna get you the nutrition guide,
I’m gonna help you every step of the way,
and what happens??
Do they heed my advice? NO.
They’re like, “Ahh, you know what? Well, I’ll do the program, but not the nutrition guide, or I can only afford half of it”, and then what happens? It doesn’t work and they fail and they’re upset and they don’t succeed in life like they could be because they’re T
RYING to do it on their own.
Take advantage of people that have gone before you. I’m telling you, I just don’t want you to be STUCK in this rut of FAILURE after FAILURE when you don’t HAVE to be failing. You know, the same thing with my business. I’m an entrepreneur. I own my own health and fitness busness, but I had a mentor from day one. I’m a coach, but I have a coach, Julie, who helped me and I decided from the very beginning, guess what? She’s already doing it, and she knows how to succeed in life, and in her business on this amazing level, so instead of me trying to figure it out, I’m just gonna do what she says. So literally, EVERY single day, she would be like,
“Jessica, do this.”
I’d do it.
“Do this.”
I’d do it.
“Do this.”
I’d do it, and in turn,
I succeeded, and I failed less,
and I made less mistakes,
and I didn’t have to learn the hard way as much as she did,
because I kind of piggy-backed on her success.
So my advice to you, is whatever you want to do, whatever you want to achieve, find someone that is already doing it, and heed their advice, even if you think you know better. You know, they obviously have already walked the steps, and they’ve trudged through the stuff, and they’ve learned. So, you don’t have to take all of it as gold, but at least evaluate, you know, “Why don’t I try their way first, instead of reinventing the wheel, making it harder on myself, and making success elude me longer?” So that’s my tip. If you want to succeed in life, because like I said, you’re skipping steps, and you’re skipping failures that you don’t have to do because someone already did them, so that’s AWESOME! You just get to go straight towards it. You’re still gonna fail, you’re still gonna make mistakes, but at least you have that experience under your belt, and you didn’t even have to put in the work effort for it.
P.S. So if that helped you succeed in life, I’m happy. Message me personally at jessica@jessicabowsernelson.com and I’d love to help you get started on your health and fitness journey or even start your own health and fitness business.
Have a great week!
Digging Deeper,
Jessica Bowser Nelson
