Tony Michalski's Master Key Coaching

There are many things that you can do today — right now — that will increase your chances for success.

What is the BIG ONE, though?

Is there even a BIG ONE?

I know that there is.

It’s something that most people don’t do.

Why don’t they do it? Is it too hard? Don’t people know any better? What is it?

It’s theoretically simple, but it is a hard thing to do. But, once it is done, then success, while not guaranteed, is definitely closer. Success becomes in reach!

So, what is it?

As I wrote, it’s seemingly simple, but oh so hard to do.

It’s …

DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

See? Simple.

Yet hard.

You have to make the decision that you are going to do something. You must stand by that decision. You must follow through on that decision and see it to the end. When you do that — and as you do that more and more — you’ll find yourself becoming … *gasp* … SUCCESSFUL!

Why?

Because successful people do what other people are either unwilling or unable to do.

Most people are not able and willing to make a decision — to choose a course of action — and stick to it.

Think about how many people declare New Year’s resolutions. Now, think about those people one, two, three months later. They’ve forgotten their resolutions, haven’t they? They’re unwilling and they’re unable.

But you are willing and able. Because you were meant to be successful. That’s why you’re here.

Now, please note one thing:

I did not write “DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT.”

I wrote “DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.”

There’s a big — huge! — difference between the two.

Some gurus, movies, infomercials, whatever declare that all you have to do is concentrate on the things you want. We all want things. We’re human beings. We want an infinite amount of things. Sitting around and thinking about them all the time is nothing more than mental masturbation. Or, as Haanel would write, “mental dissipation.”

While those things that you want may serve as an incentive, it’s not the thing that will bring you success

Only your actions will bring you success!

Once you begin thinking about what you want to do — whether it be starting a business, changing careers, embarking on a career, helping a charity, going on an adventure, exploring, writing a book, learning a new skill, solving a problem, going on a date — and once you make that decision, then the planning is easy. And when the plan is in place, the doing practically becomes a no-brainer.

Chances are likely that once you decide to do something, you can find someone whom you can model — and perhaps even follow their plan!

If you know where you’re going (what you want to do) and you have a map (a plan), how much will your odds of succeeding increase?

From my experience, I would say a lot. It happens with me — and I see it happen with my Master Key Coaching clients all the time.

So stop masturbating over vision boards. Become the person you want to be by your actions — by the things you do — not the things you own.

People on their deathbeds never regret not having things. They only regret the things they haven’t done!

Decide what you want to do and do it!

It’s the best — and only — way to become successful.

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It’s Spring. It’s Easter. It’s a time for rebirth.

Many people look at the New Year as a time for change, a time to start anew. They make their resolutions. They make new goals. They plan for change.

That’s fine.

For me, Easter and Spring has been the time for true change.

Whether you are Christian or not, you are probably familiar with the story of Easter — about the death and resurrection of Christ. And, whether or not you believe the story is based in fact or not, it is a story that can serve as inspiration for true change.

For true rebirth.

Making changes can be hard. We’re asking ourselves to be different and to act differently. We are altering our habits and perhaps moving into uncharted — and oftentimes uncomfortable — territory. We are casting away the familiar for the foreign, the known for the unknown, the devil we know for the stranger.

Friends and family will look at us differently. They will wonder what the hell we’re doing. They’ll talk behind our backs and say what everyone says when they’re confronted with a person doing something new: “They’re crazy.” Depending upon what exactly we are changing or pursuing, they may even pull us aside and “have a little talk” with us.

If we continue with our changes — with our quest — we may feel the rocks that they throw and the barbs that they sling at us.

Worse than that, we’ll feel the doubt inside of us, gnawing and eating. While we’ll hear others’ whispered aspersions, we’ll feel like the beating of a bass drum our own thoughts of doubt and fear.

We’ll push through, though. Hopefully.

And as we leave the old behind us and continue toward the new — as we “give up the ghost” — we will see ourselves reborn, a changed person.

We’ll still meet doubters afterward, but we’ll have proof of our change. We won’t have to shout it at them, the proof will be evident for all to see.

Change is hard, but not impossible. Sometimes we’ll succeed and sometimes we’ll fail. That’s not necessarily the point, though. More often than not, the point is just in the doing.

Haanel wrote, “You can be what you will to be.” Decide what you want to be — who you want to be. Decide on the changes you will have to make — the changes you want to make. Damn the torpedoes and make those changes. Live the life you want to live.

Become reborn.

One of my favourite lines from a movie is from the movie Vanilla Sky. Sophia says to David, “Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.”

What are you waiting for? Embark on your “hero’s journey.”

The flower doesn’t await the sun; it reaches for it! The bee doesn’t laze about the hive; it flies far and wide!

Use this time — Spring, Easter — to become reborn. It’s your time.

You have the knowledge of your power; recognize within yourself the courage to dare and the faith to do.

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