How Being Obsessed Is The Only Possible Way To Become Truly Successful
Saying that the human mind is powerful is a huge understatement. What it is, is our very reality. The existence that we are experiencing, all that our senses perceive and all the thoughts that we have, exist in our minds and in our minds alone. This may not seem amazing to most of us — although it should — but what is awe-worthy is how our minds can experience the same thing and somehow experience it differently. Different colors, sounds, events, human interactions, memories will affect each of us differently because each of us will interpret each occurrence in a different manner.
Because our mind is so complex and holds complete power over itself — if you think about it, the mind runs itself — we can administer control over it. With enough repetition and forced focus, we can begin to curate what our mind perceives and interprets. We can, to a certain extent, even adjust how our mind interprets certain things and experiences. We can force the perception of the world we want to live in by forcing ourselves into obsession. Of course, this will do nothing to change the world that functions outside of you, but changing the way you see the world is better; it’s the first step to being able to influence and change the physical world for the better.
In order to be able to force ourselves into obsession, we have to find something that we fall in love with — literally fall in love with. Finding our purpose in life takes time, patience and an open, curious mind. This is not something that can be forced; finding your passion sort of just comes. However, finding that passion is only the first step.
Many of us find something that we are passionate about, but for whatever reason choose not to feed that fire. Just like any love, if the passion isn’t kept ablaze, it will be lost. This is the most misconceived belief: that once you find what you are passionate about the rest of your life unfolds for you. Nothing just happens. You have to make it happen. Without any effort you will never find change.
By finding something that we are passionate about and then setting our priorities straight, we will arrive at the point of clear understanding. We come to understand that the only rational thing to do is to spend time on what we are passionate about, what we love, and not on those things that mean less to us. Then it’s only a matter of forcing yourself to put in the work hours.
This is the most important step because without doing the work there will be no result whatsoever. Do the research, make a plan and then carry it out. Force yourself to focus on your passion whenever you can, whenever you have a moment when your mind does not need to be focused on an unrelated task.
Think about what you are trying to accomplish as often as you can for as long as you can. Make it the first thing that you think of before you go to bed and it will quickly become the first thing that you think of when you wake up. Simplify your life by cutting down on the distractions and gradually delve deeper into your undertaking. If you truly are passionate about the journey you are taking, then you will enjoy almost every second of it (there will always be less enjoyable moments no matter what path we take).
The more you enjoy what you are forcing yourself to do, the more you will love it and the easier it will be to force yourself. Eventually you will no longer need to push; you’ll have become obsessed. As long as you remember to feed the healthy obsession — which isn’t difficult at all — and you manage to avoid distraction (the most common culprit of failure), you’ll find progress inevitable.
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