{"id":56614,"date":"2018-05-01T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T04:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=56614"},"modified":"2018-05-01T20:17:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T04:17:35","slug":"the-psychology-of-success-as-told-by-these-5-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-success-as-told-by-these-5-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Psychology Of Success As Told By These 5 Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you ask most people what it takes to become successful, they\u2019ll tell you that success comes from hard work. While yes, hard work is part of the equation, they are missing a large part. You can never become successful if you don\u2019t have the right mindset. <\/span><\/p>\n

The right mindset cures everything. Your mindset will determine if you\u2019re successful or if you\u2019re unsuccessful. Your mindset will tell you that you\u2019re a failure and you should just give up or that you\u2019re on the right track to success. <\/span>Which voice are you listening too? <\/span><\/p>\n

Becoming an entrepreneur will be the hardest challenge of your life because you\u2019re becoming a different person than everyone else. When that happens, you will question yourself. Are you on the right path? Why don\u2019t you <\/span>just <\/span>work for someone else? If you continue to ask yourself these questions, you will lose. <\/span>When you have the right mindset, no matter what you face, you will come out the other side. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are five entrepreneurs who developed the right mindset that has allowed them to succeed in their respective fields. <\/span><\/p>\n

Grant<\/b> Cardone<\/b><\/p>\n

Grant<\/span> Cardone is a New York Times Best-Selling Author, creator of Grant Cardone TV, CEO of four businesses, and <\/span>currently <\/span>has over $400 million worth of real estate holdings. <\/span><\/p>\n

Grant<\/span> was working a job he hated when he shifted his mindset. He became good at the job he hated. Grant continued to focus on self-improvement and because of this, he <\/span>was able to<\/span> raise his monthly income through the sales commission job he was working. <\/span><\/p>\n

Grant understood that if he wanted to change his mindset about making money, all he needed to do was figure out ways to produce more money. By figuring out more ways to produce, he <\/span>was able to<\/span> change his mindset because he focused <\/span>solely <\/span>on growing his income. <\/span><\/p>\n

When you\u2019re training your mindset for success, what can you put all your focus into that\u2019ll allow you to achieve success? For Grant, it was into producing income. For you, it could <\/span>be getting<\/span> more clients. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to stretch yourself thin and focus on too many ideas instead of one big idea. It\u2019s a lot easier to become successful at one thing than it will ever be to <\/span>be successful<\/span> at multiple things. What can you focus on today that will help achieve your bottom line tomorrow? <\/span><\/p>\n

Melyssa Griffin<\/b><\/p>\n

Melyssa Griffin is the founder of <\/span>melyssagriffin<\/span>.com<\/span><\/a> where she gives you advice on how to start a successful online business and <\/span>host<\/span> of the pursuit with purpose podcast. <\/span><\/p>\n

Melyssa <\/span>was able to<\/span> change her mindset when she realized that telling herself she couldn\u2019t do something would not work out. <\/span>If she wanted to get to the next level in her life, she knew that even if she didn\u2019t know how to do something;<\/span> she <\/span>was going to<\/span> figure it out no matter how long it would take her. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are so many ways you can learn something in today\u2019s day and age that telling yourself you can\u2019t do something is ludicrous. If you want to make six-figures, do your research on how others made six-figures. What habits are they doing differently from the ones you have? How do they plan their day? What type of work are they doing? <\/span>The answer to every question is there if you\u2019re willing to do the research. <\/span>Just because you don\u2019t know how to do something shouldn\u2019t hold you back from achieving whatever you set your mind too. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being an entrepreneur, Melyssa realized there are tons of negative events that can take place. To counteract the negative events, Melyssa would take to gratitude journal, writing the positive events taking place in her life. What you\u2019re <\/span>essentially <\/span>doing is creating a positive perspective view of the world for yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n

What research can you do today that\u2019ll help enhance your mindset tomorrow? <\/span><\/p>\n

Alan Burak<\/b><\/p>\n

Alan<\/span> Burak is the founder of the renowned investment firm, Never Alone Capital where he specializes in helping everyday traders understand the power of options.<\/span><\/p>\n

From an early age, Alan learned the art of willpower. Alan has gone broke twice and has come back both times. He didn\u2019t give up on his dreams of starting a business despite the setbacks he <\/span>face<\/span>d multiple times. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alan understood that if wanted something, it had to be a must. <\/span>He couldn\u2019t just kinda want it. Too many people just kinda want it. <\/span>And do you notice that most people aren\u2019t where they want to be in life? <\/span>If you\u2019re not ready to go all in and give your idea or dream 100{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c}, you will never succeed because the second you doubt yourself you will fail. Put in the work every single day whether you feel like it or not and don\u2019t leave any free time to doubt yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n

When he wasn\u2019t feeling fulfilled in his life, Alan turned to self-development, but <\/span>more importantly, <\/span>psychology to get him out of the current state he had felt trapped in. Alan realized that success doesn\u2019t start with everything going on around you, it starts with what\u2019s already inside of you. You already have the mindset inside yourself you need to become successful and it\u2019s up to you to cultivate that mindset. <\/span><\/p>\n

The change started in Alan\u2019s mindset when he came across the saying, \u201cLife happens for us, not to us.\u201d Everything that happens in your life is an opportunity to grow, are you going to take advantage of it? <\/span><\/p>\n

Ryan Holiday <\/b><\/p>\n

Ryan Holiday is the best-selling author of multiple books including Ego Is The Enemy, and The Obstacle Is The Way and he is the former marketing director at American Apparel. <\/span><\/p>\n

When Ryan was trying to cultivate the mindset that would lead him to success, he knew that he had to cast his ego to the side. You can get an inflated ego when you start a business because you accumulate a little success and think<\/span> that<\/span>\u2019s the way it will always go. This is a mindset set trap for yourself because there will come a day when you encounter failure and you won\u2019t know how to deal with it. No matter how much success you achieve, keep pushing forward because you never know when you might deal with a hardship. <\/span><\/p>\n

While not having an ego can lead you to the right mindset, you need to focus on building confidence for yourself. Confidence comes from taking action every day. <\/span>You will not have any confidence if you sit and watch TV every day and why should you if you do that? <\/span>You know how much work you\u2019re <\/span>actually <\/span>putting in. Confidence is something you earn. <\/span><\/p>\n

On Ryan\u2019s conquest to motivate himself, he focuses on a practice called bulletproofing himself. What he is doing is asking himself if he would be okay with the worst <\/span>possible <\/span>outcome that could come to him. If he\u2019s okay with it, he\u2019ll continue to carry on and keep doing the work he was already <\/span>previously <\/span>doing. What\u2019s the worst that could happen to you from following your dreams? <\/span><\/p>\n

David Goggins<\/b><\/p>\n

David Goggins is a retired Navy Seal and an ultra-endurance athlete who has run some of the toughest races including the Hurt 100 and the Badwater 135.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Goggins, it\u2019s simple, you do what you want don\u2019t to do and keep doing it. There were numerous <\/span>low<\/span> points in his life, yet he didn\u2019t let that stop him from becoming successful. He thrived on overcoming challenges and adversities. Goggins knew with each challenge he <\/span>was able to<\/span> overcome, it would make him <\/span>mentally <\/span>tougher. <\/span><\/p>\n

What can you do to make yourself <\/span>mentally <\/span>tougher? <\/span>Are you taking the easy way or actually putting in the work? When you take the easy way, you will never get mentally tougher. <\/span>You become <\/span>mentally <\/span>tougher overtime with each difficult task you accomplish. <\/span>Follow the advice Goggins gives and do what you don\u2019t want to do on a daily basis. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your mindset could be the one thing holding you back from becoming a successful entrepreneur. Don\u2019t keep telling yourself you will become <\/span>mentally <\/span>tougher or you\u2019ll do the hard tasks later because <\/span>eventually <\/span>there won\u2019t be another day for you to do those hard tasks. Y<\/span>ou should focus on what you can control today. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ask yourself, \u201cWhat\u2019s something I\u2019ve been putting off?\u201d <\/span>Why have you been putting it off and what are you going to do to change that? <\/span>It\u2019s up to you to create a better life for yourself because no one will help you! <\/span>And that starts with cultivating the right mindset.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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