Today, I'm going to talk about how do you motivate yourself when you feel like quitting?
I've been asked this question by a lot of people. "Terence, what do you do when you
feel like quitting?"
Well, that is a two-part answer.
The short answer is I just push through it.
Simple like that.
There are going to be times when I don't feel like working my business. There are going to be times
when I don't feel like exercising. There may be times that I don't feel like socially interacting. That's life.
Sometimes, you're going to do things when it's not convenient for you and you just push through.
The long answer is four-part.
There are four pieces that I think about when I feel like quitting.
The first one is having a powerful why.
I have a question that I ask myself. Why do I want to be an entrepreneur?
That is so deep that I have built on so many levels that quitting essentially for me is just
unforgivable. You need to have a why that is just so powerful that it continues to drive you. For me
personally, my why is just so driven that if I quit, not only am I going to quit on myself but I'm going to
quit on my family. I'm going to quit on the people that I have supporting me. I'm going to quit on the
people that I give support to. I'm going to quit potentially on the millions of people that I'm looking to
influence over the years. I put myself in a stage where just quitting is almost like an act of selfishness for
me.
The second thing that helps keep me from quitting is just having a respect for time.
Time is just one of those non-renewable resources that you just can't get back.
Especially for the entrepreneur, you need to guard your time as the most valuable asset that you have.
Take for example that you're doing a task and you quit on doing the task. You can lose time in so many ways.
One, you're going to lose time from initially quitting the task. What did you replace that time that you did the task with?
Did you move your life forward into something that was meaningful? Did you just watch TV, get on social media?
Did you do something else that just wasn't beneficial for you? The thing that most people don't realize is that when
you quit on a task, you're losing things on the backend.
Not only do you have to make that task up potentially in the future, now you're adding more time to
your future schedule to make up that task that you missed. You may not realize what other things you
have possibly lost out on. For example, if you had a task that was due by a certain amount of time and
you didn't complete it, you may have lost out on an opportunity that depended on that time, that task
being completed in a timely fashion. Now, you have even a bigger opportunity potentially in the future
that was wasted. Guard your time with your life. Make sure that you complete your task in a timely
manner.
Third is just the image of create in the eyes of other people.
I want to create that image of just responsibility. What are you feeding your subconscious when you quit
on things? Are you telling your subconscious that you're the type of person that just quits on the task
that just is not reliable? Whatever you act on externally is what you're going to create for your mindset
internally. Even more importantly, the people that you're supporting, the people that are looking up to
you, you want to have an image that you are that reliable person, that timely person. The last thing that
you want is to have that image of someone that can't get things done on time, someone that's not
responsible, someone that's not reliable. Trust me. As you're growing as an entrepreneur, that is not the
image that you want to have for yourself.
The fourth thing is having a powerful mastermind.
What I mean is, surrounding yourself with like minded people.
People that have the same mindset that you have, that mindset of success, that mindset
of pushing through obstacles, pushing through challenges. Because no man is an island. When you
surround yourself with like-minded people, you're going to have people that you can reach out to.
Incorporate some or all of these things into your life when the chips are down. Life's a journey so think of it as
a long distance marathon. Those who grind it out through the pain and adversity will finish the race and that is
what I desire for you!
Until next time!
Terence Young MD
"The Doctorpreneur"
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