STEP SIX: FLEXIBILITY
This is the step that makes all the previous steps realistic and possible. It is natural that all things will – and do – change. Any successful effort means keeping an open mind: flexibility allows for and plans for, growth, revision, and change. Keep flexibility in mind at all times! FLEX for success!!
You’ve followed all the suggested steps toward success, but your goals elude you or seem to get further away. What are you doing wrong? Your plans don’t seem to be working and you’ve just given up! What happened? What do you do now?
Flexibility! We are only human; not machines that wind up and go. Our batteries run down sometimes! Even the best made plans can have a glitch. We make mistakes sometimes. We try too hard or try to reach for too much at once. The fact is, success is built upon our “failures”. Actually, when something doesn’t work, you fix it and move on; that’s not “failure,” that’s learning to succeed! The only way to really “fail” is to quit, give up (or die) before you reach your goals, and even then you may have been successful! You might eventually find that “failure” doesn’t really exist! Flexibility eliminates “failure”! You forgive yourself, make adjustments and move on!
Flexibility could mean that you revise your motivation sometimes, or try a different technique for emotional preparation possibly, or perhaps adjust a goal or two to be more realistic, or maybe just forgive yourself for a bad day! The heart of this – its essence – is to be open to change, evolution, or adjustment in all our ideas and pursuits. The most “successful people” weren’t born successful, they had to work steadily at it, finding ways around, over, or under obstacles along the path; they learned flexibility! Got it? Flexibility means self-forgiveness, latitude, change, adjustment, revision, etc. You might say that with flexibility comes strength; an earthquake-proof foundation is flexible! Flexibility is an exercise of strength!
Success: Six Suggested Steps
Motivation
Mental Preparation
Goal Setting
Research and Development
Consistent Action
Flexibility
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