The Agony and the Ecstasy

We have all heard the terminology ‘the agony and the ecstasy’. We usually hear these words in the world of sports. The agony that a committed athlete goes through. The preparation that he does to master their sport. The learning of the sport. The practice. The time involved. To prepare to compete in their given sport. It may be football, rugby, cricket, tennis, swimming, hockey, golf, whatever their chosen sport is. They go through agonising, gruelling days, weeks, months, years of endeavour. Why do they do it? They enjoy the sport that they are involved in. But they are not going through the agony for fun. They are doing it for the pure joy of the hope of the win. The victory. For the ecstasy of a price well paid.

In our business of network marketing, we are fortunate. We will never pay the price, or have to make the kind of commitment, that an athlete makes to have the victory, to have the joy of winning. However we need also to understand that in building a business there are moments of agony. There are moments of agony when you do anything worthwhile. We recently watched the battle for the Wimbledon crown between Nadal and Federer. We had a glimpse of the effort involved to win. We applauded Nadal for his determination, for never giving up, until he finally won his dream.

We have to make a great commitment to build a multimillion dollar business. Consider the agony and the ecstasy of achieving in this business, Success University, and other network marketing ventures that we do.

“The greater the struggle the greater the prize”. It does not always have to be a struggle but there is a price to pay for success in your business. There is a price to pay for any worthwhile endeavour in life. My wife and I will achieve success. We will succeed because we are not willing to throw in the towel. There are challenges from people we love. There are disappointments from people who we thought would pull through with us. Family withdrawing their support. There will be tough times ahead. There will be struggles but we will carry on.

Network marketing gives ordinary guys a shot at achieving success on a level not possible through a job. It gives an opportunity to help others break though the chains that the system has on us, by buying our freedom. Buying back our time. You have to be willing to concentrate on the rainbow and not on the gold. The pot of gold is there at the end of the rainbow. The pot of gold is every dream that you can even begin to dream. Concentrate on the rainbow. The rainbow is the journey. Concentrate on what you are doing and what you are sharing. Concentrate on how you are growing yourself personally. Concentrate on how you are growing your business. If you want the rainbow you have to be willing to put up with the rain on the way. Without the rain, without the struggles, without the challenges, without those devastating times we will not have the opportunity to change and grow and be what we need to be and what we are supposed to be, to be able to help other people.

Listen to your heart. Listen to your heart. The mind determines what is possible, then your heart surpasses it. Do not settle for less. You do not want to settle for less in life, for yourself, for your family, for your children. If you are married and have a family, you don’t want to settle for less. If you’re reading this, I hope you will make the decision to never settle for less but only to settle for more. There is so much more that you can do, there is so much more to understand, there is so much to learn, so much more to even know, what is within you to be able to share with other people. Believe in yourself just a little more, then for the rest of your life you will never want to settle for less.

The difference between what you can do and what you are capable of doing is the answer to all of your challenges and definitely the answer to all of your dreams. What you are capable of doing, what you are capable of achieving in life is the answer to your dreams in your life and in your business. So determine to make a difference. A difference in your life. A difference in the life of your family. A difference in other peoples’ lives. Whatever your achievements are, your prayer could be to leave this world a little better than when you got here.

Stay with us. I am offering you a program that is teaching me how to succeed in life and at the same time earn an income that allows me to buy back my time. It can do the same for you. Find out how you can benefit. Check out apbGlobal, Success University, try the program for free or continue reading this blog on success. And get daily inspiration from Prophetic Verses.

Joseph Walter Brown

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