You're Too Selfish To Become Successful
You may think successful people are selfish, but theyâre not. They literally cannot afford to be. They have far too many responsibilities. They only seem selfish because theyâre not doing what YOU want them to do, and youâre not successful because all you do is what YOU want to do.
People who are highly successful in their careers are constantly doing things other people want them to do. Think about it.
Successful vocal artists have album deadlines they must meet, music videos they must shoot, concerts they must perform at, photo shoots they must do, interviews they must doâŚ
Successful business owners have (a lot of) expenses they must pay, advertisements they must see and approve of, meetings they must attend, strategies they must come up withâŚ
Successful athletes have trainings they must go to, interviews they must do, games they must play in, commercials they must do for sponsorsâŚ
Successful doctors have patients they must see, conferences they must attend, licenses they must get renewed, medical journals they must readâŚ
You get the idea. Theyâre constantly doing things for other people. Sure they benefit from these things, but theyâre still things they have to do whether they feel like it or not. They donât get to pick where. They donât get to pick how. And they definitely donât get to pick when they do them. Sometimes they do have a little choice, but for the most part, they have very little say. The people who theyâre doing these things for have more say.
And then thereâs your ass.
You claim you want to be a successful preacher or singer or architect or environmentalist or whatever the hell you want to do.
But you canât even get to work on time because you stayed out last night playing.
You donât even reply to emails or texts because you âdonât feel like it.â
You still havenât gone to the grocery store because you âarenât in the mood.â
You didnât read that one article because it was âtoo longâ and you âdidnât feel like it.â
You didnât study for that exam because that TV show was on and youâd rather live tweet it.
Simple little shit you refuse to do for the simple fact you donât want to. Thatâs what it boils down to. Essentially, youâre doing what you want to doâŚand where has that gotten you? Nowhere special. Thatâs why youâll never make it to the top. Youâre selfish as hell.
Nobodyâs going to trust you to do a 54 city tour if they canât trust you to text them back because you didnât feel like it.
Nobodyâs going to trust you to run a five star hotel if they canât trust you to read those chapters for class because you didnât feel like it.
A medical board wonât trust you to operate on a personâs lungs at 3am if you havenât cleaned your car in three months because you âdidnât feel like it.â
And donât hit me with the âI was busyâ bullshit. You make time for what you want to doâand itâs funny you always have time to do what you want to do, but never have time to do what somebody else wants you to do.
Once you have that discipline to do little things you donât want to do, youâll eventually have the discipline to do big things you donât want to do. And important people will trust you to do those big things. Right now, nobody important trusts you to do those big things.
All youâve shown is youâre good at doing what you want to do, when you want to, and how you want to.
Ainât no way in hell somebodyâs going to let you star in a movie with a $45,000,000 budget when thatâs your attitude. You may not even show up to rehearsals, or even worse, you may not even memorize your lines.
So whatâs the solution? You must start doing shit you donât feel like doing. Study for that exam instead of live tweeting Love & Hip Hop. Respond to that text instead of ignoring it so you can play that video game. Read that book about your career choice instead of scrolling through Instagram and getting nothing done.
You think these successful doctors and lawyers and politicians and scientists and journalists ALWAYS feel like doing everything you see them doing?
And thatâs why you know who they are, but they donât even know your parents had you.
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