How to Succeed

Once you've Redefined Success, you should choose your activities carefully.

Do not participate in Relay Races, i.e. activities that you have a small portion of control in the success of the whole.

Pick things that you can fully control.

Biking, photography, travel, sewing, writing, etc. are all activities that are fully in your control and if you define success properly, you will succeed.

For example, if you like to travel and you've always wanted to take a trip overseas then when you research the requirements (i.e. costs, travel arrangements, etc.) and implement a plan (save $100 a week), you will be successful when you have enough money saved and have taken that long dreamed of trip.

You control all aspects of making the trip and therefore you control the likelihood of success.

Another example would be photography. You control all aspects of becoming a photographer.

Note that becoming a paid photographer is not fully within your control. No matter how much you think it is, it is not.

You must be "good" at taking certain pictures. You must find someone to buy your pictures or hire you to take them.

Trying to get paid for activity is a slippery slope to frustration and failure because you don't control the "paid" part.

Control where the finish line is in a solo race and as long as you keep running, you will win.