We are on MARS...what's your excuse!
This got me thinking, if we can get a computer controlled device to land on a planet that is 100’s of millions of miles away, what sort of accomplishments can I achieve? What can you achieve? What can we all achieve?
I hear THIS all the time...
People say I can’t, people say it is too tough, people tend to think that someone else has some special skill that got them to where they were at.
Sometimes this is the case, but very, VERY rarely. More often than not, success is created through perseverence and hard work. That is the formula.
There is a phase you go through to create success. Success is not a singular event, it is a chosen path. You don’t all of a sudden “achieve” success, it is a cumulation of incremental activities.
The point that I am getting at here is that someone just like you (a few people actually) has put a spacecraft on Mars.
To me, the idea of how this could be accomplished and the fact that this is a reality is unbelievable. Through a series of failures and incremental successes, we have been able to take a little piece of metal and direct it to a distant land, a land that is on average 225 million kilometers away (around 140 million miles).
And then, to top that off this little machine is going to take a picture perfect image and send it back through space to use here on earth so we can look at it.
Here are a few of these photos..
So this leads me to a question:
WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE?
We have people guiding hunks of metal to Mars and you are contemplating that you cannot achieve success online?!
This seems crazy to me and if you put it into perspective of what the HUMAN species can achieve and what the task in front of you is, spending time creating some of value to others seems minimal.
Wealthy Affiliate as an accomplishment seems minimal compared to MARS!
Failures are going to take place. In fact, I have probably failed several 1,000 times trying new things online, however these are all cumulatively acting as part of the road to success. IThe Curiosity lander wasn’t the first attempt at Mars and it definitely was not create without a series of failures.
So today I would like to encourage you to stay persistent, shoot for your own Mars, and work your butt off to get there. Amazing things can and will happen!
Recent Comments
49
I sometimes feel discouraged when I think of the end result I want. At times it seems so daunting and difficult to accomplish. I am trying to change my outlook and learn how to break my goals into small-easy-to-accomplish-tasks. I'm glad you reminded me that success is a cumulation of incremental activities.
You've inspired me Kyle! I will persist, work my butt off and shoot for my own Mars...
Thank you.
The only difference between someone that has achieved success and someone that has not is the willingness to work until that success is achieved. Most people quit during the pursuit.
Kyle - absolutely right. For the first time today after many tries and getting no where, I got a page one top of the page ranking on one of my articles keywords which was amazing. Not as spectacular as the landing on Mars which was phenomenal but it gave me a great impetus to press on further and continue to try to become a success with WA,
Best regards
Hudson.
At times failure is hard to take and can set anyone of us into a whirl wind of despair. It is most definitely the strong that carrys on and puts their faillures behind them without looking back. Easiere said than done.
We all need some motivation at times to carry on, but we all must remember nothing comes to those that just sit and wait for it to happen..I know I have tried it, it does not work. If you want it go get it, it is within all of our reach.
Daniel great quote "I don''t enter my future, I create it.". How true...
Nice Kyle...thanks
Knowing that it is possible should be enough. Just because you haven't achieved it just yet should be exciting, something to work towards. There is a lot of stuff that I have not achieved and this is what drives me on a day to day basis.
Use this and your failures as leverage to create even greater success!
I appreciate what interests you, and your world view on things. It is amazing what we humans can do when we have the determination to put ours minds to it. It all about perspective though, isn't it? Some cannot think beyond the moment, and some, like those who created, contribute to, or gravitate to places like wealthy Affiliate, are restless and are determined to change our worlds, and have the drive to do so. It's all about one's perspective, I think.
I agree with you. And one can change their perspective on things and hopefully this post will have some influence on that for many.
well, lets be honest here, the people who designed ,luanched and this on mars are some of the smartest brightest we have.N.A.S.A. has a lot very bright people working(I know i had a few stay at my hotel)and as for you Kyle, you do realise your really smart,you do realize youthat right?
How many failures did Kyle say he has? 1000s right? I once heard the saying.
"An obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong" My point here is that the reason Kyle, or any other pro in any other field, is so "smart", is because when they were "dumb" and "failed", they learned from their mistakes and use as a stepping stone. :P
Thanks for the encouragement kyle!
What makes me stay here is being in the right environment, I can feel success right around the corner. A lot of things came together for me this year in here. I know at times I have my moments, but it's because of growth.
I took a ride on an electron microscope down into the depths of a piece of steel, to its walls of atoms. Pretty harrowing to think about existence on this level.
Gotta want to explore. It offsets the challenges. It is just a matter of time.
I can say (virtually) that I have been on Mars. I spent my time in a tiny crater. It took two hours to move cross it to the bank on the other side. I kept going towards a cliff that forms part of the crater. Later I followed a wash-out that went for miles. There was water here in antiquity. I followed until it led to just a big expanse of flat land, nothing but sand. I left Mars.
I don't enter my future, I create it. Too few take action and go for mastery because it usually isn't glamourous. Only the resolution itself held the sensation. Thinking is hard work from which many shrink. Opportunities are often hidden under hard work and getting into places where one is unfamiliar.
The vast majority keep asking, "What happened?" because it is of common belief that the future throws things at us and we're vulnerable and the belief is convenient because there is less thought involved.
Hey man, what'da ya smokin'? ...naw, just kiddin' bro! That's was good. I liked the story. It was descriptive, entertaining, and took me to a new world. Good one.
I wrote my dreams many times since I was young. If I ever unleashed these writings, some of the farthest reaches of possibilities, so ethereal. I like sharing the out-of-the-ordinary, the odd and the rarity. It breaks up the monotony sometimes.
Looking at the future as something one enters is probably the most insidious of all excuses because it masquerades as a common belief.
I am a firm believer if you want it bad enough you will make it happen. You do what it takes, learn from your mistakes and keep driving forward to your goal. Your goal must be something you totally believe in and is a smart goal.
I dont remember how many attempts it took edison to make the light bulb but I have always liked his view on all of his failures - for the sake of the story lets say that it took him 500 tries. When he was asked about his failures he didn't call them failures he merely commented that he learned 499 ways NOT to make a lightbulb. Success wouldn't be so sweet if it weren't for the mistakes made along the way. After all, without failure or frustration, what could we compare it to?
Perplexed, Edison replied, "Young man, why would I feel like a failure? And why would I ever give up? I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp." And shortly after that, and over 10,000 attempts, Edison invented the light bulb.
Smart goals? Says who? Sometimes outsiders will tell us that our goals are not smart and these are often the people we need not listen to in order to achieve success. Create goals and work to achieve them. Nothing can get in your way on your mission to Mars, something that I think you have gotten down David!
See more comments
Awesome post Kyle! More times than not the road does not take us directly to our Mars, we stop in on Jupiter and Saturn but eventually if the goal is clear enough it will take us to that destination we set out to reach.
Not to forget all the awesome stuff we learn, discover and experience along the way. Often time the journey is just as exciting as actually reaching that Mars of ours :)
Veronica
Or we end up on the moon... Which is still really awesome! Success is a journey, not an event and it has no start and no finish.
That`s what so cool when you look back on the path that you have "traveled" already. If it wasn`t for the action steps we have taken we would never be where we are today.
That`s why I am so happy that the first website or biz idea that I had failed, because it led me to where I am today... hope that makes sence :) Success for sure is a journey, a very exciting one :)
I have had lots of websites that have failed. That is OK because it is going to mean the next one is going to be that much better. Working on things with prior knowledge and understanding is sheer power! :)