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![]() ![]() If you are saving to buy a home, celebrate milestones such as your first year of putting money aside every month, the first $1,000 in your savings account, hitting $5,000 in savings, or getting your credit in excellent shape. One way to remain on track is to recognize incremental progress. It’s not always easy to pace yourself when overnight success seems within your grasp. Aim for sustainable business growth, so your $10 million company doesn’t collapse into a $1 million company. The companies that grew too quickly and imploded on themselves are legion. And, if you own a $1 million company, don’t be in a rush to turn it into a $10 million company. Start by getting an entry-level job where you can learn about an industry, a market, or business in general, and work your way up to starting your own company. The same goes for business: You don’t need to own a $5 million-a-year company in two years. Then, consider your next step, and take the time you need to get there. ![]() Start by aiming to save up the money to buy a used car, or to move into an apartment with a roommate. You don’t need to own a house and a luxury car next year, or even in five years. This applies to all aspects of your life. You have to earn it.” So how do you practice this strong, steady progress – especially in a world that keeps sending you the message that you should be achieving overnight success? There are several strategies you can use: As Marcus would say, “You don’t get anything. Since success doesn’t happen overnight, you’ll have to “settle” for working hard and steadily. Rather, practice what Marcus would call “patience with a plan.” While success doesn’t happen overnight, it also doesn’t happen unless you set your goals and work toward them over time. This is not to suggest that you simply sit back and wait for things to work out in your life or your business. Research shows that hurry sickness makes you less effective, both at work and as a human being. This makes you tired, anxious, irritable, and unable to relax. In hurry sickness, you get locked into a state of overstimulation. On a macro level, hurry sickness may mean you’re always thinking about the next thing you need to accomplish, the place you should be, the thing you should have. On a micro level, this means your schedule is booked, often double-booked, every second of the day. If you feel a constant “harrying sense of time urgency,” you may be suffering from what is called “hurry sickness”, a term coined by Cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman. Although success didn’t happen overnight for Ball, she never stopped working toward it. ![]() Through the decades, though, she remained focused on her goals, working hard and getting better at her craft. She had been sent home from drama school in New York and turned down for show business jobs at audition after audition. But she was no overnight success – she was 40 years old and had been working toward that success for more than 20 years. The debut of her TV show, “I Love Lucy,” turned her into what seemed like an overnight sensation. She’s regarded as both a comic genius and an industry pioneer. The actress, producer and studio executive was one of the most successful people the entertainment industry has ever seen. But he spent 15 years going through more than 5,000 failed prototypes before creating his first successful vacuum cleaner. He changed the vacuum industry and is working to change other industries as well. Take James Dyson, of the vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. Recent history is filled with highly successful people who worked hard for years before achieving their dreams. And that’s okay, because slow and steady work leads to success that is sustainable in a way that nothing “overnight” can match. I’m going to be straightforward here: Success doesn’t happen overnight – for anyone. ![]()
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