Success comes with perseverance

I recently had a very interesting discussion with a friend regarding the concept of success. For him success is synonym to have a lot of money, a great car and to own a dreamhouse. We realized that our concepts of success where somewhat different. In the end everybody has his own idea about what he wants to achieve in life. Therefore there are many concepts that are all valid about what success can be or represent.

How to achieve success?

There are already enough books that will teach you what success is and how to achieve it. I believe there are no simple tools for success. The only way to reach success is to persevere. What do I mean by that? To become successfull in whatever field that you want, you need to become a master in this field. To become a real master you need to practise 10'000 hours. This is true for anything you do. It is true if you are a trader. It is true if you are a content producer. It is true if you are a sportsman. Success only comes with real proficiency in your field. If you have success in another way then it's not because you were good, it's because you were lucky!

Why is the rule of 10'000 hours so important?

To understand why this rule is so important and why it's teachings are true, you need to know how your brain works.

• When our brain learns something new, it has to work very much. Our conscious self has to learn how to deal with it. It requires a lot of concentration and energy. With every repetition that you do of this new apprenticeship, the effort will be a little bit smaler and you will need less concentration.
• As a master of a field, your conscious self doesn't have to think at all. The whole process has been delegated to your subconscious mind who does all the work on autopilote. The subconscious mind uses all the experiences from your huge experience database and works out the best possible solution. The big difference is that the subconscious mind only needs a fraction of the energy of the conscious mind and frees the conscious mind to be able to do something else alltogether.

The greater your master, the longer your experience, the more efficient you will become and the more place will be available to learn new stuff.

This is why the rule of 10'000 hours is true and so imporant. If you want success in life, you need to become a master and you need to practise for years to come. At the same time you should always add new knowledge to broaden your database of experiences.

To be successfull you need to persevere, to never give up and to always continue learning...

by @achim03