3 Factors We Can Control to Win the Day

Success is too much like hard work. Even defining it is a long haul, let alone achieving it. Although several personal factors can affect our success, many external factors are beyond our control.

When it comes to a successful life, it's pointless to focus on the external factors we can't control. Instead, we need to focus on the few things that we can control, which are internal factors.

Schedules, purchasing decisions, investment opportunities, public opinion, and even economics are external factors that are beyond our control. While they are - among other things - uncontrollable, there are only three factors we can control that, in turn, need focus. These three controllable factors which can be instilled within us as a characteristic, allow us to control what is uncontrollable. By increasing your concentration and mastering these three factors, the unknown becomes known, the uncontrollable things become controllable, and your success becomes certain.

3 Factors We Can Control to Win the Day:

These three factors are conviction, effort, and learning curve:

1. Conviction:

You may be wrong and right, but no matter where you stand, the only thing you need is to be convinced of what you do. To be successful, you must have full conviction in your beliefs, path, purpose, and the vision of your life.

While we can't control any external factors, we can control the level of faith and conviction within us. It doesn't matter what others say, think, or do. The truth is that they don't - or can't - see the purpose of your success, and therefore won't understand the course of your life.

People will criticize what you do, and clients will try to foil your idea. Even your friends will wonder what you're doing. But if you've prepared a clear plan for your future, their opinions won't matter. You can't control what others think of your life, or what they say about it, but you can control the way you think. And when you put your focus on a high level of conviction regardless of the circumstances, you'll ignore those critics.

This raises the interesting idea that when you maintain a high level of conviction, you will eventually succeed, and people will look at you with confusion, and assume that you are somehow "lucky", or "in the right place at the right time to seize the moment." Moreover, they'll think that your actions are random and spontaneous, but you'll know that your success starts when you controll your conviction and work carefully to build your future.

You can't control the way others think, talk, or act, so stop trying. Still, there's something you can control, which is the firm belief that you're designing the life you want, and when you seek and think of success, being convinced in your course is the key.

2. Effort:

After conviction comes effort. Without it, you won't be able to make any effort, but the good thing is that both factors are controllable. Effort is the home of happiness and satisfaction, and it is gained through the combined effects of daily gradual progression towards your goal.

Whatever your goal, or what success means to you, progress will be difficult. If you want to be successful, it will take a great effort, and you must start with this high level of effort from the very beginning. This level of effort, stemming from the conviction of your goals, is required from the beginning in order to hold on and maintain your success course.

Things go fast and slow, and while you can't control the speed of others, it's possible to control the level of effort you provide, and how you react when things don't go according to your plan. You may feel frustrated by that, but if you offer the required level of effort, you'll be able to move forward towards success.

Effort always reminds me to make sales calls. When achieving 1% of potential trades is considered positive, the normal level of effort is the minimum required. If your success is related to establishing a business - for example - you will need to start your calls and build your sales line. But if sales lines are volatile, it'll take a lot of effort to create a line that will get you good returns.

Without effort, success would be impossible, and when you realize that you control your effort, it doesn't matter if you make 99 rejected calls because all you need is one accepted call.

With your effort as a weapon in your hand, making that successful call only requires spending more time in the office. Thus, think of it this way: when companies “fail”, it's often because owners have lost their passion and given up on business, not necessarily because the business failed. But if you focus on maintaining a high level of effort, your success will be inevitable no matter what you do.

So, when things don't go as planned, don 't blame the external factors that we can't control, there's no  point. Blame yourself instead. Knowing that you need to step up your efforts to be succssful is what you can control.

3. Learning Curve:

It seems that the common idea here is that you can't control the external factors, and that things won't go according to plan. Surely, conviction and effort will help you overcome difficulties when things don't go as expected, but how do you make sure you don't make the same mistakes twice? And how can we break free of this idea?

The last internal factor under your control isn't related to your mindset or level of effort, but your ability to learn. There's value for every experience you have, whether it's bad or good, but it's up to you in terms of the lessons you receive from these experiences.

You can have the strongest conviction in the world, and offer the most effort. However, if you don't learn from experiences, things will go wrong and your efforts will be in vain. Your ability to understand external factors, learn from them, and then use this learning to push yourself forward is what will make you successful.

So, it'll take conviction in your beliefs to move forward, and then doing your best to continue, but it will be learning gained through the experiences of your convictions and your effort that will be the hallmark. You may not be able to control the external factors, or even whether your ideal plan will become a reality, but you can control how much and how quickly you learn from applying that plan.

That way, even if you had to go back to the starting point, and start a new life plan and a new sense of conviction, you would actually be one step ahead because you've learned from your failures, and won't make the same mistake twice. When you realize that, your conviction will be higher this time, and your efforts will increase because you'll get a better understanding of how to invest in your time.

In conclusion:

Don't worry about factors that are out of your control, as they're failed attempts to hinder your progress. Instead, focus on controlling your level of conviction and efforts so that you can support and accelerate the learning curve. This way, you can focus on constantly adjusting your course in the right direction, no matter what the obstacles are, and that is success itself.