Success isn't fair, chase purpose instead · Business Leaders Network

Success isn't fair, chase purpose instead

There is peace in knowing just how little control you have in your life and having the faith to hand that off to God.

I've often gotten so ticked off every time something interferes with my progress in business or in my personal life. Distractions, roadblocks, red tape...it all drove me crazy!

I was doing everything I needed to do and because of someone else, I lose....

As I have matured though as a professional and as a functional adult, I have come to understand that you can do everything right and still leave with nothing. The only part that you control is doing everything right, or as perfectly as you can.

You can train for an event, eat perfectly, and check every box...only to tear an achilles a week before.

You can hit 4 homers in a game and your pitcher gives up 15 runs and you lose.

You can show up hungry and eager every day and put in the work in your job, and your company shuts down, leaving you jobless.

You can start a business and work 16 hours a day to build it, and an economic shift could cut your revnue in half despite all that effort.

Talk to anyone who has had massive success, and they will tell you about the 1,000 times they were forced to start over, call an extreme audible, or got completely screwed by someone or something.

The difference between these people and the rest, are that these people understood what they could control and they controlled it very well.

They never banked on something coming easy to them and they always knew what their options were if things went south. They showed up and gave 100% to every task, leaving it all out on the field at the end of each day.

If they faced a setback, they created a bounce-back plan and executed it to the best of their ability.

For me, I have learned to focus on what I can do each day to move the ball in my life. Everything else is out of my control, but not God's. So, whatever issues arise were part of a larger plan, and I simply hold myself accountable to showing up and figuring out what's next.

This has led to me feeling the most peace I have ever felt as a business owner, in a year where I have had many obstacles.

Life isn't fair. Business certainly isn't fair. Expecting fairness in life or in business will make you an easy target for someone who truly understands the game.

But, none of that matters anyway. Rich people and poor people, lucky people and unlucky people, all end up in the ground someday.

Focus more on living a fulfilling and meaningful life and less on outcomes. There is so much satisfaction at the end of each day when you do.

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