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you don’t, but believe me, their rise to the top was anything but certain or
easy. Most of them doubted it every single day, sometimes hundreds of times
per day. That’s right, they sat there, just like you are right now, wondering
how they would make it, whether it was all worthwhile or whether they had
what it takes.
There were days when they doubted what they were doing. Where they
thought, “this is never going to work”. Many found themselves on the verge
of giving up at numerous occasions along the way.
They didn’t succeed because they were certain they were going to succeed;
They succeeded because they didn’t let uncertainty stop them. They did it
anyway. They ignored their doubts and kept pushing forward. They were
relentless when the only thing they had to fuel them was relentlessness.
Give some thought to all the people who have achieved something great, only
to quickly fade into obscurity. I’m sure you can think of a few, whether
they’re entertainers or business people or athletes.
In my career I’ve coached many “successful” people who came to me
because their lives had gone flat, and they had become uninspired and tepid.
What happened? For many of them, they got comfortable. For years, they had
pushed their comfort zones to get where they wanted to be. But as soon as
they chose certainty over uncertainty, they stopped achieving. They hit the
wall.
Why does it happen? Because when you’ve accomplished one of your goals,
when you’re rich and successful, the future naturally seems a little more
certain. I’m sure we’d all feel a little more secure with a million bucks or so
in the bank.
But that mindset shift is exactly what creates the environment for our ultimate
undoing. When we’re no longer uncertain about money, the desire—the need
even—to pursue it recedes. When we’re no longer uncertain about success,
our ambition can blunt or mellow. We get to wallow in our bloated illusion of
certainty. Eventually we get to do that thing called, “settle”. We settle for
certainty.
That’s the kind of power that uncertainty has in our lives. It can make us or