Take Massive Action + Conquer Fears + Perserverance = Success

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My favorite super hero of all time is the Dark Knight aka Batman. I like the whole idea of conquering your fears and insecurities, and then using it as power to achieve greatness.

Bruce Wayne was a fearful kid that felt lost in a world without his mother and father who were shot and killed by a criminal. He could've easily became a miserable man and lived a depressing life despite inheriting an endless supply of money, but he decided to take matters into his own hands and do something about the uncontrollable criminal activity going on in his city.

Bruce Wayne trained himself to reach his peak mentally and physically so that he would be prepared to fight the criminals within Gotham. The last thing he had to do was conquer his fear of bats and use it to his advantage(which led to the creation of Batman).

I like to think of myself as batman(if I had the resources and technology I'd probably be crazy enough to design the suit and attempt to fight crime). I strive to reach my potential mentally and physically and conquer any fear that attempts to block my path to success. In this case I do it mostly because I want to reach financial freedom.

I understand that money can't buy happiness, but it can buy freedom to live the life I want to live. That is why I make sure I do something every day to build my business, increase my knowledge, develop self-discipline, and increase my physical abilities. The minute I wake-up I do 100 pushups and I go into a 45 minute bodyweight workout. I then get right into my daily tasks that I wrote down on the previous day.

Bruce Wayne mastered all the skills necessary to successfully become Batman and he was able to do that because of his motivation to prevent future crimes after experiencing the murder of his parents and his commitment to ridding Gotham of criminal activity(which his father asked of Bruce in his will).

That is what you need to do as an entrepreneur.

  • figure out what you want to do and why you want to do it
  • take daily action that will help you reach your goals.
  • respect the process of mastering necessary skills while developing self-discipline, fearlessness, and relentless will power
  • Persevere through the dullness of repetition and the disappointments along the journey
#action #conquer #fears #massive #success
  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    the massive action line suggest a one big thing approach to success .

    rather than one big action ..there are a large number of smaller actions to take that build maintainable and accelerating results ..

    the massive action part come in stopping doing what is not working anymore .
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      the massive action line suggest a one big thing approach to success .

      rather than one big action ..there are a large number of smaller actions to take that build maintainable and accelerating results ..

      the massive action part come in stopping doing what is not working anymore .
      I see what you're saying, but massive action can be something as little as creating your first website. The amount of time it takes to create the website can be 1 day or 7 days, but the fact that you have created a website is a big step, because it's something that you've never done before(which requires you to step out of your comfort zone).

      So the term massive action doesn't mean you have to go crazy, it simply means you need to step out of your comfort zone and do it consistently.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by tvon View Post

        I see what you're saying, but massive action can be something as little as creating your first website. The amount of time it takes to create the website can be 1 day or 7 days, but the fact that you have created a website is a big step, because it's something that you've never done before(which requires you to step out of your comfort zone).

        So the term massive action doesn't mean you have to go crazy, it simply means you need to step out of your comfort zone and do it consistently.
        if you look over or listen to steven jobs famous speech..where people assumed he was saying follow your passion ..but if you get the real entire story of apple ..and the main thing is it was started in a garage because they where only planning to make a few thousand dollars worth of the early pc's

        the action that require massive amounts of energy..is developing intense focus on what you want and getting it to be your most dominant thought .

        from there you can begin taking the actions you need to take to build momentum ..in many cases a lot of action has to be taken to stop doing the things that will undermine the positive thing you attempt to do ..

        not say massive action doesn't help..but it is really hard to find a spot in the parking lot of the fitness club ..the first two weeks of the year ..by week the 95 percent of the massive actioners are gone ..and the people left are the ones who have developed their routine over time .
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        • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          if you look over or listen to steven jobs famous speech..where people assumed he was saying follow your passion ..but if you get the real entire story of apple ..and the main thing is it was started in a garage because they where only planning to make a few thousand dollars worth of the early pc's

          the action that require massive amounts of energy..is developing intense focus on what you want and getting it to be your most dominant thought .

          from there you can begin taking the actions you need to take to build momentum ..in many cases a lot of action has to be taken to stop doing the things that will undermine the positive thing you attempt to do ..

          not say massive action doesn't help..but it is really hard to find a spot in the parking lot of the fitness club ..the first two weeks of the year ..by week the 95 percent of the massive actioners are gone ..and the people left are the ones who have developed their routine over time .
          Makes sense. Massive action is only part of the equation, it is also important to persevere through the dullness of repetition and the disappointments along the journey. So in other words, self-discipline is necessary to develop success habits.
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  • Profile picture of the author rhodester
    Good morning. I agree that success is a multple approach to making it happen. Seldom does one approach work. Good job.
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by rhodester View Post

      Good morning. I agree that success is a multple approach to making it happen. Seldom does one approach work. Good job.

      Exactly. Success is simple but it's not easy. If you commit to achieving success by applying the advice I give here, then success is inevitable. I guarantee almost everyone knows what it takes to be successful, but the problem is, are they willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve success?
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Good tips here I'd add knowing WHY you want to be free pushes you thru tough times. People look at me like I'm from another planet when I share that I've created 10,000 or more pieces of content online, through different platforms, and blogs. I knew WHY, always, to post 60 or more times daily to my blogs, and that's why I'm prolific.

    Batman is a nice analogy, great example of a dude who dived in, and got after it.

    Thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by ryanbiddulph View Post

      Good tips here I'd add knowing WHY you want to be free pushes you thru tough times. People look at me like I'm from another planet when I share that I've created 10,000 or more pieces of content online, through different platforms, and blogs. I knew WHY, always, to post 60 or more times daily to my blogs, and that's why I'm prolific.

      Batman is a nice analogy, great example of a dude who dived in, and got after it.

      Thanks!
      10,000 pieces of content online?

      60 posts per day?

      Now if that's not massive action then I don't know what is.

      It just goes to show how powerful having a "why" can be when it comes to consistent work ethic and reaching success.
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    Love this post, I always look forward to your posts they are motivational and inspiring!
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  • Profile picture of the author stopper
    I especially like the second and third steps which involves daily action. The third step speaks for itself
    respect the process of mastering necessary skills while developing self-discipline, fearlessness, and relentless will power. Thank you for the great post.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kathy_T
      Without a doubt, the "taking action" part is probably THE most important part (and, as Tvon mentioned, above, that we need to be taking CONSISTENT action)... The point is, do SOMETHING, and then keep on doing something.

      Gary Ryan Blair (Gals Guy) says, "Imperfect action beats perfect INaction every time."

      And the "consistency" part helps build those "success habits" (also, as Tvon said, above).
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    When I was a kid reading these wonderful comics (at least the few I could get my hands on) I was a little bit scared of batman. That was a dark world he lived in. On the other hand, I loved Spiderman and Superman. Spiderman was someone who gained superpowers so maybe one day I could fantastically gain superpowers as well I secretly hoped. While Superman was just loved by everyone and had, it seemed like, every super power imaginable.

    Batman was so stoic and fought evil so well I never really noticed that he didn't have super powers - a combination of great marketing and me just being a kid I guess. The villains he fought viciously and effectively. I always thought he was the dark knight because he always seemed to be fighting those villains at night. Stupid right?

    Well, now that I think about it I can see how it adds to the dark temperament of Batman. His whole world is dark not just that he fights at night. He lost his parents whom he loved deeply only to be filled by a cold, dark world of wealth in a city of corruption. Eventually realizing the difficult lesson that money can't replace a parent's love.

    These things only add to the dark mystery of the dark knight. The best life lesson I have learned from Batman is that you become that which you fight against. His greater struggle beyond elusive happiness, anger, and frustration is that of what you resist persists. He hates the evil filth he has to fight against. Struggling daily to reach some sense of a peace of mind to deal with a corrupt world, he continually asks himself, "Why not just surrender to the temptation and become Ra's al Ghul?".

    That is the greatest life lesson I have taken from Batman. He is called The Dark Knight because his Dark potential is seen by so many that desperately support him to remain a true Knight. He is the knight of continual downfall only constantly having to rise again. A knight of the greatest magnitude who we can relate to because the greatest among us still have their own personal problems as well. He reminds us of our own internal struggles and temptations. He reminds us we are still human. Human beings who are only striving to still being human. I am more than a human being. I am simply being human.

    It is the corrupting nature of power - some say absolute power, absolutely corrupts.

    This all comes hitting home on a personal level when we are working on our own personal problems. Batman allows us to do this safely from a distance. As an adult, now I get to do this by seeing this life lesson in a cartoon. I am then easier on myself. I mean, if Batman is having a problem . . . .

    It is the fight to keep his honor that we admire because we all suffered this same struggle with the temptation of power.

    Intense dedication to eliminating evil causes us to become evil. Remember Queen Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings? This is the feminine version of Batman's struggle. In The Lord of the Rings is happened in a moment. When Galadriel was offered the ring by Frodo. There the case is made that absolute power absolute corrupts. And it is a lesson best learned in vulnerability.

    "And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!"

    She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful. Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad.

    "I pass the test", she said. "I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Galadriel."

    LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring - Galadriel - All shall love me and despair

    It is the last part that is often overlooked. She was grateful and relieved to diminish from the previous moment of absolute power. She was just able to be herself again. She was a noble human being, another example of incredible wisdom, personal control, and an example to be learned from.

    Fiction gives us such an incredible opportunity to see universal truths that transcend politics and business and religion and psychology and philosophy and science which are often still bickering over their own methodology.

    When lessons are told in a story it is fun to learn. We are led gently along the path to realizing our own internal war that connects us together by realizing the raging war within Batman ourselves. As he holds it together we realize . . . it was what his parents would have done - helped people.

    Batman knows he could take over Gotham. He has the physical power to kill all the bad guys and the financial money from the Wayne empire to control the city. This disturbs him. It disturbs him because a part of him actually wants too. It is the temptation we ourselves want to be faced with one day and so we are, on a smaller scale, every day. The Batman give us this in a softer way to not scare us away from beginning to understand ourselves and our influence in this world. Some of the most difficult life lessons can begin to be handled as children and The Batman can ease us into this.

    The character of Batman draws on that part of us that desires purpose in life. We want to either be The Batman or be protected by him. We want someone with the ability to achieve absolute power and the character not to take it. The temptation takes its toll though. It is brutal work and often under appreciated. It is our support of good wherever we may find it that helps us live life better. Then we may be empowered and be able to live life ourselves.

    May we all continue to "pass the test" and help other people to pass it as well and remember the lessons found in The Dark Knight well.
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by tobyjensen View Post

      When I was a kid reading these wonderful comics (at least the few I could get my hands on) I was a little bit scared of batman. That was a dark world he lived in. On the other hand, I loved Spiderman and Superman. Spiderman was someone who gained superpowers so maybe one day I could fantastically gain superpowers as well I secretly hoped. While Superman was just loved by everyone and had, it seemed like, every super power imaginable.

      Batman was so stoic and fought evil so well I never really noticed that he didn't have super powers - a combination of great marketing and me just being a kid I guess. The villains he fought viciously and effectively. I always thought he was the dark knight because he always seemed to be fighting those villains at night. Stupid right?

      Well, now that I think about it I can see how it adds to the dark temperament of Batman. His whole world is dark not just that he fights at night. He lost his parents whom he loved deeply only to be filled by a cold, dark world of wealth in a city of corruption. Eventually realizing the difficult lesson that money can't replace a parent's love.

      These things only add to the dark mystery of the dark knight. The best life lesson I have learned from Batman is that you become that which you fight against. His greater struggle beyond elusive happiness, anger, and frustration is that of what you resist persists. He hates the evil filth he has to fight against. Struggling daily to reach some sense of a peace of mind to deal with a corrupt world, he continually asks himself, "Why not just surrender to the temptation and become Ra's al Ghul?".

      That is the greatest life lesson I have taken from Batman. He is called The Dark Knight because his Dark potential is seen by so many that desperately support him to remain a true Knight. He is the knight of continual downfall only constantly having to rise again. A knight of the greatest magnitude who we can relate to because the greatest among us still have their own personal problems as well. He reminds us of our own internal struggles and temptations. He reminds us we are still human. Human beings who are only striving to still being human. I am more than a human being. I am simply being human.

      It is the corrupting nature of power - some say absolute power, absolutely corrupts.

      This all comes hitting home on a personal level when we are working on our own personal problems. Batman allows us to do this safely from a distance. As an adult, now I get to do this by seeing this life lesson in a cartoon. I am then easier on myself. I mean, if Batman is having a problem . . . .

      It is the fight to keep his honor that we admire because we all suffered this same struggle with the temptation of power.

      Intense dedication to eliminating evil causes us to become evil. Remember Queen Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings? This is the feminine version of Batman's struggle. In The Lord of the Rings is happened in a moment. When Galadriel was offered the ring by Frodo. There the case is made that absolute power absolute corrupts. And it is a lesson best learned in vulnerability.

      "And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!"

      She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful. Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad.

      "I pass the test", she said. "I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Galadriel."

      LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring - Galadriel - All shall love me and despair

      It is the last part that is often overlooked. She was grateful and relieved to diminish from the previous moment of absolute power. She was just able to be herself again. She was a noble human being, another example of incredible wisdom, personal control, and an example to be learned from.

      Fiction gives us such an incredible opportunity to see universal truths that transcend politics and business and religion and psychology and philosophy and science which are often still bickering over their own methodology.

      When lessons are told in a story it is fun to learn. We are led gently along the path to realizing our own internal war that connects us together by realizing the raging war within Batman ourselves. As he holds it together we realize . . . it was what his parents would have done - helped people.

      Batman knows he could take over Gotham. He has the physical power to kill all the bad guys and the financial money from the Wayne empire to control the city. This disturbs him. It disturbs him because a part of him actually wants too. It is the temptation we ourselves want to be faced with one day and so we are, on a smaller scale, every day. The Batman give us this in a softer way to not scare us away from beginning to understand ourselves and our influence in this world. Some of the most difficult life lessons can begin to be handled as children and The Batman can ease us into this.

      The character of Batman draws on that part of us that desires purpose in life. We want to either be The Batman or be protected by him. We want someone with the ability to achieve absolute power and the character not to take it. The temptation takes its toll though. It is brutal work and often under appreciated. It is our support of good wherever we may find it that helps us live life better. Then we may be empowered and be able to live life ourselves.

      May we all continue to "pass the test" and help other people to pass it as well and remember the lessons found in The Dark Knight well.
      Excellent post my friend. I agree that their are some very valuable lessons to be learned from the Dark Knight as well as the man under the mask, Bruce Wayne.
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