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You need to burn the bridge if you’re going to succeed. There, I said it and I know you’re thinking I’m a little crazy.
But here’s what you need to know- burn the bridge does not mean you should rush out and dump all your friends.
Instead, I’m talking about making a decision and sticking to it; to make decisions that cannot be changed in the future you gotta burn the bridge! To commit yourself to a course of action you MUST intentionally cut off your own retreat.
I’m feeling a little like a drill sergeant here because I know if you want to give yourself the best possible chance for a decision to stick, your only option is to march forward.
Atten-hut!
Want to commit yourself to a course of action? Then you need to demolish any alternative course.
Here’s how:
1. State your intention out loud. When you tell other people “this is what I’m going to do” you’re creating a point of no return for yourself.
2. Use your money. Money is a sure-fire way to commit yourself to a plan. Seriously, you must march forward or you’ll be flushing that money right down the toilet.
Calling all you business soldiers! This is the point of no return. Get out there and CRUSH/ BURN/ DEMOLISH those bridges and start achieving your business goals.
This is an important message.
Without taking these steps it’s too easy to vasilate in action and intention.
This is the most powerful motivation I have got in the recent times. Indeed being tentative all the time will give you only tentative results, it is important to be firm in the decisions as it gives the bird eye focus, extremely vital for the success in any enterprise. Many thanks for sharing this!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so right, in all successful business tycoons, I have seen this common trait of taking brave decisions and never flinching from them. Actually I have found lots of people in my life blessed with this trait and who, more than often, made it big in business.
I love this truthful information! My husband just said last night that you can’t train “soldiers” without being a drill sergeant, and here you are writing the same thing! What a great resource your blog is–I’m bookmarking it for life!