{"id":3553,"date":"2013-12-04T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2013-12-05T18:01:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T18:01:54","slug":"being-ruthlessly-focused-does-not-make-you-callous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/being-ruthlessly-focused-does-not-make-you-callous\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Ruthlessly Focused Does NOT Make You Callous!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Hint:<\/strong> At 175 words per minute, which most adults can do, you\u2019ll finish reading this article's 500 words<\/span><\/strong> in less than 3 minutes. And you'll be glad you did.]<\/span><\/p>\n

People we celebrate for great achievements mostly started out believing alone<\/span> in themselves. \u00a0<\/strong>We only begin to crowd around and chase after them, when they achieve fame by doing the exceptional\u2026or \u201cimpossible\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many great achievers often endured rejection - and severe criticism<\/a> (even mockery<\/a>!) - from those closest to them. In order to keep going, some withdrew from their friends and relatives, to maintain the positive mind set they needed.<\/p>\n

NB: <\/em><\/strong>This article was inspired by the quote below (which I believe applies not just to writers, but to creative people who achieve greatness in general). <\/em><\/p>\n

\"Quote<\/a><\/p>\n

It was posted by a Facebook friend \u2013 Wajeed \u2013 today, on his wall<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sometimes an unacceptable condition from an employer<\/strong> caused them to go alone<\/h3>\n

Like one who wanted an employee to forget his \u201cdream of inventing\u201d, and accept a promotion, so as to work on \"more important things<\/em><\/strong>\".<\/p>\n

That, by the way, was exactly what made Henry Ford (after consulting his wife) decide to quit his job in Thomas Edison\u2019s company, to pursue his dream of inventing a 6 cylinder engine.<\/p>\n

Note that his decision implied losing a source of regular income, that could have supplied badly needed funds for his new venture. But Ford knew he could not afford to stay on, so he left.<\/p>\n

In other instances, it was due to pressures from loved ones, sometimes spouses. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

People s\/he expected to understand, but who rolled their eyes each time s\/he started talking.<\/p>\n

They said \u201cwhy don't you do something useful\u201d or \u201cget a day job so you can fulfil your responsibilities!\"<\/p>\n

People who achieve greatness are typically intolerant of such distractions. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Creative persons (inventor, writer etc), know doing mundane tasks will not be the best use of their \"potentials\".<\/p>\n

They may do them \u2013 but never at the expense of their dreams!<\/strong><\/p>\n

That's why they readily take drastic measures to eliminate distractions (including moving out, even if to live under harsh conditions), if they find it necessary.<\/p>\n

Napoleon Hill noted that many high level achievers he studied got accused of being \"callous\", by close associates, because they did the above.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He however pointed out that what critics (wrongly) called \u201ccallousness\u201d was in fact \u201cRUTHLESS FOCUS\u201d which enabled those persons \u201csuper-succeed\u201d! <\/em><\/p>\n

In truth, always doing what \"normal\" people want, cannot help you achieve EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For instance, there is (or was) nothing \u201cnormal\u201d about Michael Jordan (or Michael Jackson).<\/p>\n

Records abound that confirm those two men persistently subjected themselves to PUNISHING rehearsals, for consecutive weeks, while others were in bed.<\/p>\n

They gave no close associate, or loved one, any room to make them break their routines. <\/strong><\/p>\n

No wonder they always delivered seemingly superhuman performances when it mattered most!<\/p>\n

But not every body is prepared to \"do that\". This explains why VERY few people achieve at such levels. <\/em><\/p>\n

Question: <\/strong>Are you prepared to \u201cdo that\u201d \u2013 or more - to achieve phenomenal success?<\/p>\n

Would you continue even if it means staying alone, for prolonged periods? <\/strong><\/p>\n

If your honest answer is YES, mark my words:\u00a0 YOU ARE DESTINED FOR EXCEPTIONAL GREATNESS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Hint: At 175 words per minute, which most adults can do, you\u2019ll finish reading this article's 500 words in less than 3 minutes. And you'll be glad you did.] People we celebrate for great achievements mostly started out believing alone in themselves. \u00a0We only begin to crowd around and chase after them, when they achieve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,10],"tags":[901],"class_list":["post-3553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-dn-travel-news","category-self-development","tag-being-ruthlessly-focused-does-not-make-you-callous"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":3407,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}