| You probably know that you have three ruthless | | | | ones most people look on their first few failures at |
| enemies within you who will do anything to sabotage | | | | anything as a sign to stop. |
| your success. They are doubt, fear, and uncertainty. | | | | But there is no way that you can succeed initially. |
| It is their job to stop you dead in your tracks. If you | | | | You just don't know enough. And you just don't |
| have a vision, they will tear it up. If you have a | | | | have enough experience. You have to fail your way |
| passion, they will mock it. And if you try to take | | | | to success. There is no other path. |
| action, they will help you fall on your face. | | | | Even this simple page is a threat to you. Your three |
| Never ever underestimate these three villains. They | | | | villains will convince you that you just don't have the |
| will do anything to keep you as mediocre as possible. | | | | time, the money, or even the ability to follow |
| The minute you try and upset the status quo by | | | | through on anything that is said here. You will find it |
| daring to be anything other than what you have | | | | easier to not read these letters than to read them. |
| always been, anything more than merely average or | | | | Nothing is more enticing that postponing success and |
| even below average, they will spring into action. Like | | | | avoiding anything that might bring you closer to it. |
| trained killer Dobermans, they go straight for the | | | | Some people are so numbed out and so beaten |
| jugular vein. They are utterly without mercy. | | | | down by doubt, fear, and uncertainty that they can't |
| This is the only reason why success is not for | | | | even begin to envision a dream for themselves. |
| everyone. You have to be a fierce warrior to | | | | When you ask them what they want from life, they |
| overcome these three inner demons. All the trial and | | | | can't even answer. |
| tribulations you undergo when you dare to do | | | | If you want to succeed in your life, you have to |
| something is because these three sub-ego states are | | | | declare a total war. |
| at war within you. | | | | You have to overcome the mood swings that will |
| The minute you even dare imagine that you might be | | | | first show up. |
| better than you are, they will ridicule you. They will | | | | And if that doesn't stop you, then you have to |
| immediately work on cutting you down to size. | | | | overcome all your bitter memories of failure. |
| Now how they work is very subtle. They work as | | | | And if you still keep going, then you have to ward |
| negative feelings and low moods. You feel physically | | | | off everyone else's disapproval of you. |
| drained. You lack initiative. You experience ennui and | | | | And if you're still on your feet, then you have to deal |
| apathy. Your thoughts get sluggish. They work with | | | | with your sudden high failure rate as you try and |
| the stealth of skilled saboteurs. | | | | master something new and different. |
| Before you know it, you're back on the track...even if | | | | It takes a high level of mastery to excel. It's much |
| it happens to be a rut that is draining you of vitality, | | | | easier to avoid the whole issue. |
| happiness, and dignity. | | | | But if you can make it past all these obstacles, then, |
| Few people achieve success in life-despite the | | | | you'll be as rich, as famous, as learned, or as |
| abundance of knowledge on how to do anything, | | | | powerful as your heart's desire. |
| despite the almost genius-level capability of the | | | | On the journey to success, the will to failure is initially |
| subconscious mind, and despite the resilience of the | | | | much stronger than the will to success. It is like the |
| human body. | | | | gravitational field that exerts tremendous pressure on |
| Now if this is not enough, you also have to contend | | | | a rocket to stay earthbound. Only an opposing force |
| with the doubt, fear, and uncertainty of everyone | | | | of heat and energy can lift the rocket to fly free to |
| who knows you. You are upsetting their reality by | | | | the stars to explore brave new worlds. |
| daring to be different. This is why people who go to | | | | Anyone who is a success in life is truly a hero in the |
| motivational seminars soon lose all their gains within a | | | | finest sense of that word. He or she is the |
| few short weeks. | | | | personification of greatness of character. It is an |
| Between the internal nay-sayers and the external | | | | awesome feat to rise above mediocrity. |