Eighty percent of success is showing up. ~Woody Allen
Every time I would see this quote my mind would ask, what makes up the other 20% of success? I personally believe it’s facing and overpowering your fears.
But, before we talk more about the 20% let’s take a look at what might be included in the 80%. When you show up, and this can be for anything in your life, along with you comes all your education, your knowledge, your experience, your ability to think and make choices, your skills, and even your unique talents. Everything that makes you the person that you are.
You have practically everything you need to succeed. If you put together a list of all these attributes that you already possess, you’d probably be amazed at all you bring to the table. The only thing that you don’t have inherent in you, is the ability to overpower your own fears and use the 80% to successfully do what you want and need to do.
Think about this for a moment, fear is not real. So by letting the negative delusional thoughts in your mind generate fear, and then allowing that fear to stop you from using the 80% of you that would guarantee your success, doesn’t make much sense. Am I right?
What do you think?
Best to you always,
Michael
If just showing up means being fully prepared, showing up on time, dressed appropriately and in a fully present mental state, then yes, I agree with the 80%. What makes or breaks a deal is what you say and do in the meeting.
If you are in a state of fear, you are at risk of being defensive and unconfident which are toxic in any interaction.
Michael:
Great article and timely for me.
I have been part of several different groups, some for many years, but it is time for me to move on from a few of them. Several of them because it is time to allow others to take leadership roles, whiles others because I need to focus on personal ROI of my time.
My fears? Rejection, loss of contact, retaliation, non-acceptance if/when I return or visit, being judged,etc. In reality, I can still maintain contact those I want to out of context of the group.
One of the ways I am using to determine my options is my ROI from the group. Am I in this group for fun, business, just to make me feel better about myself or worse yet, am I ‘hiding’ from something else? Sometimes we can be ‘busy’ all the time with something when in reality we are avoiding doing what we should be.
Brings to mind one of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits (and my favorite): Begin with the end in mind. If one applies this to any activity in relation to one’s goals, the answer should be obvious.