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The Winning Thought Process #2

I just finished reading Losing My Virginity - by Richard Branson again. It is a very good book and makes you realize more than anything that if you simply have the right mindset you can achieve anything. Richard Branson lived on the edge of constant failure for more than 20 years while building the Virgin Group which was basically started on a payphone and some free shop space in a not-so-great area of town for the first Virgin music store.

Someone noticed me reading it the other day and I commented on how Richard Branson "just did it" when most people would worry about things and do nothing. No matter how much I tried to explain how he got started and struggled all she could see was that today, almost 30 years later he is rich. She could not make the connection that she could actually achieve the exact same thing if she "just did it" the same way Richard Branson did.

Again, this is the key difference between those who win and those who don't. Quite simply it is all in the thought process and how you frame things. If you never take a risk it will not guarantee that you will never fail but it will also guarantee that you will never win big.

It reminds me of a quote I keep on my desk at all times:

"Some people succeed because they are destined to but most succeed because they are determined to."

Posted by David on March 24, 2007 11:05 AM|Permalink

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