If You Hear These, Don't Believe Them.
Imagine you’ve just won an opportunity to go backstage, meet you favorite artist face to face. What would you do? What would you say? How would you act? You are in the presents of greatness.
You collect you thoughts, and decide to have an engaging conversation about what it takes to become a star. How do you get there, what it is like, and what advice you can get to help along the way.
This is the problem. People at the top generally don’t want any competition from you or anyone else. They are not going to tell you how to get there. They want the spotlight only on themselves. So to be polite, they tell you absolute lies to throw you off the tracks.
This article will help you spot 10 of the lies that Super Achievers tell. Don’t be fooled by these lies, no matter what form they may take. There are certain truths that a real Super Achiever must face to make it to the top of their game. And don’t let anyone tell you differently.
The path is not always easy, and hard work is absolutely involved. But if you really want to get there, you can.
You moment in the sun has arrived. You are face-to-face with your idol, and the first question you ask is “How do you put on a show like that?”
Here’s how you spot lie number1. It sounds something like this:
Lie No. 1: “That wasn't so hard, anyone can do what I do”.
If that were true, why isn’t everyone else doing it? Because what Super Achievers do is, in fact, extremely hard. It is not easy to perfect your skills and talents.
To rise to the top of your class is not easy at all. Most people want to take the easy route. But to be a Super Achiever is not always easy.
So, if someone tells you that anyone can do it, that’s not necessarily true. If you’re willing to get through the hard times, you can make it to the top.
Having the discipline to stay focused is the hard part.
Lie No. 2: “What I do is a gift from God. I was just born with it. It just comes naturally”.
Although, it may be true that the desire to do a certain skill may be inspired by God, working on that skill until it’s perfected does not come naturally. We humans are creatures of habits.
Left to our own devices, we are inclined to only do what’s necessary to survive. Working on perfecting a skill, or a craft takes more than natural inclination.
It takes continuous learning, consistent practice, and determination. It starts with learning the fundamentals until they become second nature to you.
Then, you put those fundamentals to use by consistently practicing them day after day.
Lie No. 3: “I hate to practice.”
This lie sounds appealing to most people, because that may be true for most. But for the Super Achiever, it may have started that way, but after time, you quickly realize that practice is the most important activity you can do. Practice is what prepares you for future success. You are in the game when you practice.
Yes, you make lots of mistakes, but you correct them, and continue practicing some more. Musicians do it, actors do, football teams do, and Super Achievers in any arena do it. Practice is the heart of all greatness. The more you do it, the greater you will become at your craft.
True, you may start out hating to practice, but you will quickly learn to love it, because you will love the results it brings.
Not only will you notice how good you are becoming, others will notice also. That’s when it becomes fun to practice.
Practice truly pay off.
Lie No. 4: “It's not the winning or losing that counts, but how you play the game”.
As noble as this statement sounds, to Super Achievers, it’s simply not true. The most important thing to a Super Achiever is winning. It’s the desire to be the best that motivates any Super Achiever in any field.
To a champion, his mind is set to win. Obviously playing by the rules is that hallmark of a champion, and playing by the rules is winning. But the strong motivation to win is always on the mind of the Super Achiever.
Losing is not fun, no matter what. No one likes to lose. The Super Achiever even uses the fear of losing as a motivator to win. What happens when you are on the football field, and look at the score board to see you are losing by seven points? Your fear of losing pumps your adrenaline to over achieve on every play until you score.
The truth is, winning is the thing that does really mater to a Super Achiever.
Lie No. 5: “Stick and stones can brake my bones but words will never hurt me.”
It may be hard to believe, but Super Achievers have a keen sensitivity to what people say. More so than most, because the mass approval of the crowds can determine success or failure.
It does hurt when people are insulting, and overly critical of what you do. It takes its toll on the Super Achiever, probably, more than any other type of person. But will it completely devastate, or destroy the desire to move forward? Absolutely not.
The Super Achiever gets criticized by many all the time. It’s what people do when you are in the spotlight. But as long as that criticism is out flanked by mass approval, the Super Achiever looks at it as, the price of doing business.
The truth is that most Super Achiever are more critical of themselves than any outsider can. Because they care more. They want to be the very best. So negative words do hurt, but they will never stop the true Super Achiever from moving forward.
Lie No. 6: “Money isn't that important to me. I love what I do so much, I would do it for free”
This lie is one that sounds so good, it’s almost believable. Most Super Achiever do love what they do. They have to love the overall aspects of what they do in order to endure all the frustrations that comes their way. But, going out on the limb of saying they would do it for free, that’s just not true.
If the money really didn’t matter, they would start a charity to really allow them to do, “Do it for free”.
The every Super Achiever you meet loves making money, sometimes more than they love performing. Money is the great motivator. No Super Achiever would do what they do for free.
They may do a free giveaway every now and then. But that’s it. Money is at the root of all achievement. Don’t pay a performer, and it doesn’t take long to find out how important money really is.
Lie No. 7: “I did it all by myself”.
Know that when someone says this, it’s an absolute lie. No Superstar in any field makes it on their own. There is always a team of people in their corner making the magic happen. Playing all the roles yourself, to become great, is impossible to do all alone.
It may be lonely spending countless hours practicing at something, and it may be a lonely road on the Super Achiever’s journey, but you will need a support team. These are the people who are not in the spotlight, but are vitally import to your success.
Friends, family, colleagues, fans, they all play a part in anyone’s life who has achieved any level of accomplishment. Truthful Super Achievers will all tell you that it takes a team to win the big game. No one makes it on their own.
Lie No. 8: “Don't treat me any different than anyone else. I'm not that special”.
Super Achiever are not like anyone else, because they have learned to master something most people can’t. And, even if they say they are not special, the truth is, they love the acknowledgement that they are outstanding from the crowd.
Super Achievers love feeling special. Wouldn’t you? Everyone wants to stand out from the crowd. Accomplishing something great gives you that chance. So, acknowledge great achievement, when you see it in others. They may not tell you, but it will mean a lot.
It takes years to master any task to the point of becoming outstanding in it. So, the special acknowledgment for hard work is definitely in order.
Lie No. 9: “I am where I am because of my fans.”
No true. The Super Achiever shines because of the work that was done to perfect a talent, skill, or craft. The Fans aren’t responsible for their long hours of had work, for the endless practice sessions that make for greatness. The Super Achiever did that.
The truth is that the Super Achiever is on top because they perfected something that appealed to the largest audience. That audience bought tickets to watch the Super Achiever perform, and that’s how the frame and fortune comes.
The fans play a great part, but the Super Achiever really deserves the credit. It all starts with the dedication and hard work of the Super Achiever
Lie No. 10: “I don't pay attention to what others in my field are doing. I'm too busy competing against myself.”
Last but not least is this statement about competition. It is true that Super Achiever compete daily against themselves, the truth of the matter is they are constantly scoping their competition.
Competition plays a key roll in the achievement of a Super Achiever because winning requires one to exploit your competition’s weaknesses. To find those weaknesses, you have to intently pay attention to the competition. Not just a casual observance. You have to sturdy them intensely.
Getting the win comes by getting that edge on the completion. Yes, competing against yourself will help you discover areas of improvement, but you still need to pay attention to your competitors.