The Simplest Rule Of Success

May 17th, 2007

Rules govern our lives in almost every situation. There are church rules, social rules, and business rules that are supposed to be followed in order for you to achieve whatever it is you’re looking for.

Whether you follow the rules or not is completely up to you, and it’s obvious that a lot of people don’t follow the rules. That’s not necessarily a bad thing if you’re doing it for the right reasons, but in the case of sticking to the following rule - you should make it a point to ingrain it in the back of your head and live by it every single day.

The Rule of Progression For Success

If you really want to become successful in whatever area of life you’re trying to improve, you must learn that without constantly tweaking your approach to make it a better one, you are going to have a very hard time progressing.

There’s a phenomenon that occurs in the beginning of any type of new venture in which you see major changes at first, followed by a lull in action. For example, when you first start a strength-building program it’s very common to see increases of 20% or more in the first month. However, once your body re-adapts itself to the stimulus it then slows down progress - which leads to frustration. This is the point where most people quit.

The reason most people lift for years and never seem to get very much stronger is because they don’t follow the rule of progression.

Progression is the key to succeeding in anything you want to achieve in life. Whether it’s perfect health, financial independence, amazing relationships, or happiness that can only be described as pure bliss. You must start at the beginning and progress to the final goal.

The key to progression is making sure you have an ultimate goal in mind, and tracking your progress along the way to make sure you keep pushing yourself to hit higher limits.

For example, my first “major” goal in getting my own financial independence was getting to $300/month of passive income. Once I hit that, I assessed the situation and looked at opportunities that I could utilize in order to hit my next major goal, which is $500/month.

I realized that I could continue to build www.crazyfortea.com which is bringing me the most money, start something else on the internet, perform technical analysis on stocks to gain capital to fund another investment, or do real estate.

From there I realized that I was the most comfortable with doing things online. Although I’m by no means a “techie” I can usually figure things out without too much difficulty. I think I’m a decent writer (hopefully you agree ), and I enjoy writing - so that was my choice.

After I realized I could most likely do the best with another online venture, I decided to start this blog. I was going to strictly work on my other website but I realized that if I was more strict about my time I could manage to own both. Although it’s not making me income yet, in the future I’m going to slowly be adding monetization models to the website so it creates yet another revenue stream for me.

My girlfriend mentioned to me recently that she’s noticed a big improvement in our relationship since I started this blog, so to me that’s worth much more than money can bring. In essence I’m progressing my happiness, relationships, and finances with one venture!

As long as you can track your progress, you can progress in anything you do. If you are trying to lift a certain amount of weight make sure that at each workout you add another pound, another rep, less time between sets, or any other factor that increases what you’ve done compared to your last workout.

If you’re trying to improve happiness, seek to find more and more things that make you happy and be around those things more often. Go for more walks, do more hobbies, tell your girlfriend/wife she is beautiful, learn to meditate, or whatever else would make you more happy.

Each day of your life, you either progress or decline. You only have a certain number of days on earth so in my eyes, stagnant days are declining days because nothing was accomplished or improved.

Make it a point in your life to progress in something every single day, even if it’s just by a fraction of a percentage. The only way to obtain your perfect life is by constant progression - until you finally reach your ultimate goal and live the life of your dreams.

So how do YOU track your own progression in life?

Your perfect life awaits,

Jeremy

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