Everyone is trying to sell you the fastest way to personal development. Whether the goal is to lose 20 pounds, get a body as shredded as an anatomy illustration, or become successful in your business, they tell you it can be done "in only 2 weeks!" Or that all it'll take is "just 15 minutes a day!" Qualities that realistically require a lifetime of devoted effort and sacrifice, now can supposedly be had without any hassle at all. Hogwash. Nothing worth accomplishing is either easy or quick. The truth is, anyone who says differently is trying to sell you something, and it's called snake oil. Buy it and all you'll end up with is a thinner wallet and a garage filled with almost-never-used quick-fix products.

We've become so used to the fallacy that growth of any kind is easily and quickly obtainable, that we become frustrated when we find that it's difficult and actually takes quite a good bit of time. I just love it when a ripped to the bone model is shown using some piece of exercise equipment and the voiceover indicates that you can look like that guy or girl by using their machine for just a few minutes a day. They don't tell you that the model on display has had to starve themselves to look like that. You can exercise and grow muscle all you want; if you don't seriously cut the fat out of your diet, the new muscle will remain hidden under a deep layer of lard. Then there are the fad diets that will help you lose bucketfuls of extra weight in 2 weeks. The man behind the curtain, to whom they'd like you to pay no attention, is the reality that you will gain that weight back, and then some. The truth is, real, worthwhile growth takes a lifetime of slow, steady effort. The best writers learned their craft slowly and with lots and lots of practice. The same is true of the best actors, the bestwhatever. It all takes time and work. You have to be in it, as they say, for the long haul.

How often have you felt frustrated a lack of results? How often have you become impatient in your efforts, growing more and more convinced with each passing day that you're trying in vain? How many times have you thought, I'm not getting anything out of this. It's easy to feel that you're not getting anywhere, and we often feel that our time is being wasted if results don't jump up and smack us in the face every day. So, how often have you felt this way? My goal is to help you understand a principle that will help you persist until you prevail.

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