Different goals often have similar success factors. To achieve success at work and, say, in sports, you need the same thing - willpower. But everything else cannot be ignored, so at the beginning of the project, analyze the elements of success and build your own wheel of success. How it's done? As easy as pie.

Write down 5-7 components of success. Let's take cycling as an example. To win, you need the following: equipment, route, physical preparation, psychological preparation, team, money, PR and so on.

Draw a wheel, write down each component and rate it on a scale from 0 to 4, where 0 is terrible and 4 is excellent. Ready. You now have your own wheel of success that clearly shows your strengths and weaknesses.

Your task is to make sure that in all points you have a score of 4 - excellent. In this case, the guarantee of success will be equal to 99%. And in any endeavor.

2. Use an If-Then Plan

The “If, then” plan is very effective in practice. And it's easy to create. You need a plan that takes into account the components of success (we already did this above), obstacles and ways to overcome them. By making a plan, you will create a space for yourself where there are no problems, but only solutions.

This is done simply: in one column with the name "If" you enter the risk, and in the other - "Then ..." - the solution. “If I run out of money, I will take a loan from the bank”, “If I get tired, I will take a vacation for three days”, “If my bike breaks during the race, I will call the support team to bring me a spare”. Just having such a plan creates a positive attitude. Not to mention that you will protect yourself from risks.

When you know what to do in a difficult situation even before the start, this will ensure continuous movement forward. And do not forget that even the most ideal plan needs to be changed, because everything depends on the circumstances. Flexibility is everything.

3. Avoid obstacles

How often do we hear: “Overcome obstacles! Don't give up and keep moving forward." In fact, this is not always necessary. It happens that some barriers are too difficult to take. They just don't suit you. But this is no reason to despair.

The most reasonable solution is to find an alternative. No wonder the saying says that the smart one will not go uphill, the smart one will bypass the mountain. Don't forget about her.

Here is an example from sports. Sometimes bike races last several days. This requires serious preparation, and, which may seem unexpected, competent navigation. This is an important success factor. After all, if you get lost at a distance of 200 kilometers, it will not matter how fast you pedal, because you are not going there at all.

What could be the solution here? Do not spend weeks studying navigation systems, but ask for advice from a person who is well versed in this, or buy a navigator. That's all. The issue is resolved, time is saved, and you are halfway to success. You don't always have to go for a boarding. It is worth thinking about a quiet assault.

4. Work Hard

We are blinded by stories of how people who have been plagued by failure all their lives suddenly become rich and lucky. Today you're a cleaner, tomorrow you're a movie star. In fact, behind 95% of these stories is a lot of work. Happiness rarely falls from the sky, it must be earned.

There is a directly proportional relationship between effort and reward: the harder you work towards your goal, the more you will achieve. So don't let it stop you from taking the first step and meeting the challenges. Yes, you will have to sweat. But isn't the dream worth it?

5. Don't Forget the Law of Diminishing Returns

Decided on the impossible? Fine. Then you must know what barriers you will encounter along the way. One of them, which is often unsettling (if you've ever been on a diet, remember how easy it is at first and hard afterwards) is the law of diminishing returns. The point is simple: the further you advance, the harder it is for you to get better.

If suddenly it becomes harder for you than before, then you are on the right track and much closer to the goal than before. Just don't give up.

6. Measure progress

From time to time, take your wheel of success and apply a new graph to it, reflecting the assessments in all respects: something got worse, something better. Monitor regularly. You will clearly see where progress has been made and changes have occurred compared to what was at the very beginning. You will also see areas without progress and take action in time.

7. Don't give up at the top

There is such a thing as a mountain road to success. Imagine that your goal is a high mountain. To climb to the top, you first walk across the plain (which is not so hard) and see the mountain approaching.

When you come to the foot, it will not be so easy to continue the path - you will need maximum effort. The route will get more and more complicated. As you get closer to the mountain, you will try harder, and the top will seem to move away. Don't worry, it's quite normal.

In this situation, you need to remain calm. When you approached the mountain along a lowland and it seemed that it was within easy reach, you did not take into account the serpentine road. At the foot, the peak seems very close, but in fact, you still have to spend a lot of effort to conquer it. After all, your speed has become less, and the wind is stronger.

So it is with goals in life. Many underestimate the size of the final steps and lose. Be aware of sharp turns and uphills. Then you will not be tempted to abandon the goal at a difficult moment.

Olympian and recognized expert in sports medicine and science, Greg White, in his book Challenge Yourself, talks about how to achieve impossible goals - in sports, business and life.

He is sure that each of us can achieve what others consider impossible. Success is not a fluke, but the result of proper vision, planning and preparation. We have selected for you some of the most interesting thoughts about success from the book.

Success is not accidental

Nobody is guaranteed success. Otherwise, we wouldn't call it a test. Success does not happen by accident. It's not like winning the lottery. You cannot rely on luck, because then success will be as likely as winning the lottery. When we take on a serious challenge, we always calculate the likely outcomes. Of course, often our real expenditure of time and effort does not coincide with the original plans. Success depends on a carefully thought out and planned process, which is accompanied by a number of important actions. Remember: the best way to predict success is to create it.

Great goals are great

The limits of our possibilities rarely depend on objective data. Our abilities often depend on faith in ourselves or faith in us around us. How often do we think about something difficult: “I can never do this”! And even more often, in my experience, we are faced with the distrust of family and friends. They play a decisive role in the fact that we refuse to test before even starting them. "You don't stand a chance!" or “Are you out of your mind?!” - this is the classic reaction of loved ones when we talk to them about a potential test. It is this that leads to the first and most serious obstacle to success. Breaking this barrier is a very important step, and only worth taking if you are armed with the right answers.

There are some trials that you can't do, and you know it. For example, winning an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics if you are over fifty. At this age, you no longer have the necessary physical capabilities. This does not mean that at 50 you cannot win an Olympic gold medal, for example in shooting. Dropping unrealistic goals is a sure step. However, we should not refuse tests without assessing our potential abilities. My advice is simple: do not be afraid of daring tasks. With careful planning and preparation, you can do anything.

Main Questions

People often ask me, "Have you ever turned down a test?" And I answer: "No." Of course, this answer requires an addition. We have already talked about the need to be brave. Long-term goals, however difficult, can be achievable. But the goal becomes unattainable for many reasons, so you need to make sure that your plans are realistic - this is the first step on the road to success. The main reason for the defeat is unrealistic and unattainable goals. Therefore, serious decisions cannot be made on the spur of the moment. Make sure you fully evaluate all terms and conditions.

Questions you must answer.

Is this test important to me?
Do I have time to plan the preparation and conduct of this test?
Do I have the necessary resources to be successful?
Is it really that important?

Answering “yes” to this question is fundamental to future success. “Maybe” or “probably” answers won’t work. As I have noted and will continue to remind you, the road to success is hard work. And your "yes" is a prerequisite for success. And please note, the question is not whether the test itself is important. It must be important to you.

There are difficult times when preparing and implementing a project, when difficult questions are raised over and over again about why you are doing this and whether you can complete what you started. If the test is not important to you, the outcome is inevitably compromised. The cornerstone of our ideas, beliefs and motivation is the meaning of the test. We can change time and resources, but the likelihood of success will be in big question without a sense of the importance of what is happening.

The significance of the test is increased in several ways. For example, in business, this is done through financial incentives or other benefits. For most physical challenges, donating money to charity greatly increases the value of the act. But such awards and prizes should be important for you. After all, not for everyone a large amount of money is important enough to affect the result.

One of the main reasons why people fail at a task is the presence of competing goals (without realizing it). For example, someone loves to eat, but wants to lose weight, and some athletes, while exercising, feel guilty because they do not spend this time with their family. At difficult times, competing tasks slow down or interrupt the progress of one of them. Therefore, you need to make sure that the test is important to you - and this is the first step towards achieving the goal.

Time doesn't wait

Here is the most common excuse for failure that I usually hear: “I didn’t have enough time.” My answer to this statement is always the same (so my father told me): “I should have hurry!” Sounds a bit condescending, but that's how it usually happens. For many of us, lack of time doesn't mean we've been busy. This is usually attributed to two factors: poor time management and organizational errors.

One of the most interesting and accessible experiments on yourself is observing the time during the week. Just try to use the stopwatch on your smartphone for at least one day. And you will discover periods of time that you could be productive. Do not skip anything and record everything: household chores, work, rest time. The road probably takes us a lot of time.

Based on the book "Challenge Yourself"

aim higher

Try something new

Challenge yourself again and again

Every person needs to strive for something. Call it a challenge or a goal, but that's what makes us human. Taking on the challenge, we went from being a caveman to flying to the stars.

By challenging yourself, you grow. Your life is changing. The outlook on the world becomes positive. Achieving your goals isn't always easy, but that doesn't mean you have to give up. Instead, tell yourself, “I can. And I will keep trying until I win."

For me, there are two types of challenge. The first is to do everything in my power at work and at home. The second is the search for adventure. I try to combine both. I'm trying to embrace the immensity. I love looking for new things and new ideas.

I had my first challenge when I was four or five years old and in the summer we went to Devon for a couple of weeks with two aunts and an uncle. When we arrived, I immediately rushed to the beach and stared at the sea. I really wanted to swim, but I couldn't. Aunt Joyce offered me ten shillings if I could learn to swim before the end of our trip. She was a wise woman and she knew that such a bet would turn me on half a turn. I accepted her challenge in full confidence that I would win. Most of the time the sea was rough and the waves high, but I did my best. Day after day I floundered in the water, touching the bottom with one foot. I was blue from the cold, slurping gallons of salt water - but determined to win. Alas, I never learned to swim.

Don't be upset, Ricky, - Aunt Joyce said, reassuring me. - We'll try next year.

I was depressed by the loss and I am sure that by next year my aunt will have forgotten about our bet. When we went home by car, I kept looking out the window. If only I could learn to swim! I hated losing. The day was hot, and in the fifties the roads were very narrow. We were driving quite slowly, and suddenly I saw a river. We have not yet reached the house, which means that the vacation is not over yet! I knew this was my last chance to win.

Stop the car! I yelled.

My parents knew about our bet. Usually they tried not to obey the demands of a five-year-old boy. But then my father, I think, realized how much it meant to me. He pulled over to the side of the road and stopped the car.

Well, what's the matter? he asked, turning to me.

Ricky wants to try again to win ten shillings, - said my mother.

I jumped out of the car, quickly undressed and ran to the river. When I was already at the shore, I became scared. The river seemed deep, and the fast current covered the boulders sticking out of the water. Nearby was a muddy shallow water, where the cows settled down to drink. I decided that from there it would be easier for me to enter the river. Turning around, I saw that everyone was standing nearby, watching me.

Mom smiled and waved at me.

You can do it, Ricky! she called.

Their enthusiastic support and Aunt Joyce's challenge gave me strength. I knew it was now or never. I splashed through the mud and flopped into the water. As soon as I got into the river, I was immediately taken up by the current. I went under water and began to choke. Then I surfaced, and I was carried down the river. Somehow I managed to take a deep breath, relax and stay on the surface. I felt a sudden surge of confidence and knew that I could. I planted one foot on the rock and pushed off. And soon swam. Clumsily, like a dog swam in a circle - but won the bet! Through the sound of the water, I heard the whole family, standing on the shore, cheering me loudly. When I finally crawled ashore, I was completely exhausted, but terribly proud of myself. Through mud and nettles, I somehow crawled to Aunt Joyce. Smiling, she handed me ten shillings.

You're good, Ricky! - she said.

I knew you could,” Mom said, handing me a dry towel.

I also knew and was not going to give up until I proved it.

At school, I didn't care about reading. The lessons became agony because of my dyslexia. The very thought of defeat was disgusting to me, but no matter how hard I fought, reading and writing were given to me with great difficulty. It may seem strange, but it was because of this that I began to dream of the profession of a reporter - a job where you have to read and write all the time. When I found out that a competition for the best essay was announced at my school, I immediately took part in it. I don’t know who was most shocked by my victory. I was a student who was constantly punished for deuces in language and literature. But this student won the essay competition. I was delighted. When he told his mother about his success, she was not at all surprised:

I knew you could win, Ricky.

My mother is one of those people for whom the word "impossible" does not exist. She is convinced that if a person really gets down to business, then nothing is impossible for him.

My success inspired me, and although I was not an outstanding student, from that moment on, things at the school went uphill. I learned to memorize difficult words, and spelling problems became much less. This proves once again that everything can be achieved - but you have to make an effort. I did not stop there and set myself new tasks. Having won an essay competition, he moved on to creating the Student magazine. I wanted to prove that a kid who was constantly punished for not being able to read and write properly could do it.

As I grew older, I took on the increasingly serious challenges of the adult world. He lived at maximum speed and longed for adventure. Danger beckoned me. I have already set a record by flying across the Atlantic for the first time in a hot air balloon with Per. On New Year's Eve 1990, he and I decided to cross the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States. It was a much more dangerous adventure - eight thousand miles over the ocean. Nobody has done this yet.

I spent Christmas on a small island off the coast of Japan, surrounded by family and friends. The landscape was charming and peaceful - it seemed that time had stopped, soft and light fog reigned around. The river carried its waters between the rocks and along the banks, overgrown with willows and bamboo. I watched the fishermen catch fish with the help of trained cormorants. The life of these people seemed so peaceful. Are they happy? Or do they share the same hopes and fears that we all have? Maybe their ancient traditions told them how to come to terms with the passage of time - something that I never managed to do? I wonder what they would say about my constant thirst for movement? I knew only one thing: the challenge that life threw me again and again forced me to move on.

Joan did not want to see me go on another dangerous journey, and it was time for the children to go to school - so I sent the family to London, after which I moved with my parents to the airport, where we were to transfer to the flight to the location of the hot air balloon. On the big TV screens in the waiting room, I saw helicopters picking up a body from the sea. Even without hearing the text, I already knew that this was our rival, the Japanese Fumio Niva. He took off early in the morning in strong winds to get ahead of us, but the shell of his hot air balloon broke and he crashed into the icy sea. Due to a strong storm, they did not manage to save him in time, and he died of hypothermia. It was a shock - after all, just recently I had fun chatting with him.

This tragedy shocked me. But I promised to take part in the flight. Whatever dangers threatened us, I was not going to give up and I was sure that Joan would understand me.

Our plan was to cross the ocean in one of the jet streams that encircle the Earth at an altitude of nine to ten and a half thousand meters. They rush with the power of the river during the flood. The lower, the weaker the wind. Our problem was the height of the giant hot air balloon - more than ninety meters from the top edge of the shell to the capsule. When we get into the jet stream, the top and bottom of the ball will start moving at different speeds, and then anything can happen.

We donned parachutes and strapped into life rafts so that in case of an emergency we would not lose precious time. Then the burners were turned on. We climbed and climbed, and then the top of the shell of the ball entered the lower boundary of the jet stream. It felt like we hit a glass ceiling. We increased the fuel supply to the burners, trying to climb higher, but the wind was so strong that it still drove us down. We gave some more fuel - and finally broke through. The upper part of the shell immediately rushed forward, picked up by a powerful jet. She flew at a speed of two hundred kilometers per hour. The capsule continued to move at a speed of forty kilometers per hour. It seemed like a thousand horses were dragging us in different directions. It was too high to skydive, and we were afraid that the balloon would break in two and the heavy capsule would crash into the ocean.

But at the last moment, she also broke through the "glass ceiling", and the hot air balloon straightened up.

I was struck by the fury and power of the jet stream and the fact that we broke through the barrier - and survived. I was seized by a feeling of wild and frightening delight - we are alone in all this vast space. Reality seemed absolutely ephemeral and no more tangible than the air, which was literally our only support.

We flew at a wild speed - much faster than we could have imagined. Seven hours later, it was time to dump the first empty fuel tank. It seemed to us that it was safer to do this, leaving the jet stream - for sure we did not know anything, because everything was new to us. We turned off the burners and began to descend into a quieter area. The capsule immediately began to slow down, but the hot air balloon itself still rushed forward. With the help of a video camera mounted on the bottom of the capsule, we clearly saw the seething waves of an ominous gray ocean seven and a half kilometers below us. I wondered if we were destined to end our flight there in the water.

Per pressed the empty-tank release button, and the pod immediately pitched sharply. I fell on Per, and all the things in the cabin slid towards us. We were horrified to discover that not only an empty tank, but also two full ones, fell off one side. Each of them weighed a ton. The roll became even stronger, the balance was disturbed. In addition, we now had too little fuel to adjust the flight altitude and find the wind in the right direction. We realized that we can no longer fly to the States. Feeling lighter by three tons at once, the hot air balloon soared up sharply. We hit the jet stream with such speed that the bullet broke through the "glass ceiling" and continued to rise. Per blew some of the air out of the shell, but we still flew higher and higher.

We were warned that the glass dome of the capsule would explode at an altitude of thirteen kilometers, and our eyes and lungs would be vacuumed out of our bodies. At an altitude of twelve thousand three hundred meters we entered the unknown. As if hypnotized, they looked at the altimeter needle, which rose to a frightening mark of twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty meters. We had no idea what would happen next. Now we were at an altitude at which not only any hot air balloon, but also most aircraft had never flown. Finally, the air in the shell cooled, and we began to fall. We again watched the altimeter needle creeping - this time in the opposite direction. We really didn't want to burn precious fuel, but in order to stop the fall, we had to do it. We could not land in the ocean, because there was no one there to save us.

We could last another thirty hours with almost no fuel. But in order to reach the ground, we had to fly faster than is generally possible on a hot air balloon. It was necessary to constantly be exactly in the center of the jet stream - and this seemed impossible.

The last straw was the loss of radio contact. We've been in the air for many hours now, and Per is exhausted. He lay down and immediately fell into a dead sleep. I was on my own. I do not believe in God, but that day it seemed to me that some kind of guardian angel was helping us. We started to speed up. I was sure it was a dream. We covered one hundred and thirty kilometers per hour, then three hundred, three hundred and forty, and finally - four hundred kilometers per hour! It was a miracle.

I felt exhausted and drugged, but since Per was asleep, I had to keep my watch. When I saw strange flashing lights on the surface of the glass dome, I thought I was seeing spirits. Finally it dawned on me: they were burning clods of frozen fuel flying past the capsule. It was minus seventy outside. If such a flaming boulder hits the dome, it will immediately explode.

Per! I yelled. - Wake up! We're on fire!

Per immediately woke up. He immediately understood what needed to be done.

Raise the balloon to the level of twelve kilometers, there is almost no oxygen, he said. - The fire will stop.

We went up, and the flaming fuel continued to fly down. We passed our previous high of 12,750 meters and continued to climb. At an altitude of 12,900 I was sure that the capsule would explode, and I already imagined how the vacuum would rip out my eyes and lungs, turning them into bloody jelly, like in a horror movie. To my great relief the fire went out and we started down again. But the precious fuel was used up. Suddenly, the radio came on. The voice said: “War has begun in the Persian Gulf. The Americans are bombing Baghdad." It seemed strange, as if reality itself was torn in two: we were on the border with space, and a war had begun on Earth. Our ground crew radioed that the jet stream we were in was changing direction and turning back towards Japan. We had to immediately descend into another jet stream, which was heading towards the Arctic, but at a much slower speed. In order to reach the ground, we could not fly slower than three hundred kilometers per hour - twice as fast as anyone before. We descended to five and a half thousand meters and entered a slow jet stream moving from the south. When we were already thinking that we would have to prepare for a jump into the ocean, the ground service informed us that we had entered the jet stream in the direction we needed. In a narrow strip at an altitude of nine thousand meters, we rushed for hours in a tilted capsule at a fantastic speed of three hundred and thirty kilometers per hour. Finally we landed in a blizzard on a frozen lake in the very north of Canada, a deserted area two hundred times the size of Britain.

We unscrewed the manhole cover and climbed out. We hugged and danced a jig in the snow. The silvery shell of our hot air balloon fell on the tops of the pines and was torn to shreds by the wind. Suddenly we realized: the capsule will not explode, but it is minus sixty outside. If we don't get inside, we'll probably get frostbite. We crawled into the capsule and I made contact with the air service.

We have arrived. Arrived. Alive and healthy.

We landed on some lake surrounded by trees.

This is a frozen lake, - the Canadian who spoke was calm and laconic. - Don't fail. The only problem is that there are about eight hundred thousand lakes in this area, and even more trees.

We had to sit in the capsule for eight hours. Per froze his foot, and I froze my finger. We snuggled up to each other half asleep, destroyed all our food supplies, trying to save at least a crumb of warmth, and a blizzard raged around our capsule. We landed five hundred kilometers from the nearest habitation and two hundred and fifty kilometers from the nearest road.

Eventually we heard the dull roar of helicopter blades. The noise got louder and louder, and then the helicopter made a circle and landed next to us.

The flight to Yellowknife took four hours. We landed on a tiny airfield. Bending over, we ran across the snow-covered field to the hangar. The whirlwind nearly knocked us off our feet as we opened the door and tumbled inside.

There were Will Whitehorn, corporate director of the Virgin Group, mother, father, Pera's wife Helen, and some other people from Yellowknife. At first, I didn’t recognize anyone at all: everyone was wearing strange oversized suits with bright red jackets and heated pants. When we appeared on the threshold, everyone greeted us joyfully.

Grab a cold beer! Will yelled. - That's all we have!

Per and I opened the bottles and sprayed everyone around with foam.

You did! Mom said.

But this is the last time, - said the father.

What are you talking about? Per said jokingly. - Next time we will fly around the world. If the fuel tanks hadn't exploded, we'd be over England by now!

I laughed. But I already knew that I could not resist this challenge. A couple of years later, we actually made such an attempt.

Just before the flight across the Pacific, my daughter Holly sent me a fax from London. She wrote: “I hope you don’t have to get on the water and have an accident. I wish you a successful land landing."

A perfect metaphor for my entire life. I'm lucky. So far, almost all of my landings have been successful. I believe writer and mountaineer James Ullman summed up the problem precisely when he said, “Challenge is the cause and driving force behind all human endeavors. If there is an ocean, we will cross it. If there is a disease, we will cure it. If there is injustice, we will correct it. If there is a record, we will beat it. And if there is a peak, we will conquer it.”

I fully agree with him and I am convinced that we should always challenge ourselves.

R. Branson

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And you work and work, and the exhaust is zero ... No money, no loving relationships, no good work. The secret is on the surface - people are challenging themselves every day, pushing the boundaries of their comfort, and you are not. Challenge is proof that you are capable of achieving something. The hardest challenge is to challenge yourself.

Background of the challenge to yourself

All that a person receives is the gratitude of the universe for the fact that he is struggling with his fears, bad thoughts, unwillingness to think about his personal life scenario. The one who challenges others, challenges himself, connects, in addition to squeezing knowledge, intuition, creativity, emotions, goes beyond the usual comfort consciously. There is a chain "he can - he will change - he will change the world."

Imagine a situation. You want something, for example, to become richer or develop a certain skill, but you refuse, because it’s not in the subject, there is no information, you don’t know who to turn to, you don’t know how. At this moment, you feel like something inside of you is resisting. Desire says, "Do it." And the brain screams: “I'm afraid! It’s scary/unprofitable/dangerous!”

You feel dissatisfaction because of your cowardice and unrealized goal, spoil your mood and life, deepening this pit of dissatisfaction with yourself every day. So, challenge yourself and conquer yourself!

What will start when you challenge yourself

You have set a goal for yourself, so you get up a couple of hours earlier, discard unimportant things and focus only on priority tasks. You work more efficiently to achieve the goal you need - voila! You have pumped new qualities in yourself, you have become better, more successful, smarter than others. But this is what you will come to only if you overcome all obstacles.

Obstacle #1. Agreements with oneself

"Who else will pity me, except me?" Everyone feels sorry for you - years go by, and you still have the same job / position / unloved wife or husband / skinny wallet / uncleaned shoes. People compare you with themselves and understand that they have gone further and higher from you - and feel sorry for you. So don't feel sorry for yourself and don't whine. Pity and cowardice are useful energy that you directed to ineffective actions. Didn't get the desired result? Put the stigma "Spent. With pity."

Obstacle #2. I can't do it, I don't know

If someone can do it, then you can too. Steve Jobs, Salvador Dali and Mother Teresa are few such people. Therefore, everything that neither Jobs nor Dali could do, you can too. The higher the obstacle that you overcome, the stronger you pump, the better and more accurate your skills. Everything you have achieved is the result of conquering inner discomfort.

Obstacle #3. I'm fine as it is

If you do nothing, nothing changes. It is foolish to expect improvements in life without making an effort. You will not have the necessary skill, like Neo from The Matrix. Even though he had to take action. Which means you need to do something. To lose weight - go to the gym or do yoga, get a new profession - learn yourself or take the experience of others. Do you want to sit in a quiet swamp? Sit. But while you sit idly by, others are working on themselves. And the distance between them and you grows every day.

Obstacle #4. Life is long

Life has already begun. It started from your birth. And every day it gets shorter. Imagine what you will say to curious grandchildren when they ask you what you did when you were young? I was waiting for it to somehow improve on its own”? Exactly - LOS! You have to live in such a way that it takes your breath away - after all, you dream about it when you watch movies and read books about the lives of successful and rich people. This is only possible if you challenge yourself.

What challenge can you make yourself today?

Blindfold, close your mouth or plug your ears. Go without a particular sense organ for at least half a day. You will see that you do not know how to communicate with others to the fullest. You will understand that you do not know how to live in harmony with yourself, you do not know how to ask for help and receive it from others without screaming and resentment. You will receive pockets full of insights - you will understand what needs to be eradicated in yourself, and what to praise for.

Put on an anti-bite bracelet on your wrist for 30 days. Do not complain, do not swear, do not yell at others, do not discuss or judge. Broke - change the bracelet to the other hand and start the countdown again. If you wish, come up with another way - for each breakdown, give someone irrevocably what you have collected, what is dear to you.

You will realize that it is not really anyone else, but in many cases it is you who creates scandals, gossip and resentment. You are a generator of evil and bad mood. If you live 30 days with a bracelet on the same hand, you will notice how it has become easier. And this is all because you managed to abandon the personal projection of petty grievances on others, turned the external “kick” into an internal stimulus.

Surprise your loved one every day. Tiny. One, but every day. For 30 days without expecting anything in return. You will immediately see that in fact it is not he / she that is harmful and capricious and not caring, but you! You are not able to give up your ego and make life more pleasant for your soul mate. You cannot sincerely surround him / her with care without “what are you doing to me?”.

In general, for thirty days, do anything - sing, buy chocolates, trinkets, suddenly kiss, do not scold, apologize for your stupid whims, dance stripteases, take dates, give flowers, put notes with hearts and wishes in your pockets. You will see how your loved one and his attitude towards you will change.

Do good and throw it into the "water". Kindness is a benefit to others. You are able to know yourself every day, accumulating new thoughts, feelings, emotions, impressions, knowledge, skills in any area of ​​life. Digitize and throw into the "water", i.e. in the social network. Let your friends and colleagues see.

Remember, they don't care about the number of thoughts and cups of coffee they drink. They care about the quality of the thoughts and the conclusions that you came to with these cups. How these insights will help them make their lives better, brighter and easier. Every day is a step out of your comfort zone, a deliberate effort of the brain, and an increase in your personal value. The more useful you are to others, the higher your value in your eyes and in the eyes of others. The greater the return of the universe for it.

You will suddenly realize that every day you think about different thoughts from different angles - and every day is full of details. Your life will suddenly be filled with meaning and that unique idea will be born that will help you eventually become rich, famous, harmonious, real.

Feel the drive. Every day, remember what you are afraid of, what unbalances you, upsets you - and go towards it. If you don't like the smell of tobacco smoke, politely ask the person with the cigarette to move away from you. The boorish behavior of others is annoying - even if your heart goes to your heels, stop the boors, but politely. It is scary to approach a stranger - start a conversation with him, you can even say that you are afraid. People will understand and appreciate the power of the spirit. Fighting every day with "tigers" - fears, one day you will feel the already familiar drive - and stop being afraid. Strengthen your feelings, learn to live now and to the fullest.

Develop your intuition. Knowledge is what destroys the current generation. We live in information, we accumulate it, but at the same time we forget about our sensory experience. Pumping intuition helps to gain experience in different directions at once, turn brains around, turn off the internal editor, which forbids you to be free, funny, brave, real.

Be different every day, watch people's reactions, listen to your body and inner voice - choose clothes that are unusual for you, turn off certain senses, eat with your eyes closed / run down the street / play with children.

If you stop internally resisting these mini-challenges, you will see that you already know what you want from life in general and at this moment, from yourself and from people. And your desire to follow the external noise hides the truth from you.

Instead of all words - Nick Vuychich. A man who was born without arms and legs, he could not commit suicide, because he realized that the mission of such a life of his is to give others hope - everyone can do more than he thinks. Nick has been successful and inspired thousands of other people. You already have more today than he had at the start.

Fear goes away with doing. So just get involved. Challenge yourself - be a miracle for yourself and others. Challenge yourself right now.

Olympian and recognized expert in sports medicine and science talks about how to achieve impossible goals - in sports, business and life.

Greg White, an Olympian and European and World Championships medalist, learned from an early age that the biggest obstacle in life is people who say, “No, you can't do it.”

But in fact, each of us can achieve what others consider impossible. Success is not a fluke, but the result of proper vision, planning, and preparation. Professor White in his book shares the techniques and knowledge that turn ordinary people into elite athletes - and can help you too. Bright examples and stories, expert advice, visual diagrams and diagrams show how to apply them:

• In life - from the fight against excess weight to reducing anxiety;
• In business, through maximizing the potential of your team;
• And in sports - from a 10-kilometer race to extreme endurance competitions.

Don't take no for an answer. This book will help you make the impossible possible.

From the intro

David Walliams:

Whatever you do, I beg you, do not read this book. Take it back to the store and ask for your money back. Burn her. Bury her. It might even be better to burn it and then bury it, just to be sure.

Ten years ago, I was a fat-cheeked comedian, well known for cross-dressing on television, who constantly said, "Hello, I'm a lady." And then I met Professor Greg White. For some strange reason, he decided he could coach me for a cross-Channel swim. “It's only about 35 kilometers, and it will take eleven or twelve hours,” he said. “Is the water warm?” I asked. “Hot as in a bathtub!” he replied with a smile, “fifteen degrees!” Given the BBC cameras and charitable causes, I realized that I could not refuse.

In the fall of 2005, Professor Greg White began to coach me. And I'm one of those who never managed to get a Boy Scout badge, it's almost impossible for me. However, in the summer of 2006, I swam the English Channel in record time and received a million pounds, half of which I gave to charity. When I was scrubbing grease in Dover Harbor, I thought, “Thank God, I will never do this again!”

Who is this book for?

For anyone who sets super-ambitious goals and wants to have a plan of action to achieve them.

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