Ed Mylett On Why You Quit Right Before It Works
In a Nutshell
Most people quit right before success hits because they can't perceive how close they actually are. The key is committing to "one more" rep, call, day, or uncomfortable conversation—building compound progress that eventually breaks through, while operating from vision rather than past memory. Your greatest setbacks actually qualify you to help others and create the self-respect needed to deserve the success you're building.
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Most people want to be happy, rich, to contribute, and to have beautiful memories. The issue is depth perception—people think their vision is further away than it actually is. Because they believe it's so far away, they create patterns and behaviors that perpetually keep it there.
The truth is that you're one relationship away, one meeting away, one conversation, one podcast, one interview, one new thought, one new emotion, one new tactic or strategy away from completely changing the trajectory of your life. Everyone who has succeeded did so through one decision, one meeting, one extra rep, or one more phone call that changed their trajectory.
After double hernia surgery, waking up every morning expecting full healing created the feeling that healing was 80% away. This obsession with how far away the goal was caused missing the 1% change since yesterday—the reduced nerve pain and increased flexibility.
When you live with an expectation that these "one mores" exist, the reticular activating system filters them into your awareness. You develop sensory acuity, hearing conversations you weren't hearing before and seeing opportunities you previously missed. When something becomes important to you and you believe it to be true, the RAS goes to proving it for you.
Ed's father was an alcoholic who tried to get sober many times. During a drive to a baseball game, his father pulled the car over, crying, and said he was going to try to get sober "one more time." After rehab, when asked if he would never drink again, his father replied: "I can't promise you that. I can promise you I'm not going to drink for one more day at a time." He stayed sober for the rest of his life by stacking those one more days.
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