How you became successful overnight ?

I get asked this question a lot…
 

Over the course of a few short years, I went from sleeping on my brother’s couch with only $14.67 to my name (less than that if you take my massive credit card debt into account) to running a multiple six figure business, living on the beach, and doing work that I LOVE.
 

It hasn’t been an easy road.

But just because it hasn’t been easy doesn’t mean it hasn’t been simple…

There is an old saying that success leaves clues

And that’s certainly been true in my life.

Here are the five things that have given me the greatest success in life.

1. A Commitment to Massive Self Education/Investing in Myself

When I quit my management job in corporate, I didn’t have any real business skills.

I didn’t know the first thing about building a company online or creating anything truly impactful on the internet.

And so I committed to learning.

I literally maxed out my credit cards flying across the country to different seminars and events.

I hired a professional coach.

I read countless books and took dozens of expensive online courses.

I committed myself to massive self education and it has paid for itself 100X over.

2. I Committed to My Health and Fitness

 When it comes to optimizing their lives, people will often save their health and fitness for last.
 

They work hard to make money, they bust their asses to get into that dream relationship, they even work on their spirituality… But they won’t work on their health.

I was like this for a long time and always assumed that I didn’t have time to take care of my health.
 

I would stay up late working on my business, skip the gym to take calls with clients, and drink enough coffee to stimulate the entire state of California.

But then I realized that I had it all wrong.
  

By not prioritizing my health and fitness I was actually damaging my performance in every other area of life.

Now, I train 4 times a week, ride my bike on the beach daily, and eat a diet that consists of 90% whole food.

My energy, performance, and business have all flourished as a result.
 

3. I Surrounded Myself with the Right People
 

     My company, would not be what it is without the team that I have around me.
 

For the longest time, I held onto being a “Solopreneur”.

I avoided making any big hires.

I tried to do it all by myself.

And it worked fine… For a while.
 

But then I got stuck, couldn’t generate any more revenue, or grow my business the way that I wanted to.

And so I decided to start building a team of A+ players all around me, and it’s made all the difference.
 

In life and business, you are only as good as your team.

If you don’t have the right people around you, your performance will suffer.

You are the average of the five people you associate with most. Always remember this and be careful who you let into your circle.
   

4. I Developed the Ability to Cultivate Internal Validation

One of the hardest things about becoming successful is that there are always going to be haters.
 

My family, friends, and even significant others thought that I was crazy for quitting my cushy job and starting a business.

And it was hard.
 

I used to crave external validation, I needed someone to tell me that I was enough… That I mattered.
 

But as I developed myself and grew and invested in my personal growth, I realized that the only person from whom I need validation is myself.

That’s it.

I chose myself.
 

I no longer ask permission, I don’t ask people how I am doing (unless they are my mentors), I don’t try to make others happy.

I let go of the need to please others and instead focus on pleasing myself and making an impact in the world.

And it has made all the difference.
 

5. I Ignore 99% of the Advice that I Got But Took MASSIVE Action on the 1% That Made Sense
 

Soooooooooo many people tried to tell me what I should do when I started my business.
 

And so many people were completely full of crap.

It’s not that they didn’t love me or weren’t well intentioned.

It’s just that they didn’t really know what the hell they were talking about.
 

I’ve realized that if someone doesn’t have exactly the results that you want in an area of your life, then you shouldn’t listen to their advice… Period.
 

I became incredibly selective about who I took advice from and because of this, I was able to build a multiple six (bordering on seven) figure business in only 3 and a half short years.

-Andrew Ferebee

{ Blogger's Note : It takes time, Be patient and learn from your own mistakes and especially from mistakes of others and Success leaves clues. Modify the path and make the one that suits you. keep Learning  }