{"id":140553,"date":"2021-11-04T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=140553"},"modified":"2022-11-11T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:39:08","slug":"success-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/success-in-2022","title":{"rendered":"7 Steps to Hit an Impossible Target in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are not aiming high enough.<\/b> I hate to break it to you, but you are simply not aiming high enough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You, just like everyone else, are conditioned to play it safe. You are conditioned to settle. And while we are all attracted to the big, shiny objects, we often find more acceptance and camaraderie in being average. Being average is not lonely. Sadly, you\u2019ll get a lot more attention and support for being mediocre, struggling, and failing than you will find in the pursuit of greatness.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the surface, being average seems OK. But if you dig a little deeper, being average is painful. It really is. Having to budget and spend energy being thrifty due to lack of financial abundance is painful. And I use the word \u201cpain\u201d with clear intention. Being average sucks. Having an average job sucks. Having an average salary sucks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is much better and exponentially more fun when you are great. When you are great, life becomes open, limitless, and full of options and possibilities. All you have to do to live a life of greatness is stop accepting average. The first step to doing great, seemingly impossible things is to live your life knowing that anything can happen next.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, choosing greatness can feel like a struggle because you are going against the ingrained acceptance of average. It may seem unnecessarily hard because you are choosing a life with more obstacles. But the truth is, obstacles are not the negative pitfalls they\u2019re made out to be. They are opportunities to stretch and expand and grow. When you adopt this perspective, you can begin to do great things with less struggle, and more ease and flow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shifting our perspective around obstacles opens our world in an instant. The past loses all power over the present. What happened ten years ago, last year, or yesterday is irrelevant. Even what happened earlier today becomes irrelevant when obstacles are transformed into opportunities. Again, anything could happen next. Live knowing you are one moment from a game-changing opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t familiar with my coaching methodology or my journey, you are probably asking, \u201cHow do you know this, Jason?\u201d Well, I know this because, after more than 10,000 coaching sessions, I\u2019ve come to understand the core difference between success and failure. The difference between success and failure is not talent, strategy, or skillset. It\u2019s not even determination. It all comes down to alignment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Success comes from alignment <\/span>with <\/span><\/i>success. The amazing news is shifting into alignment with success can happen in a microsecond. Once you understand how to align yourself with what you want, everything else becomes easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The simplest way to move into alignment with success is to decide, consciously and with deep purpose, to hit your target. Say to yourself, \u201cI am going to hit the target, because I\u2019m not going to stop until I do.\u201d Tell yourself this until you believe it. Initially, it may seem hard to believe, but that process, that simple statement, is one of the easiest ways to get into alignment with success.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you start in alignment with success, success happens much faster. If you start out of alignment with success, every action you take is pointless and often painstaking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Knowing how to hit a target is not a prerequisite for making it happen. Before strategizing and planning, decide to expand what is possible. Make a conscious, committed choice to move beyond average. First, set that foundation; then figure out how to execute. In my experience\u2014both in my own life and with my clients\u2014the best strategy flows into place when you start in success, enjoy the process, and allow the details of your plan to evolve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Start in Success<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n

Hard work does not guarantee success.<\/b> If it did, there would be a lot more billionaires in the world. Contrary to popular belief, how much you work and how hard you work don\u2019t increase the likeliness of getting into alignment with success. But, if you want to radically shorten the time it takes to hit your target, get into alignment with success before you start. Beginning your pursuit in uncertainty and grinding your way into alignment with success makes the process harder and less enjoyable. Save and focus your energy by starting in success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Decide to hit the target before you start, even if you don\u2019t know how. It\u2019s the fastest way to get there, because success only happens when you\u2019re in alignment with it. Any action you take out of alignment is simply a waste of time and energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/i>2. Learn to Live in the Unknown\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n

The unknown is the realm beyond our comfort zone.<\/b> It contains all you don\u2019t know and have yet to do. For example, you may know how to buy a house, rent it out, and generate $100 per month in passive cash flow. If your goal is to earn $10,000 per month in passive cash flow, you could stay in your comfort zone, methodically acquire 100 properties, and hit your target.<\/span><\/p>\n

A more exciting, inspiring way to approach your $10,000-per-month target is to seek larger deals. It is just as possible to close one deal that generates $10,000 as it is to close 100 deals. The only difference is you may not know exactly <\/span>how <\/span><\/i>to do it yet. Just because it is unknown doesn\u2019t make it impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n

The unknown is where our biggest success comes from. The problem is we are often blocked from attaining that level of greatness because it requires moving beyond the evidence of experience. To live in the unknown and make it work for you, fully embrace what has yet to be revealed. Don\u2019t view success as possibility. Don\u2019t even frame it as being likely. Decide that success in the unknown is guaranteed. Believe it is going to happen despite not knowing when or how.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Embrace the unknown by expecting amazing, unfamiliar things to arise. Expect new ideas, new connections, and new opportunities to find you at the precise moment you need them to conquer your next exciting obstacle. Make that certainty a part of your life. To live in the unknown, all you have to do is be open to it. It truly is that simple. <\/span><\/p>\n

3. Don’t Obsess Over Strategy<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Strategy is NOT the most important piece of the success puzzle.<\/b> There is no denying that the right strategy is key to attaining success, but holding it above alignment with success can make it a stumbling block or even a deal-breaker. When we think we must have the perfect plan before going big, the lack of strategy or the part of our plan that is yet to be discovered stops us from moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

The right strategy is required to hit your target, but what most people don\u2019t realize is the right strategy will show up automatically once you\u2019re in alignment. So, instead of obsessing over the plan, focus on aligning yourself with your target. View strategy as something to be revealed and expect it to arrive right on time. Don\u2019t ask yourself, \u201cWhat is my strategy?\u201d Ask yourself, \u201cWhat do I want to do? What amazing thing do I want to accomplish? How do I want to change the world?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Pick the Right Target (Make It Big and Exciting)<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n

Always pick a target that excites you.<\/b> Forget the fabricated requirement that you have to know exactly how you will make it happen. Decide to do something amazing because it is more fun. Would you rather live a life of boredom or a life of amazing, boundary-breaking success?<\/span><\/p>\n

Be general and not specific. From personal experience and working with clients, I\u2019ve discovered non-specific targets work best. Picking a target like, \u201cI\u2019m going to increase my income this year\u201d holds a lot more power than something like, \u201cI\u2019m going to bring in $350,000 by selling five properties over the next ninety days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Set your expectation around the general result while remaining open to the details and specifics shifting. Examples of empowering, limitless targets:<\/span><\/p>\n