All of us have got dreams we aspire to attain in our lives. These
dreams come from people who inspire us. We may dream of
making $15,000 a month, owning a sports car and living in a
million dollar mansion. At the same time, based on our beliefs,
we also have what I call our ‘Altitude of Acceptance’.
This Altitude means that though you may
aspire to earn $20,000 a month, you are willing to accept
earning $2000 a month. Although you would love to live in a
million dollar house, you are quite willing to settle for a small
apartment. Although you would love to be at an ideal weight of
72kg, you are willing to live life at 90kg.
Our self-image is what determines our level of expectation
and level of acceptance in life.
Would you like to make a guess which level we would tend
most to gravitate towards? That’s right. We always get what we
are willing to accept.
Unless we raise our acceptance levels, we will never do what is
necessary to achieve our goals. So, for example if you want to
make more money, you have to raise your standards of what you
are willing to accept.
Now, consider what influences our level of acceptance? Why
is one person willing to accept a lifestyle based on $3000 a
month while another has set an acceptance level triple that
amount?
Have a think about it!
I would argue that this altitude has been influenced by family,
friends and our environment. The people whom we spend most
of our time with define the standards we measure ourselves
against.
Lets take an extreme example: Tiger Woods.
He has very often been heard to say, ‘Why go in to
play a tournament unless you are going to win?’ This is why he
has achieved the most number of wins in a season and is ranked
the world number one. His level of acceptance is victory, and nothing less!
He wants to set records, beat the best and be the best that ever lived
And he does whatever it takes to continually cruise at this altitude……
a true peak performer like Tiger continually refines the engine of is plane,
gets regular engineering check ups… which enable him to chase cruising at higher and higher altitudes.
What’s your Altitude?
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