So it hit me on my ride home how success is like a muscle. Of course just like leadership, success can also be defined in many ways. Most people define success by how much you have, especially money. Regardless of how you define it, if you are truly passionate about becoming successful, you are bound to hit obstacles and run into problems. So now I want you to think about one person you know who is fit. Or if you don’t know anyone, get new friends 😉 and think of the most fit person you’ve ever seen. How did they build their muscles? Ask that person “how did you get such a huge bicep muscle?” No muscle can grow and get bigger without first having some kind of resistance against it. When a muscle is broken down in the gym, it has no idea how much weight is being used, all it knows is the amount of force and resistance that is being placed on it. So then with proper nutrition it will grow back bigger and stronger. Sounds easy right??!! Well, if it was easy, we would all be on a magazine cover!

So think about that resistance you forced on your muscle. The only way you will ever reach what you define as success, you will first go through some kind of resistance. Hard times, stress, late nights, all these things provide resistance on your life. Well what comes after resistance? Growth!! It’s time to rebuild that “muscle!” So the rebuilding process includes building your knowledge on what your striving for, seeking counsel from people who have already accomplished that goal, and digging deeper to find your inner strength and drive. You cannot grow without resistance and you won’t be successful without hard times and problems. It’s how you approach these problems and how you overcome them that will rebuild and grow that muscle.

“What comes after resistance? Growth!!”

The reason why most people have a New Years resolution for losing weight and getting fit is because they are unhappy or feel insecure, (especially in today’s world). However the reality is that 90% of those people give up after only a couple weeks! Why?? Because it gets hard. They get “to busy” and can’t find time. Anything that provides resistance in life is going to hurt some how. That “burn” you feel in the gym is from Lactic Acid that builds in the muscle when resistance is forced on it. Essentially, (without sounding like a chemistry professor) we all have goals and want success. However we have lactic acid that builds up in our lives when things get hard thus causing pain or stress and force us to give up. The thing is in the muscle building industry, lactic acid is a positive thing because it aids in muscle break down! So when our “success” in life is being broken down by hardships and stress, we have to continually push through the burn so we can begin the rebuilding process! If you truly want something, the pain will drive you to work harder to build your success muscle!