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a) Tough. If you really want
something, then you will do what
ever needs to be done to get there.
Winning is simple. Nobody said it
was easy.
b) Reassess what you want.
The chances are your goal is not
something you really really really
want. Because if it is, you will not
put so much weight on the pain
of the tasks but more so on the
pleasure of the end reward.
I will suggest the same for you.
Take your pick from the above two
choices because winners dislike the
tasks that you do to. They simply
have more pleasure associated with
their end reward than the pain of
doing the tasks. They see themselves
living their dreams and reaching
their goals and that everything else
in between is simply a process. It’s
just something they have to do.
I remember talking with a friend
who was training for the Olympics. He
would get up at 5 am and go running
in the cold weather as part of his prepa-
ration to ensure he was extremely fit
for the big day. I asked him how he got
himself out of bed in the cold morning
and go running with such ease.
What he said has stayed with me
as a great reminder whenever I am staring down
the barrel of challenges I face to get to any of my
goals. He said, ‘Kevin, you are not alone. I love my
sleep just as much as you do, and a few years back,
you would have never seen me get up any earlier
than 7 am. But my dream is to get to the Olympics
and I will do whatever I need to do to get there.
When I hear the alarm at 4:50 am, I don’t hear an
annoying noise. I hear that I am another day closer
to living my dream. That’s how I get out of bed
without thinking twice about it.’
Understand that all good things require work, just
as implementing these truths that you are reading in
your life. You are not alone, winners do it too.
Winners love to do what you do and dislike the
tasks you dislike too. But if there is a goal to achieve
within a time frame, they will do whatever it takes
to get there. Winners practice and develop a much
higher association of pleasure to achieving their
goals compared to the pain of doing the tasks.

Winners also
dislike
Winners have learned to pick things that ignite
them so that they can go through the tasks they
dislike along the way.
Find something that will ignite you.
MJ’s boss and my friend who was training for
the Olympics understood what they wanted from
their life. They were willing to do the things they
disliked for the rewards they seeked - because it

the things you do

was merely the process to get there.
No pain no gain.
And to make it even more precise -
No smart pain, no gain.
Kevin Abdulrahman chalks Have a Winning “Self Disciplined” Month.
OUT new laws for winning.

I was speaking with a lady (will call
her MJ for the purpose of this article) a
few days ago. MJ is in her late twenties.
She is petite, 5ft 2”, tanned with straight
hair that drops past her shoulders. She
is a professional in the corporate world
with a fortune 500 company, a hard
worker and very ambitious. I know
this to be true, because she has been my
client for some time now.
Whilst we chatted in our last coaching
session, she was in awe of an inspira-
tional figure in her working place. Her
eyes would sparkle and her face was
flooded with a big smile when she was
telling me about her new inspirational
figure - a role model that she worked
with - her boss.
She spoke about how at his age (in his
50’s) he had an extremely good physique
and had taken good care of himself. He
had a great family, was successful in his
professional life and more importantly
he seemed like a happy guy all the time.
He seemed to have it all.
When I quizzed MJ if she had taken the
time to speak with her boss about what
helped him achieve the all round success
he had, she quickly replied, ‘yes I did’ -
nodding at a million miles an hour.
I asked him, “What one thing would
you say has helped you achieve all the
success that you have? What one thing has
got you to the point where you are happy
in your day to day life?”
Before sharing her bosses’ reply, she
quickly mentioned that she had hoped to
receive a good deal of information on what
he did to get to where he was.
‘Instead what I got was two
words’, she said.
Her boss had said, ‘MJ, for me it comes
down to two words, Self Discipline’.
And with that, her boss winked in
his charming ways and picked up on
a few almonds from the bowl on the
table heading into his board meeting
fighting (with a smile) another day at
the office.
For MJ, these two words resonated
with her because she we had already
talked about the reality for winners in
our previous sessions.
We talked about how Winners
have dislikes, just like we all do. They
however find out what they want, and Kevin Abdulrahman is the International Author of a series of
then do what ever it takes to get there. winning books, an Inspirational Keynote Speaker and an In
I have had so many people tell me Demand Mind Nutrition Expert. Kevin’s articles are regularly
published in magazines, reports, newsletters and newspapers,
that they want to achieve great things in constantly being used as resources all over the world. Kevin
life. The only problem is that the tasks helps winning organizations, universities, sports teams and
they have to accomplish to get there is individuals create breakthrough results. You can get Kevin
something they dislike doing. I usually Abdulrahman’s books and request for him to speak/train your
group by going on http://www.KevInspire.com
have two things to say.

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