The Motivation and Success Thread
Posted: January 7th, 2019, 6:14 pm
Ok, let's face it, video games are not the most productive way to spend your time, at least for the most part. That's why I set up my office in the basement instead of next to my game room, because I actually want to start my own business. I'm actually looking into the wastepaper basket and see two sandwich bags with traces of weed in them. That's sort of symbolic as in that sort of lifestyle is over, and now is the time to get things done. Today I got some things done around the house, worked out, and did some research on starting said business.
I actually love hearing success stories because I genuinely get happy for others, and I draw inspiration from them. And so I start this thread. I'd love to hear it, whether you aced a tough class, picked up a really cute girl, hit your fitness goal, whatever it may be. How did it happen? What were some of your challenges? What about it made you feel so good afterward? All I ask is that it not be about video games.
The opposite is also true, in that I get demotivated when I see others fail. I remember when I was 17, there was this club called "Zero Gravity". Perhaps some of you grew up around Chicago and would know what I'm talking about. I remember upon pulling in, I saw the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen in my entire life. And this was just in the parking lot! Trust me when I say, it was no different when I got inside. But I wanted to talk to these girls.
Unfortunately I wasn't exactly Mr. Confidence at age 17, and I would watch other guys try and get shot down. While my friends would chuckle at their misfortune, I actually lost confidence over it. If they're not having much success, then this must be really hard. Though I would have some great success at that club, on that night I was too petrified to even think about approaching a girl.
However, I do have a success story. At a previous sales job, they'd send out this spreadsheet about how we're doing in regards to percent-to-goal. Through something beyond my control, I'd constantly be on the bottom, at 72%, 76%, 68%. Oh, and you started getting commission at 90%. It was embarrassing.
But then I really put in an honest effort. I remember asking my manager what I was doing wrong, and how I could improve. We started listening to my calls to pinpoint the problem. And I started making a lot more of them. It didn't bring immediate success, but such was the nature of this particular sales job. But before long, my numbers did creep up. The shot up. What made me the most proud was that the improvement could be directly traced back to me, and not just sheer luck. I closed a couple big sales, and even saved one that was about to cancel when I called to check up to see if the guy was happy.
When I left that job because they moved too far away, I was second on the spreadsheet at like 156% and getting a nice commission check. Unfortunately commission is considered a bonus, and so gets taxed extremely heavily.
But yeah, it felt good playing The Show or Zelda after a good successful day like that. In any case, it'd be interesting to hear some of your success stories about basically anything but video games.
I actually love hearing success stories because I genuinely get happy for others, and I draw inspiration from them. And so I start this thread. I'd love to hear it, whether you aced a tough class, picked up a really cute girl, hit your fitness goal, whatever it may be. How did it happen? What were some of your challenges? What about it made you feel so good afterward? All I ask is that it not be about video games.
The opposite is also true, in that I get demotivated when I see others fail. I remember when I was 17, there was this club called "Zero Gravity". Perhaps some of you grew up around Chicago and would know what I'm talking about. I remember upon pulling in, I saw the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen in my entire life. And this was just in the parking lot! Trust me when I say, it was no different when I got inside. But I wanted to talk to these girls.
Unfortunately I wasn't exactly Mr. Confidence at age 17, and I would watch other guys try and get shot down. While my friends would chuckle at their misfortune, I actually lost confidence over it. If they're not having much success, then this must be really hard. Though I would have some great success at that club, on that night I was too petrified to even think about approaching a girl.
However, I do have a success story. At a previous sales job, they'd send out this spreadsheet about how we're doing in regards to percent-to-goal. Through something beyond my control, I'd constantly be on the bottom, at 72%, 76%, 68%. Oh, and you started getting commission at 90%. It was embarrassing.
But then I really put in an honest effort. I remember asking my manager what I was doing wrong, and how I could improve. We started listening to my calls to pinpoint the problem. And I started making a lot more of them. It didn't bring immediate success, but such was the nature of this particular sales job. But before long, my numbers did creep up. The shot up. What made me the most proud was that the improvement could be directly traced back to me, and not just sheer luck. I closed a couple big sales, and even saved one that was about to cancel when I called to check up to see if the guy was happy.
When I left that job because they moved too far away, I was second on the spreadsheet at like 156% and getting a nice commission check. Unfortunately commission is considered a bonus, and so gets taxed extremely heavily.
But yeah, it felt good playing The Show or Zelda after a good successful day like that. In any case, it'd be interesting to hear some of your success stories about basically anything but video games.