People judge others and that is their downfall.

Three years into running my own business, I realised that there was a group of people that I easily related to and did business with.

Simultaneously, there was another group of people that I didn't understand or got along with.

Because I was spinning my wheels with the latter, I called them "tire kickers", "time wasters", "bean counters", etc.

What I didn't realise at the time was that I was setting myself up for failure in advance. I shut my heart to them, which caused a disconnect. 

Think of two people being on different radio frequencies. They aren't tuning in with one another.

I wasn't getting anywhere with them and made them wrong for it.

What a coward I was.

We fail to relate to someone and blame them for our inability and lack of skills.

It is the easy way out to make someone else be "the bad one" so that we can feel better about ourselves.

How often do you point a finger at someone else like I did?

Every time you do,...

My grandpa (may he RIP) used to say that we always pay our tuition fees.

There are 3 ways we do so:

• Through mistakes we make while doing something new,
• By not taking action and thus missing out, OR
• By investing in shortcuts.

In terms of the first one, it takes courage to undertake something new and failure is inevitably part of the journey to success.

Seen this way, 'failure' really is testing and improving until we succeed. It can take years.

The second one is a hefty price to pay though. The one of regret.

Not taking action because of analysis paralysis, fear of making a mistake, a scarcity mindset, etc.

We can surrender to our logical, analytical mind where the ego lives, OR fuel our intuitive voice of inspiration, passion and purpose.  

Which one rules in your world when push comes to shove?

I ask because the more I study the science and art of success in any field, the more evident it is that success follows a predictable pathway.

A pathway that harmoniously links...