The document discusses the human tendency to seek shortcuts to success across various aspects of life, emphasizing that systems can be effective for mechanical tasks but not for those involving interpersonal relationships. It highlights that true success often requires taking risks, accepting uncertainty, and learning from outcomes rather than relying on secret formulas. By adopting a mindset that embraces feedback and uncertainty, individuals can experience personal growth and enjoyment on their journey towards success.

1. Your Road To Riches

2. Most people would love a "paint by
the numbers" system of success.

3. It doesn't really matter what field.
Relationships, business, health.

4. It seems us humans are hard wired to
look for shortcuts.

5. So when some savvy marketer comes
along and gives us some secret
formula that he discovered while
hiking through some hidden cave in
Tibet, we start salivating.

6. While that seems compelling from the
inside out, let's take a look from the
outside in.

7. To be sure, doing anything mechanical
WILL have a proven, step by step
system.

8. One that leaves no room for error, or
mistakes.

9. Like rebuilding an engine, or baking a
cake, or traveling from point A to point
B.

10. All you need is a simple, step by step
system to follow, and so long follow
the steps in order, you'll be OK.

11. But whenever we do ANYTHING that
involves other people, there's really no
simple method that works for
everybody.

12. The "secret method" can ONLY be
vague, at best.

13. Humans are a HUGE collecting of
continuously changing variables, so if
you want to create ANYTHING that's
based on the cooperation of others,
there IS going to be a LARGE amount
of winging it.

14. And this means doing stuff that won't
work, doing stuff that may have the
opposite effect, and doing stuff that
will work a million times better than
we'd hoped.

15. To make it even more confusing, we'll
never know until AFTER we try.

16. To make even MORE confusing-er, we
humans tend to look back at things
that worked out and "rewrite" history,
to make ourselves look like super
heroes.

17. We say things like, "See, I KNEW that
was going to happen!"

18. Or, "I had a feeling he'd say that!"

19. Now, most people are pretty
uncomfortable doing things when they
have no idea how it's going to come
up.

20. Hence our repeated tendency (since
pretty much the dawn of time) to try
or buy "secret solutions."

21. But the bottom line is that unless
you're willing to take risks, accept and
learn from ALL feedback, you won't
get very far.

22. The GOOD news is that changing your
mindset, and doing some consistent
mental practice, you can learn to
actually HAVE FUN doing things when
the outcome is uncertain.

23. Once you start to EXPECT and look
forward to any feedback, (rather than
pin you hopes on ONLY good feedback)
life really becomes an incredibly fun
journey.

24. Filled with learning, growing, success
in all areas, and plenty other ideas to
be discovered.

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