So, let's take a look.. Christ, did what? He got attention. With radical thoughts and idealistic notions that were never thought of. He spoke in ways that made people uncomfortable. He DID things that were have thought to have been unimaginable. He did, however, get the attention needed to gain some criticism. YOU NEED TO GET ATTENTION IN YOUR BUSINESS. If nobody knows what it is that you do, how on earth will you ever get to do it? You need to step outside of what is normal for you and do and say things that other people do not agree with to gain attention you may have never received before.
Your ideas, your beliefs, your theology are yours and yours to own, and it is up to you accept responsibility for that. If you are not willing to go to war for your vision and your ideas, it is because YOU do not believe in what it is you have to offer. GET ATTENTION.
Christ then received criticism. In a massive way he took on the opinion, he took on the disbelief, he took on what others believed to be unacceptable ways of life and lived them. Through radical proofs, he accepted the reality of what others would not and lived it through everything Christ was. He healed when he said he could, he fed when he said he would, producing something from nothing in only a way that Christ could. You NEED the criticism in your business. You need the people pointing you out, the disbelief that what you are doing simply cannot be done and will not be accepted. You have the ability to create something from nothing, much like Christ, and it is what he wants you to do. That is, after all, why this is your dream and not anybody else's.
"Dreams are the language of God. A message to the soul." - The Alchemist
Criticism will help you perfect your idea, your business. Criticism will help you become the best version of yourself. Do not fear this, for it is a GOOD thing.
You need to get some "HATERS". Your haters will promote you better than your admirers will. We look at Christ and what he means to our lives knowing he was perfect. We still know there are a lot of Atheist in the world; They hated Christ so much, they killed him. People are trying to kill your dreams. In turn, trying to kill you. Once you understand this is actually a good thing, you WILL try and get as many haters as you possibly can.
If 50% of this country 'hated' me, I could be President of the United States." - @GrantCardone
What happened next? The Resurrection of Christ. He rose from the dead, just as he said he would. Just as you tell those around you, you WILL succeed no matter what they do or say. You were meant to.
Then comes ADMIRATION. The admiration of Christs' actions are something we still revel over thousands of years later. Your business actions are being created to be reveled over. You will decide how long. This is a lonely process, an empty road, filled with hard times and hate. It's the persistence of man, much like the persistence with Christ, that will get you where you aspire to be in this life.
God went through this process for many reasons, being that I relate much of what I hear and do to business, I can't help but admire this process and it's relation to the acts of our Lord. God's history is proof of the process, and it's meaning. The intentional struggle that is needed to prove a concept. God did this for you; now it's time for you to do it for yourself.
Thx,
-GW
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P.S. The 4 principals discussed in this article were developed by +Grant Cardone Enterprises one of the greatest business minds in the world.
