Hal ElrodCreator of The Miracle Morning, Personal & Professional Success Coach

The Unexpected Beauty of Overcoming

11 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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Hal Elrod (speaker) reflects on perseverance and the long timeline to success, arguing that "overnight" success typically takes many years. In this excerpt he says it took him six years to reach a million people and references the idea that success often means continuing through failures without losing enthusiasm. The tone is candid, motivational, and anecdotal.

Questions this video answers

Six years.

"Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

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You know, I mentioned it takes 10 years to be an overnight success. Well, it took me six years to reach a million people. Right. So it takes longer. It may take longer than you think. And the universe or God, whatever, you believe it, you get tested. It's like, are you really committed? Smack. Oh, I don't. That didn't feel good. Okay, well, I know, but are you committed? Well, I guess I'll keep trying. Smack. Like, I don't. Right. How many smacks can you handle? Right. I forgot. What? Dan probably can name the person, but there's a very famous quote which is like, success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. That's it. That's it.