Last year I had the privilege of being in an audience and listening to the amazing Red Bull pilot Luke Czepiela…
He’s the guy that landed the Red Bull plane on a small helipad on the top of the 700+ ft Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
What was fascinating about Lukes feat, is that he managed to land a stunt plane onto a circle that was only 27 metres in diameter…
Not only was this a world first, but also a truly remarkable achievement of tactical flying and aeronautical engineering.
But the takeaway that I thought was most astonishing was how many times he practised this feat.
Take a guess at how many practice flights he made? (onto a safer helipad)…
6. No.
60. Not quite.
160. Not even close.
600. Yip, thats it.
Let that sink in for a minute….
Luke stated that he practised the landing 600 times.
Thats 600 times to gear up the plane, get it to altitude, wait for the right conditions, then attempt to land at the right speed, angle and be able to reverse thrust in order to stop.
The stunt took two years to prepare for.
Now, most people give up after 12 attempts? Maybe?..
What I learnt in the room that day, was that if you want to achieve anything decent in life, you must remain PERSISTENT.
The old adage – “If not you first succeed, try and try again” is true.
So if you’re not satisfied with:
– your current sales results
– your employees not being awesome yet
– your poor lead flow
– not being able to find employees
– a thousand other issues that occur in business
Remember, that you need to remain PERSISTENT in order to reach the top.
(providing you have a strategy and are taking action in the first place)
How many times have you really tried?
It might take 600 attempts. Or more.
Keep going. You WILL get there.
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