Anthony Robbins teaches a concept that he calls the “Ultimate Success Formula”. Regardless of what you want to do or accomplish in life, you can use this formula to achieve it. This is the fifth of five installments explaining the details of this formula. Read part one, part two, part three, and part four.

Step #5: If It Isn’t Working, Try Something Else.

Life is not perfect. Things do not always fall into place. In your journey to completing your objective, you are bound to try something that does not work. And that is okay.

If what you are doing is not working, stop doing it. There is no point to trying again and again to achieve a different result by doing the same thing. If what you are doing is not working, try something else! If that doesn’t work, then try something else!

The key here is to keep fine tuning your efforts. Make small changes. As you make every small course correction, you will keep moving in the right direction.

As an example, Tony explained how, on a commercial flight, the plane is actually off course over 95% percent of the time. But they still arrive at their destination. How do they do it if they are almost always off course? They look at their instruments, make the necessary adjustments, and look at the results. They fine tune there efforts periodically to ensure they achieve their desired outcome.

Computer scientists refer to this as the “brute force” method of doing things. It is. But, when it comes to your goals and dreams, you will be much better off trying something else than giving up.

According to Anthony Robbins, most people look at their objective and focus on everything they will have to do to achieve it. They get overwhelmed, and most people give up. Instead, he says you should focus on how you will feel once you achieve the outcome, and enjoy the process of getting there.

So there you have it. The “Ultimate Success Formula” seems very simple. But achieving your dreams takes effort.