Why 80% of Success is Showing Up

Many of you are probably familiar with the Woody Allen quote

“80% of success is showing up.”

Even though this is such an obvious truth, this qoute can be a great way of re-aligning your perspective with different activities in your life. This can apply to your career, relationships, education and health.

Here are 3 ways why showing up can increase your chances of success immensely.

1. It turns your ideas into tangible actions
It’s super easy to generate ideas and start day dreaming of the things you want to accomplish. We can literally think about what we wish for all day. But the act of showing up is a turning point where that idea can become a reality. Your action of showing up is now tangible; meaning that you can feel, experience and touch it.

2. Creates momentum
The hardest part is getting started. It will take some time and energy. But once you get moving the momentum will keep building to where it becomes so much easier to keep going.

3. Develops a positive habit
Habits are hard to break. With the momentum generated, your actions will become more consistent. You will develop a habit where showing up becomes so “second nature” that it will be hard to stop and can become a significant part of your success rate.

There so many things in life that only require you to show up and the rest will follow. Here are the areas and situations where showing up can help:

Health:
Show up to the hiking trail
Show up to the gym
Show up to the healthy sandwich restaurant for lunch everyday
Show up to the whole food and grain supermarket instead of the regular grocery store

Education:
Show up to class (no kidding, right?)
Show up to the library
Show up to ask for help, tutor
Show up to extra curricular activities

Career:
Show up on time or earlier
Show up to training sessions and seminars
Show up to certification courses
Show up to networking and social events

Friends and Relationships:
Show up for birthdays
Show up to events that are important to other people (even if you don’t like the event)
Show up on dates

Family:
Show up to your kid’s baseball, soccer games etc.
Show up to help an elderly relative
Show up to religious activities with family

Now that you see how the simple act of showing can lead to success, its time to evaluate which areas of your life can be changed just by showing up.