Here’s an intriguing question that you likely haven’t answered before; Have you ever invested time into analyzing what has contributed to your success? If so, what are the major contributing factors that have lead to your success? It’s difficult to measure but I’ve recently discovered a formula that I believe has contributed to your success without you even realizing it. The best part is once recognized and applied properly, it’s nearly impossible to stop.

A few weeks ago I posted a picture on Instagram and Twitter relating to what I called the 3P Rule; Preparation, Proactive, and Persistence. Although these 3 Habits have played a huge role to anyone’s success, I quickly came to realize shortly after this post was a crucial final piece to the formula. No matter what your current situation in life is, you can improve on it by following the 3PM Rule.

Preparation + Proactive + Persistence = Momentum

One of the most overlooked contributors to success is momentum. If we allow ourselves to become stagnant, we fall behind, not to our competition but to our potential. Preparing every morning before starting your day will naturally lead to being Proactive, follow that up with Persistence and you’ll have perpetual Momentum that is essentially unbreakable.

The lightbulb moment for me came when I was thinking about when I got fired from my previous dealership because they found out I was on the hunt for a better career opportunity. Rather than getting the most out of me financially for the time that I would have remained there, they took 6 years of clientele out of my hands by removing my computer from my office without notice and asking me to leave. I’m left with virtually no clientele information that I’ve built up over the course of 6 years, moving on to a dealership that is another 30 miles from the majority of the clientele I had and I switched product, moving from General Motors to Chrysler. Instead of this slowing me down as it was completely unexpected, it did the exact opposite because I had built up so much momentum at this point that I was able to power through and elevate my career to a level that I quite honestly didn’t think I’d reach in my lifetime let alone within 3 years of leaving the other dealership.

One of the greatest attributes of the 3PM Rule is that it’s the underlying connection between everything you do in life, it’s completely universal. Think of it in terms of Entrepreneurs and see what Lewis Howes, Tim Ferriss, Sara Blakely, Tom Bilyeu, Tai Lopez and Gary Vaynerchuk are doing right now and look at where they were only 5 short years ago. How about sports? Practice is essentially the 3PM Rule. You show up to practice to prepare for games, you are proactive by taking part in drills and persistent by taking the same shot over and over until you nearly perfect it. And what does this lead to? Momentum! Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus, Derek Jeter and Hayley Wickenheiser all had momentum. Look at Sydney Crosby right now, he’s in his 12th season in the NHL and off to the best start he’s ever had. Hustle may have lead these people to reach their goals but momentum is what carried them through to the top and kept them there. Remember, once momentum is in place, it’s nearly impossible to break.

What is everlasting is this; Preparation breeds confidence, being Proactive leads to progression (progression is living), Persistence is resilience, thus Momentum is activated and becomes constant.