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Relax and be yourself. Each person is different and just as
wonderful as the next. Don't be plagued by what you think
others think of you.
Don't bathe in success - use it. Once you achieve your first
goal, go on to others. Use the money you earn for the
rewards you look for. Then go on to the next endeavor.
Be slow to criticize others' achievements. Find out how they
did it and learn from them.
Never use subterfuge. Don't go behind someone's back. Speak
your mind and earn respect.
Banish negative thoughts and traits. Restructure your life
to exclude bad habits.
Believe in yourself and what you are to accomplish. All the
power in the world is within you to achieve.
Work Towards Your Goal
"To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and
reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live
without being born," wrote A.P. Gouthey. Every person who
has attained something worthwhile has worked for that goal.
Cary Grant said, "I do believe that people can do
practically anything they set out to do if they apply
themselves diligently and learn."
Which path is the right way towards your goal? Do you need
more education? Do you need a few years experience in your
field of business? Maybe you need a teacher or guide to help
you practice.
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much
by the position that one has reached, as by the obstacles
which are overcome while trying to succeed," wrote Booker T.
Washington.
What obstacles are in your way? Consider them as easy to
pass through as hurdles are to a champion runner. Take each
obstacle as a special challenge placed especially for you.
Approach it with intelligence and courage, then learn what
it has to teach.
"Success is a journey," said Ben Sweetland, "not a
destination." For some, the process of attainment is the
attainment itself. They move on, keep growing and expanding.
There is no still water at the top.
"The message from the moon is that no problem need any
longer be considered insoluble," wrote Norman Cousins. And
you can attain anything that seems impossible.
If you have a problem that needs to be solved, sit calmly
and consider it with a clear mind. Observe all the
consequences of the actions - both good and bad. Ponder the
paths and actions and contemplate the core of the problem.
The solution will appear.
"Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find;
knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who asketh,
receiveth. He that seeketh, findeth and to him that
knocketh, it shall be opened."
Tap the inner self and encourage positive actions. With each
outgoing breath, release the impossible; at each incoming
breath, inhale the attainable. Demand the best of yourself,
but don't despair from an overused sense of perfection.
What can you learn? And who can teach you? Can you attend
classes and seminars from universities near home? Check out
books from the libraries and absorb the material. Find a
master and become an apprentice.
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or
eighty," said Henry Ford. "Anyone who keeps learning stays
young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind
young."
Never stop learning; never stop growing and expanding as a
person and in your personal endeavor.
Ask Yourself
As you consider the success you desire, you need to affirm
its possibilities and develop the self-confidence necessary
to attain the goals. Learn to do things well. "If you know
how to do one thing well, you can do everything," wrote the
philosopher Gurdjieff.
Are you ready for success?
Is what you are doing now helping you to achieve your
goals?
Do you weigh the consequences before making a decision?
Is this the best use of your time?
Do you cooperate with everyone and help cultivate their best
potentials?
Are you warm and sincere?
Do you have the courage to succeed?
Do you have the self-discipline necessary to achieve your
goals?
Do you have a realistic sense of self-worth?
Do you give more than you take?
Do you have the courage to fail, and then pick up and try
again?
Can you assume responsibility without blaming others if
things go wrong?
Are you strong?
Can you be sympathetic to life and its sufferings?
Can you say no?
Will you follow your convictions and plans to achieve?
Do you sincerely want to achieve the goals you have chosen?
Taking Responsibility
"The price of greatness is responsibility," wrote Winston
Churchill. Are you willing to take the responsibility once
you attain the success you desire?
"The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is
constituted by the difference between what one was capable
of becoming and what one has in fact become," wrote Ashley
Montague. And the greatest tragedy is to become less than
your full potential, using less than the abilities you have
to work with.
Are you waiting for something to happen? Maybe you're
waiting for a job offer, or a promotion. Perhaps you're
waiting until you get good enough at a craft or skill. Or
are you waiting for the inspiration of creativity to strike
your life?
It is up to you to take the actions and be responsible for
their consequences. "Our responsibility: every opportunity,
an obligation; every possession, a duty," wrote John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.
Inspire yourself. Read books that will spurn you to action;
talk to people who have the vitality you admire. How would
you like to lead your life? And make the changes necessary
to be like that. "There is nothing permanent except change,"
wrote Heraclitus. What changes do you want to make? What are
you waiting for?
Accomplishment
What actions will take you closer to your goals? Decide
upon the steps and write them down. Review them until you
feel comfortable with those steps. Then repeat them at least
once a day, crossing them off as you accomplish them.
"I believe there is no escape from the rule that We must do
many, many little things to accomplish even just one big
thing," said James Dupont. "This gives me patience when I
need it most."
The most rewarding accomplishments are those that take long
to achieve and present difficulties. It is only through
these difficulties that a person can rise above the rest to
be the unusual, the outspoken and the well-deserved.
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