EmpowerME! Online in conjunction with Brian Tracy present this video lecture about success. How to achieve it, why some people do and some people don’t and other tasty tid-bits to inspire and empower you towards your own success.
Tracy gives 7 points to achieving success but somehow I gleaned nine out of it. I’ve paraphrased his steps to success here:
1. Set a goal and stay with it until you achieve success in at least one important thing. It embeds itself in your subconscious and is stored as a pattern and you will be programmed to repeat it.
2. Every great venture starts with an act of faith. If you knew all of the problems and set back that can/will happen, you’d never start. Never consider the possibility of failure.
3. Quitting is a habit. If you quit the first time you run into difficulties you’ll always quit when the going gets tough. You’ll form a pattern for failure rather than a pattern for success.
4. Nobody does it alone. Everybody needs help from others to get through rough spots. Whether it be money, support, love, etc. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Don’t be reluctant to give of yourself.
5. Whenever you try to do something out of the ordinary, people will line up to tell you that you can’t do it, why you can’t do it, that you’ll lose your time, that you’ll lose your money, etc. To achieve anything great and worthwhile you need to train yourself to ignore these people and press on towards your goal. Surround yourself with positive people.
6. You can achieve any goal you set for yourself if you take it one step at a time.
7. Welcome obstacles and difficulties as valuable and inevitable steps on the ladder of success. Difficulties come not to obstruct but instruct.
8. Be clear about your goal but be flexible in how to achieve it. Key performers are not rigid. They’re flexible.
9. If you resolve to carry on no matter what life hands you, you will be successful.
The video is 30 minutes but inspirational. Watch it if you get a chance.
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