Author Michael Jeffreys personally interviewed 15 top motivational
gurus in 1997 for his then upcoming book. After talking to gurus from
Brian Tracy to Dr. Wayne Dyer, he distilled 8 Secrets to Success they
all agreed upon. These secrets are still good today and are as follows:
1. Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life
– In a society where people blame everything from
their parents to the government for failure, those who
don’t buy into this mentality or succumb to the
“victim†thinking succeed. To blame
something or somebody outside yourself is saying they have control of
your life and not you. Someone else’s opinion of you
doesn’t have to become your reality.
2. Live Your Life On Purpose - What separates
motivational thinkers from the unsuccessful is that they believe
they’re doing what they were put her to do. The
difference between this and just living, is that the latter is just
getting through the week with the least problems. But when you live
your life on purpose, your main concern is doing the job right. For the
entrepreneur this means finding a cause you believe in and building
your business around it.
3. Be Willing to Pay the Price - Be willing to pay
the price for your dreams. Wanting a big house, a luxury car, and a
million dollars in the bank is all very nice, and everyone wants these
things – but are you willing to pay the price to get
them? This is one of the major differences between the successful and
unsuccessful.
4. Stay Focused – Every day
we’re bombarded with hundreds of tasks, phone calls,
messages, and everyone competing for our time. Focusing requires giving
up something in the present because you are investing your time in
something that will pay off big-time down the road. Jack Canfield and
Mark Hanson were turned by 30 publishers when they submitted the first
“Chicken Soup for the Soul†book.
Instead of giving up, they stayed focused on their goal and did four or
five interviews per day for radio, TV, and newspapers, for five days a
week for a whole year. Eventually, a small publisher decided to take a
chance, and of course now it’s a best-seller that
spawned an entire series that have sold more than 10 million copies.
5. Become An Expert in Your Field - One striking
factor all successful people have in common is how seriously they take
their profession. They strive to be the best at what they do, and do
almost anything to improve. If someone followed you around all day with
a video camera at your business, would it be a tape
you’d be proud of or embarrassed about? Make the
decision today to work at being the best in your field. How? By finding
out what the “best†in your field are
doing, and do what they do.
6. Write Out a Plan for Achieving Your Goals -
Write out an action plan/map for how you’re going to
achieve your goals. Trying to reach your goals without a plan is like
trying to drive from Los Angeles to Chicago without a map. A goal that
isn’t written down is merely a wish or fantasy.
7. Never Give Up - Never, never, never give up.
When you’re fully committed to achieving your goal,
giving up is not an option. You must be willing do whatever it takes to
make it happen. The power of perseverance is an awesome force. As
someone once said, “inch by inch
it’s a cinchâ€. Think of the lowly
inchworm – if it pondered the length of the trip
from start to finish before it started, it probably would never move.
To a worm’s point-of-view, the garden path must look
like a trip to Mars. Never give up! Keep on going like the Eveready
battery bunny, and pretty soon you’re there.
8. Don’t Delay - Nobody knows
how much time they have left to accomplish their dreams, and we must
remember that we don’t have forever. The clock is
ticking, and sooner or later your number comes up and
you’re gone. Successful achievers know this too, but
they don’t view it as a
“negativeâ€. Achievers use it to
“spur them onâ€. They go after what they
want as energetically and as passionately as possible, for as long as
they have.
I had a friend who used to say, “Today is a check
– cash it! Yesterday is an I.O.U.
– forget it! Tomorrow is a promissory note,
don’t bank on it!†I think
that’s a pretty good summation of life, so go out
there and cash in on that “today†check.
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Beside he is writing some others blogs for notebook computer , computer training , computer software and personal computer
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