“
Success in life is founded
upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things;
to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that
are remote and uncommon.” - Booker T. Washington
We are more successful than we
imagine, it is just that we sometimes sabotage our belief in our
success by thinking or taking about the negatives that happened in
our day.
The article below gives some
advice and tips on overcoming this negative limiting belief.
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Success
Michael Wilkovesky
How to Feel More Successful In
Life - by Kari Farmer
Every day you accomplish tasks,
meet goals, check things off your to-do list, and become more
successful in life. You continuously work towards having the life
that you want, and everything you do is one step towards that life.
But if you are anything like me you don’t feel successful every
single day of your life – even though you’ve accomplished a lot
in your days.
Feeling like a failure is
habit-forming. We constantly focus on the things that we don’t do,
or don’t succeed at in life, and we call ourselves failures because
of these things. The truth is we have many more successes in life
than failures but we choose to put our attention on the things we
didn’t get done.
I’m not just talking about huge
things that we are striving to be successful at in our lives. I’m
also talking about the little things that we do every day that affect
how we feel about ourselves.
Let’s say you are a business
man who is trying to further his career and lose weight as well.
Here’s an example of a typical day:
- Drive to work with no
accidents.
- Accomplish all the tasks
set out to do.
- Exercise 1 hour.
- Make an important phone
call.
- Send an important email.
- Learn something new.
- Eat really crappy food the
entire day.
The list above contains a lot of
successes throughout the day, and one failure in the eyes of someone
trying to lose weight or eat healthier. What do you think he most
likely focuses on at the end of the day? His focus will probably turn
to the fact that he ate really crappy food all day and take over the
spotlight from the rest of his successes during the day.
This is what many people do, and
it’s hard to feel successful when you focus on your failures. But
there is a way to feel more successful in your life! Put the majority
of your focus on your successes!
You can do this by reminding
yourself every night of the successes you had during the day instead
of the failure, and build on those successful endeavours for future
success.
One way to do this is by keep a
success journal. Every night before you go to bed write down at least
5 things that you succeeded at during the day. This will be personal
to you but it can range from brushing your teeth to landing the big
account! Anything that furthered you in your life, made you feel
better, made you do better, and pushed you forward is a success.
Write down your success, why you
felt is was a success, how you can add-on to that success, and your
next action to take towards that success.
For example:
Success – Made an important
phone call
Reason – Built a new
relationship with an important person.
Further progress – Keep in
contact with that person.
Next action – Arrange a lunch
meeting for next Thursday with this new contact.
Making a habit of doing a success
journal nightly will allow you to see that there are many things that
you do during the day that you are successful at and it will stop you
from focusing on your failures. It will also make you more successful
during your day because you will be actively looking for things to do
that you feel are a success and can write down later in your journal.
And lastly the ‘next action’ step will keep you moving forward by
scheduling in action orientated moves that build on your successes.
But remember that even failures
are successes because you learn something from them. You can take
what you learned and apply it to your next day. You probably realize
that you don’t feel good eating crappy food and remember that
lesson for the next day, so even the realization of your failure
becomes a success!
Stop kicking yourself about
things you didn’t do before your head hits the pillow and start
focusing on your successes. Your health, happiness, and life will
thank you.
Source:
For more tips for success visit
Kari's personal development website at Manifest Connection.
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“
Watch your thoughts, they
become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your
actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your
character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny. “
Unknown
We all want to be successful and
to have a wealthy and healthy life full of abundance. All of this
depends on your choices you make and the belief in the direction and
path yo are following.
The article below talks about
destiny and success and gives some very valuable tips.
To your successful life.
Michael Wilkovesky
Let Your Destiny Manifest Itself
To Attain Life Success - By: GEby
What drives you? What is it that
defines your entire persona? What are you living for?
Unfortunately, most people have
are way ward of the very purpose they exist. Can you remember those
days of your youthful exuberance when you undoubtedly believe you can
achieve anything? Filled with unfathomable enthusiasm and driven with
a determined resolution.
Sadly for most those days are
long gone, they are the ghost of their former selves. Battered and
beaten by the ravages of stress from work, society and life itself.
So many haven’t dreamed in for so long that they actually don’t
know what they want any longer! Don’t you think it’s time to stir
up that dream inside of you? Your dreams and your destiny are not
determined by “CHANCE” but by “CHOICE” It is solely your
Decision.
The life you have now is the
result in direct correlation to the Choices you’ve made in the
past. But, sometimes you are hindered and stuck in mediocrity because
you were afraid to make a sound Decision. You are just flowing along
the stream that forces of nature roll you along. The kind of cavalier
“Que Sera Sera” attitude is not only inexplicable it’s
repulsive and inexcusable. Isn’t it time you got involved with your
own life? Isn’t it time to start living through your own Decisions
and take responsibility for your actions, be it the Choices you make
in your life.
It’s your life, live it the way
you see fit. It is a concept so simple yet people indignantly miss it
therefore missing out how prolific it really is!
I believe that you can attain
anything in life if you act on it and persevere to achieve it
regardless the hindrances looming over. It’s your Decision, it is
your Choice!
Quoting from Lewis Carrol’s
Alice in Wonderland… Alice asked the cat, “Would you please tell
me, which way I ought to go from here?” The cat answered, “That
depends a great deal on where you are heading to.” Alice exclaimed,
“Oh, I don’t much care.” “Then it really doesn’t matter
which way you go, the cat remarked poignantly.
What are you trying to accomplish
with your life? What do you want to attain? It’s your Choice, you
are in direct control. Take responsibility for your actions and
refrain from blaming others for your failures! Make a sound judgment
for your Decisions, start by getting serious and get going! Life goes
on, with or without you!
Here is an inspiring quote by
Eleanor Roosevelt, “The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams.” Never let anybody steal your dream or
vision!
You need to make a Decision!
Don’t go on through life idly staving away when there is boatload
of opportunity in front of you. It is much easier to make a course
correction that it is to get started! It takes careful planning and
solid preparation with corrections on the side. But before they can
do that they had to make a Decision to take off first.
How do you process a Decision?
It is vitally important to grasps
all the concepts. Never make 100% assumptions while only having 10%
facts. It is illogical and impractical, you need to consider various
solutions and objectively evaluate their consequences. Weighing the
best and worst case scenarios, and then make sure that the Decision
is congruent with your Goals, Plans and Mission statement. Lastly you
must always effectively convey your judgment to your support team.
An ideal support team would be
your family members, close friends, relatives who are helping out
your cause, refrain from consulting with those who are dragging down.
Remember you are the architect of
your life. You must be willing and able to make Choices. Your destiny
is determined by Choice not by chance!
Source
Gary Eby, a member of the Jim
Rohn Speaker Bureau, is gifted to teach deep truths in a clear and
easily understandable style. His messages are power-packed and often
filled with laughter and practical illustrations. He has shared the
stage with great speakers such as Jim Rohn and Les Brown. Not only is
Gary a sought after speaker, but he is also an author whose personal
development book Lefthanded Soldiers has received worldwide
attention. You may receive a free copy at cli.gs/garyeby
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