Realistically analyse your strengths and weaknesses.
As a matter of interest, people generally list more
weaknesses than strengths, especially women (nice
things those!). Too often people discount their
accomplishments and focus on what they haven't
been able to do.
Making money in itself is not success, but rather a
by-produc tof success. Most successful people use
the technique of visualisation to foresee ideal
outcomes. If you can foresee getting your desires
in the mind, then you can get there in the body....
at least I think so!
"As a man thinketh so is he." (the Bible)
Haven't I got that one in already?
Success or failure is not a matter of luck. The key
ingredient is a winning attitude, together with
PERSEVERANCE andcommon sense.
Your attitude determines your destiny:
Remember to stick at a task when things don't
go right. "When the going gets tough, the tough get
going", as my dear father used to tell me often. Did
it work though with me? All successful people have
true grit and stickability, as well as natural ability.
The winner is often the person who gets up one more
time than they are knocked down.
You will hit attitudes in others who say 'you can't
do it'. You have a choice then: a) To remain
convinced that you can do it. b) Stay with their
attitude and quit yours.
All the world's greats would never have been great
if they had listened to the opinion of even their
closest friends. Caruso, the world's greatest tenor,
was told his voice sounded like a tin can. Thomas
Edison, the inventor of motion pictures, was
advised that no-one would pay to listen to sound
coming from a screen. Edison told Henry Ford to give
up making cars and work for him instead and make
millions. Marie Curie was told to forget about
radium. Laurence Olivier was told by friends to
give up acting. Benjamin Franklin was told to stop
fiddling with lightning. People told Johnny Weismuller
(Tarzan) that no-one would ever beat his fifty
swimming records. His 1936 world record was
the qualifying time for the 1972 Olympics! Attitudes
of the time said his records could never be beaten.
Now 12 year old girls regularly beat his times.
Christopher Columbus took 14 years to raise
funding for his ships and crew before setting out
on his explorations. The science and culture of the
day had said that the world was flat. However,
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain had
faith in Columbus. With that faith and money
behindhim, Columbus took just six months to
discover the New World.
In the same way, a "flat-world mind-set" can limit
our thinking and lead to mediocrity. In the same
way that you can train fleas to jump a certain height
in a bowl, when you take away the bowl, they still
do not jump higher than the learned height.
Our mind can tie us down and limit us, so that
mediocrity becomes our destiny. Negative attitudes
get cemented in concrete.
WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE YOU CAN BE GREATER
THAN ANYTHING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO
YOU:
ATTITUDE BEATS FACTS EVERY TIME.
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
Someone said, "Failure is the line of least
persistence." My dear mother called it
"stick-to-it- iv-ness." It generally boils down
to a healthy combination of faith and hard work,
and it usually means success.
"The only place where success comes before work (hard)
is in the dictionary."
A short exercise:
Talk to your best friend or partner (I hate that
common New Zealand expression- cheapens the
institution of marriage and denotes immoral living -
Yes, sir "Mr goody goody two shoes" and "get with
the times, mate") about: I far prefer the term
'spouse', which could be an abbreviation for "spastic
mouse". Enough about my personal opinions...
1. The picture you hold of yourself (i.e.. how you
]see yourself): Is it positive or negative, are you an
introvert, extrovert, popular?
2. How you see other people seeing you - their
perception of you, or looking glass).
Which brings to mind the following wise words
(not mine)...
"I am not what I think I am."
"I am not what you think I am."
"I am what I think you think I am."
STICK TO IT
According to William S. Banowsky, the story of
one of America's greatest leaders is actually a
story of repeated failures and dogged persistence:
In 1831 he failed in business.
In 1832 he was defeated for the state legislature.
In 1833 he failed again in business.
In 1834 he was elected to the state legislature.
In 1835 his sweetheart died.
In 1836 he had a nervous breakdown.
In 1838 he was defeated for Speaker.
In 1840 he was defeated for Elector.
In 1843 he was defeated for Congress.
In 1846 he was elected for one term to Congress.
In 1848 he was defeated again for Congress.
In 1855 he was defeated for the Senate.
In 1856 he was defeated for Vice President.
In 1858 he was defeated again for the Senate.
In 1860 he, finally, was elected President of the
United States.And these are just a few of the rough
spots in the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Are you feeling discouraged? Perhaps you just need
to give it one more try.
>From Steve Goodier's ONE MINUTE CAN CHANGE A LIFE
http://store.yahoo.com/lifesupportsystem/books.htm
Abraham Lincoln grew up in a very difficult
environment. He had less than one year of formal
schooling. He experienced defeat and failure year
after year, but is one of the great-est success
stories of all time. In spite of everything, he had
the right attitude to achieve success.
I HOPE THAT YOU DO TOO.
About the Author
Craig Lock has written extensively in the field of self help.
This extract is from his first published book HANDBOOK
TO SURVIVE - a collection of writings on various subjects
to help every man or woman survive in a rapidly changing,
uncertain world. For more info on attitude, see HANDBOOK at:
http://www.nzenterprise.com/writer/books.html
http://www.novelty-gift.com/ebooks.html