How to Become Successful in Life
By Phillip Smithson
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Is it your dream to become successful? I picture that most people in our
world have a dream to achieve success in life. Not many achieve their dream, but
what about the rest? Do you know how to become successful? Do you have a
yearning to become more successful? If that is the case, then allow me to take
you on a journey where we will find out how to become successful in life.
What does it mean to achieve success in life?
Each one of us is unique, and becoming successful consequently means something different to each one of us.
It is obvious that there are plenty of views of what is defined by success. However, it is important to recognize and comprehend what success means to YOU. It will make your journey to understand how to become successful much simpler.
How would YOU like to become successful?
Take some time, think hard and write down your list of how you want to become successful in life.
If you know what success is, why have you not become successful yet? Yes, this is a very sensitive issue, and at times it hurts to face it. Why are certain people successful and others not? Is it something in our make-up; something in our genes that prevent us from excelling in life? Or is it something that we can change and turn around? Is it simply because you do not know how to become successful?
It is true that certain aspects of our lives can't be changed and some aspects are awfully hard to modify. A person may have been born with specific disabilities that make it impossible to carry out certain actions. For example, although there are many blind people who can do amazing things without their eyesight, there are some actions and occupations where there is no substitute for proper vision, such as being a fighter aircraft pilot.
Furthermore, a person may not have the talent to execute certain tasks well, although lack of talent did not prevent many persons to become successful. For example, there are a few international pop stars who do not have exceptional singing voices, but they make up for that deficiency in other areas, such as with amazing songs, on-stage presence, on-stage gimmicks, brilliant marketing, etc.
Excuses
Most people in the world quote lack of MONEY as their number one excuse for not being successful. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs like Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda, Sony Corporation's founder, Akio Morita and even Apple's founder, Steve Jobs, have proven them wrong.
TIME is the next most universal resource that people say they are short of for not becoming successful. However, all of us operate by the same clock; and all of us have the same 24 hours in every day. Consequently, everyone must possess the ability to plan and manage how we utilize time that either produces results, or lack of results.
Then there are persons who state that they do not have the TALENT or the ABILITY to become successful. Two South African Paralympic athletes have proven them wrong. Oscar Pistorius and Natalie du Toit are both disabled athletes who regularly compete against able-bodied athletes.
Oscar Pistorius is known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs". Oscar is the double amputee world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (sport class T44) events and runs with the aid of Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs. In 2007 Oscar took part in his first international able-bodied competitions. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he took the gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (T44) sprints.
Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer whose left leg was amputated at the knee after a motorcycle accident. When she qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first female amputee swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympics, where she placed 16th in a field of 24 in the 10,000m swim. She also took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning 5 Gold Medals.
And so there are numerous of other excuses that people mention for not becoming successful.
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson"
What are YOUR excuses for not becoming successful? Be honest about yourself. Think hard and write your excuses down or add them to the list if you want. What are the steps to teach us how to become successful?
Adam Khoo provides us with the 6 steps of the Ultimate Success Formula in his book "Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny: Proven Strategies that Empower You to Achieve Anything You Want in Life":
Adam Khoo states that all those apparent limitations as tinted by our excuses are just false impressions. The fact is that we all have everything we need to be successful. We just have to study how to utilize it. And in this book, he teaches exactly how it's done.
What does it mean to achieve success in life?
Each one of us is unique, and becoming successful consequently means something different to each one of us.
- Certain persons desire to be rich.
- Certain persons desire to be famous.
- Certain persons desire to do extremely well in sports.
- Certain persons desire to be big corporation presidents.
- Certain persons desire to be great statesmen.
- Certain persons desire to attain high grades in their studies.
- Certain persons desire to receive a university degree.
- Certain persons desire to complete marine boot camp.
- Certain persons desire to win a marathon race.
- Certain persons desire to complete a marathon race.
- Certain persons desire to author a book.
- Certain persons desire to establish and operate a lucrative small company.
- Certain persons desire to provide food aid to a famished people in a third-world country.
- Certain persons desire to ascend the highest mountains on our planet.
It is obvious that there are plenty of views of what is defined by success. However, it is important to recognize and comprehend what success means to YOU. It will make your journey to understand how to become successful much simpler.
How would YOU like to become successful?
Take some time, think hard and write down your list of how you want to become successful in life.
If you know what success is, why have you not become successful yet? Yes, this is a very sensitive issue, and at times it hurts to face it. Why are certain people successful and others not? Is it something in our make-up; something in our genes that prevent us from excelling in life? Or is it something that we can change and turn around? Is it simply because you do not know how to become successful?
It is true that certain aspects of our lives can't be changed and some aspects are awfully hard to modify. A person may have been born with specific disabilities that make it impossible to carry out certain actions. For example, although there are many blind people who can do amazing things without their eyesight, there are some actions and occupations where there is no substitute for proper vision, such as being a fighter aircraft pilot.
Furthermore, a person may not have the talent to execute certain tasks well, although lack of talent did not prevent many persons to become successful. For example, there are a few international pop stars who do not have exceptional singing voices, but they make up for that deficiency in other areas, such as with amazing songs, on-stage presence, on-stage gimmicks, brilliant marketing, etc.
Excuses
Most people in the world quote lack of MONEY as their number one excuse for not being successful. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs like Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda, Sony Corporation's founder, Akio Morita and even Apple's founder, Steve Jobs, have proven them wrong.
TIME is the next most universal resource that people say they are short of for not becoming successful. However, all of us operate by the same clock; and all of us have the same 24 hours in every day. Consequently, everyone must possess the ability to plan and manage how we utilize time that either produces results, or lack of results.
Then there are persons who state that they do not have the TALENT or the ABILITY to become successful. Two South African Paralympic athletes have proven them wrong. Oscar Pistorius and Natalie du Toit are both disabled athletes who regularly compete against able-bodied athletes.
Oscar Pistorius is known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs". Oscar is the double amputee world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (sport class T44) events and runs with the aid of Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs. In 2007 Oscar took part in his first international able-bodied competitions. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he took the gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (T44) sprints.
Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer whose left leg was amputated at the knee after a motorcycle accident. When she qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first female amputee swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympics, where she placed 16th in a field of 24 in the 10,000m swim. She also took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning 5 Gold Medals.
And so there are numerous of other excuses that people mention for not becoming successful.
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson"
What are YOUR excuses for not becoming successful? Be honest about yourself. Think hard and write your excuses down or add them to the list if you want. What are the steps to teach us how to become successful?
Adam Khoo provides us with the 6 steps of the Ultimate Success Formula in his book "Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny: Proven Strategies that Empower You to Achieve Anything You Want in Life":
- Step 1. Be Very Specific about Your Goal
- Step 2. Develop a Strategy
- Step 3. Take Consistent Action
- Step 4. Turn Failure into Feedback
- Step 5. An Empowering Belief System
- Step 6. Values: Our Driving Force
Adam Khoo states that all those apparent limitations as tinted by our excuses are just false impressions. The fact is that we all have everything we need to be successful. We just have to study how to utilize it. And in this book, he teaches exactly how it's done.
Finally
Do you feel that you are you caught up in a stressed and monotonous existence, without any chance of achieving success in your life? Click here for more resources to assist you to get out of the doldrums.
The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed. -- John McDonald.
Also click here [http://www.achieve-personal-success.info/] and find out how you can turn your life around by designing your destiny
Do you feel that you are you caught up in a stressed and monotonous existence, without any chance of achieving success in your life? Click here for more resources to assist you to get out of the doldrums.
The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed. -- John McDonald.
Also click here [http://www.achieve-personal-success.info/] and find out how you can turn your life around by designing your destiny
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