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1.) Take 100%
Responsibility for Your Life. One
of the greatest myths that is pervasive in our culture today is that you
are entitled to a great life-that somehow, somewhere, someone is
responsible for filling our lives with continual happiness, exciting
career options, nurturing family time and blissful personal
relationships simply because we exist. But the real truth is that there
is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live.
That person is YOU.
2.) Be Clear Why
You’re Here. I believe each of us is born with a
life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging and honoring this purpose is
perhaps the most important action successful people take. They take the
time to understand what they’re here to do-and then they pursue that
with passion and enthusiasm.
3.) Decide What
You Want. One of the main reasons why most
people don’t get what they want is they haven’t decided what they
want. They haven’t defined their desires in clear and compelling
detail...What does success look like to you?
4.) Believe
It’s Possible. Scientists used
to believe that humans responded to information flowing into the brain
from the outside world. But today, they’re learning instead that we
respond to what the brain, based on previous experience, expects to
happen next...In fact, the mind is such a powerful instrument, it can
deliver to you literally everything you want. But you have to believe
that what you want is possible.
5.) Believe in
Yourself. If you are going to be successful in creating the life of your
dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of making it
happen...Whether you call it self-esteem, self-confidence or
self-assurance, it is a deep-seated belief that you have what it
takes-the abilities, inner resources, talents and skills to create your
desired results.
6.) Become an
Inverse Paranoid. Imagine how much
easier it would be to succeed in life if you were constantly expecting
the world to support you and bring you opportunity.
Successful people do just that.
7.) Unleash the
Power of Goal Setting. Experts on the
science of success know the brain is a goal-seeking organism. Whatever
goal you give to your subconscious mind, it will work day and night to
achieve...To engage you subconscious mind, a goal has to be measurable.
When there are no criteria for measurement, it is simply something you
want, a wish, a preference, a good idea.
©
Jack Canfield
Adapted
from THE SUCCESS PRINCIPLES: How to Get from Where You Are to Where
You Want to Be by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource;
January 1, 2005; ISBN: 0-06-059488-8)
Jack Canfield,
America's Success Coach, is the founder and co-creator of the
billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul
and the nation's leading authority on Peak Performance. If you're ready
to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in
all that you do, get your FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now at www.JackCanfield.com
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