Top 10 Principles of Success
#1
Success Starts Within
“If you want to change the world,
first change your heart.”
Confucius
Success comes from the way you act.
The way you act comes from the way you think and feel. Therefore, to become
more successful, you must first change something within yourself.
“Excellence is not a singular act,
but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.”
Aristotle
The little things that you do every
day build on top of one another. Make a little progress towards your goals
every day.
#3
Success is Only Obtainable in the Now
“The present moment is the only
moment available to us and it is the door to all moments.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
We can’t experience the past or the
future. So the only time a person is truly able to experience success is when
they’re appreciating success in the present moment. Take time to enjoy the
success of the present or you’ll never know the true meaning of the word.
There’s another reason why the
present is so important, as Mahatma Gandhi points out: “The future depends on
what we do in the present.”
#4
Success is in Motion
“I think if you do something and it
turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not
dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
Steve Jobs
Have a sip of success and it’s easy
to get intoxicated. When you get so pleased with your success that all you want
to do is reflect on it fondly, you’re guaranteeing that your success will be
short-lived.
The only way to have permanent
success is to always be moving forward. This anonymous quotation says it better
than I can: “A successful man continues to look for work after he has found a
job.”
#5
Success Requires Faith
“Leap and the net will appear.”
Zen saying
Pursuing success is challenging and
risky, but your chances increase greatly when you simply believe you will
succeed.
#6
Success Means Helping Others
“It’s not that successful people are
givers; it is that givers are successful people.”
Patti Thor
While it’s enjoyable to help
yourself, there’s nothing more satisfying than helping others. Any true
definition of success involves giving back as much as you get.
#7
Success is a Choice
“The first step toward success is
taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first
find yourself.”
Mark Caine
Your life is in your hands. So if
you don’t like your situation, change it.
Each of us has the resources and the
opportunity to create a better life. But we each must make the decision to do
this. As an old Swedish proverb says, “God gives every bird a worm, but he does
not throw it into the nest.”
#8
Perseverance is Required
“Life’s real failure is when you do
not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.”
Anonymous
Colonel Harlan Sanders made 1008
sales call before a restaurant agreed to buy his recipe for fried chicken. If
Sanders hadn’t persisted through over 1000 rejections, then KFC (a restaurant
franchise with that earns about a half-billion dollars in revenue per year)
wouldn’t exist.
Success is a long-term game. Be
ready for the long haul.
#9
Visualization is Key
“If you don’t know where you are
going, you’ll end up some place else.”
Yogi Berra
When teaching my class to shoot
basketball, our gym teacher told us to imagine the basketball going through the
hoop. Surprisingly, the trick worked: visualizing a successful shot actually
helped us achieve it.
It’s not magic. Visualization makes
our goals more real and reminds us of the beauty of our dreams.
#10
Success Starts Today
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest
you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
No matter what your situation is,
you can become a successful person today. You may not be able to reap the
rewards yet, but you can start planting the seeds.
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