Success

I am not where I want to be in my life. I mean, I do not have the level of success that I want. Not with what I am doing now. I have had success in my life and I do know what it takes.

Where are you going?

First you have to know what you want. Know what it is that you want to have or achieve. See it in your mind.

Learn

Learn everything you can about whatever that thing is and do not stop learning. Read about it, talk to people about it, do whatever it takes to know everything and then learn some more.

Don’t hold back!

Go after it. By that I mean, actively go after the thing you want. Do not stop, do not allow yourself to become overly discouraged. Keep going. Work at it every day, every minute you can. Don’t listen to nay sayers or those who would discourage you from your goal.

I am no where near where I want to be in my business life right now. I do not have the level of success I want, but I know what it takes to get it. I know what I have to do. I admit that it is hard to not become discouraged, but that is all part of it. If it were easy, then everyone would be doing it and the rewards would not be as great.

Don’t let life stop you! Don’t let yourself down by not giving it everything you’ve got in the effort to become the success you dream yourself to be. The law of success is really pretty easy.

Think and Grow Rich

One of the greatest books ever written on the subject is Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. You can download a copy of this great book for free here or you can buy it from Amazon here. I have owned two of them and I have the second because I wore out the first one.

Here’s to You!

P.S. Let me know what you think! Tell me what your success looks like and how you got there!

Cath Duncan

Cath brings up some great stuff. She talks about goals being specific, but the problem being most of us don’t have the foggiest idea what it is we really want. I have to admit that I just came up with a goal for myself this morning. I hate the alarm and I want to get up when I want to get up. I want to go to bed when I want, work when I want. I don’t want a “boss” telling me what to do. I never realized that before yesterday morning.

Then there is focus. Goals teach us to be focused, even hyper-focused on what it is we want to accomplish. Now I think focus is a great thing. Without it, we tend to ramble and wander; at least I do. The opposite side to this is that we become so focused that the world could come to an end and we wouldn’t have noticed until we look up and see that everybody is gone except us.

In meditation, I was taught to become unattached. I struggled with this concept for a while. What it means is that we can have goals and dreams, but we should not become so attached to them that we don’t notice the world going on around us.

Let me give you an example. Suppose you want to lose weight. You set up a goal of twenty pounds and the plan is to run five nights a week until the twenty is lost. Your daughter, who is on the tennis team at school, is asking you to practice with her twice a week so that she can hone her skills. You are so focused on your goal that you do not see the chance to have some great aerobic activity that will help you lose weight and some time to interact with your daughter. You are too attached.

Goals are important, but they need to be fluid, as Cath says. Your goals are there to enhance and move your life forward, not replace it! Know what it is you want in life. Get specific about what your dreams are. What brings a smile to your face? What do your really want. Then set your goal and make your plan, but don’t become some anal jerk about it. Work toward your goal with enjoyment and your eyes open to see what is going on around you.

Here’s to You!

A friend of mine wrote in her blog back in April that she had taken some time to re-evaluate,

“For the past couple of weeks I’ve been doing some serious thinking & planning behind the scenes. And no, I’m not over here plotting world domination and how to make a million dollars. I’ve simply been evaluating my business, my lifestyle and all of the tiny details that have become a part of my daily routine.
It pays to take a step back now and then and look at where you are and where you’re headed, and compare that to where you really want to be in your life. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing…”
Lynn Terry April 2009

So many times we want our lives to be rich and full, but if we were really pinned down to say what that really means, we wouldn’t know. What is the definition of a rich life to you? Is it one where you have more money than you know what to do with, or is it one where you have your bills paid with some left over? Do you travel to Europe, or to your friends or family’s house?

I have done what Lynn did, and I know what I want. I am working on plans on how I will get there. I am learning. Now it’s your turn. Take sometime and really decide what you want your life to look like five years from now. Start with the big dreams and then define it down to the exact vision.

Now, GO FOR IT!

Here’s to You.

P.S. If you are into internet marketing at all, check out Lynn’s Elite member program. It is the best and I love it!

Rich Life

He asked me how I was, not because he wanted to know, but because he was supposed to. I said I was fine and asked him how he was. He just shrugged his shoulders. I said something about being happy to be there, and he answered it wasn’t just work, it was everything.

This simple conversation got me to thinking about how so many people seem to feel that their lives are hopeless. Life isn’t hopeless, but you have to know that it isn’t.

I have decided to take this blog in a slightly different direction. It won’t be much of a change, but I want it to concentrate on living a rich life.

Now you can take this to mean rich as in wealthy, but I don’t want to limit it to having lots of money. Living a rich life is more than money. It is having the things you want in life. Those things might be more time with your family or time to pursue your hobbies. Life’s riches are certainly more than just having a hefty bank account!

You have to know what you want before you can decide how to get it. I ran across a nice little blog post about setting goals. It is really about having an online business, but the principle still applies.

Once you know what you want, you have to believe that you can have it. This is crucial! If you think you will never have whatever it might be, you are probably right, you won’t ever get it. What many people call the law of attraction in simply having the faith that you can achieve your goals in life.

Stop right now, for just a minute. What would make your life richer? Do you believe you can have whatever that is? Now you have your answer as to how rich your life can be.

Here’s to You!

Here is the recap for this last week. It was all about setting and achieving goals. Read back through the posts and add your comments! I love to hear what you are thinking or struggling with.

Here’s to You!

setting and achieving goals; never give up

are either unrealistic or that you have missed something somewhere. No matter what you try, you just don’t seem any closer to reaching them.

There is a great story in the book Think and Grow Rich about a man named Darby. I won’t recount the whole story here, but briefly, Mr. Darby had gold fever and went off to Colorado to search for gold. He had some success and found a vein, but before long it died out. Mr Darby sold all his equipment and went home. The man he sold it to consulted a geologist and resumed digging. Three feet from where Darby quit, gold was struck.

You cannot give up. You may look over your goals and see if they need re-defining, you may look at what you want to do and, once again, evaluate how much you want to give in order to achieve your goal, but if you decide that the goal is what you want, then do not give up!

Remember the story of Darby. If you give up now, what will you think about it a year or so from now? Will you regret quitting? If you give up now, how will you ever know if you were just “three feet” from your goal?

If you are having a hard time and nothing seems to be working out, take a deep breath, go over your goals, and then renew your efforts!

Here’s to You!