4 Latent Success Habits in You. Develop Them!!

You need a FOS

Dear loving people,

I have observed the lives of successful people for a long time now, is it about Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Barack OBAMA, and you name them. They all have a few things in common. Reading through their stories, I kept wondering what makes them so different from others; I have tried to observe some of the winning habits that they have in common. Guess what, all of these four, are latent in you and you only need to develop them:

1.     They all have a goal at the center of their existence

I keep wondering how empty you can feel if you have no aim in life. In fact, you are lost if you do not have a particular destination to move towards. All the successful people I have observed have an objective, an end, a goal in mind. They know what they want out of this life and they commit themselves beyond imagination to achieve it. Guess what, they got it.

When you have a supreme goal in life, you have something to focus on. If you do not have a goal, you will be missing the target and lost in pathless woods. Having a definite objective to focus on, will guide you towards your final destination.

But, having a goal is not all that it takes. The journey towards your goal will be on a lengthy road paved with obstacles and so you need self-motivation. Most people, who started such a journey, gave up half way because they lacked self-motivation. Those who are highly motivated, have higher chances to break through those obstacles each time with revitalized energy.

You did basic mathematics not so? Here we go, always remember that Goal + Self-Motivation / Obstacles = SUCCESS.

This means that when you add your goal to your self-motivation and it is strong enough to overcome the obstacles you will certainly face, then you can be assured of success. The likelihood of giving up is drastically higher if your desire for success is not strong enough.

2.   They have a Fulcrum Of Success (FOS)

Your FOS could be made up of your family, friends, mentors, colleagues, or anyone who supports you and wants to see you succeed. It is easy to give up when you are alone on this journey. Form a FOS to help you along the way. Napoleon Hill calls it the Master Mind Group.

To form your FOS, select like-minded people who want to achieve similar goals. You need to choose your members carefully. Choose members who are positive, goal oriented and are pursuing similar goals to yours.

3.   Their time is everything

Time is one of our most precious resources. You can waste your money and still manage to earn it back but there isn’t any way for you to get back your time if you waste it away.

You have to be aware of how you spent your time. If you want to achieve your goals but you are spending 60% of your time watching TV and hanging-out (I learned this word the hard way) with friends, most likely you will miss-out on your goal.

Keep a time log. There are many mobile and web-based applications that can help you track where you are spending your time. I use Outlook to track my daily activities and how much time I spent on each activity and make the necessary adjustments when it calls for. If you are serious about changing your life and achieving your goal, spend more time on the essential tasks.

4.   They never give up

Except your life has an inbuilt computer precision (I doubt that) otherwise, it’s hard to hit the target with your first try. This is why successful people failed many times over and never gave up until they made it. There are many things that you don’t know how to do them and trial and error is one of the ways to help you pick up new techniques.

You can learn faster by trying faster and failing more times in a shorter period. You learn at a slower pace when you are too slow to take action. When you take timely action, you will learn at a faster rate and know what things work and what don’t. You can make the necessary adjustments along the way to make things right and move closer to your goal. If you are slow to take action, you jeopardize the whole process and slow down your progress.

You may face many frustrations during your learning process. However, Don’t Give Up. Keep on trying out new ideas that you had picked up. Keep doing those that work and kick away ideas that don’t work.

Now, do you want to make your dreams and goals come true in a simple, easier and faster way? Are you really serious to live the kind of lifestyle you desire and do you want to be more successful? With all these proven success steps that I provided, you will be able to achieve anything you want in your life...without sweat!

Your Dimension Of Greatness

Touch the Universe

Dear loving people,

Have you taken a firm determination to succeed in life? Is it a burning desire in you? Picture the determination of a man who’s been walking through a desert for days, dying of thirst but knows that there is an oasis somewhere and that if he did search for it, he will certainly find it. That is the sort of desire I am talking about here.

What is your dimension of greatness? Is it hinged on your internal motivation to be great or on external forces that you cannot manage? As you reflect on this, take time to read and meditate on this inspiring poem from an unknown author.

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No one can know the potential,
Of a life that is committed to win;
With courage - the challenge it faces,
To achieve great success in the end!

So, explore the Dimension of Greatness,
And believe that the world CAN be won;
By a mind that is fully committed,
KNOWING the task can be done!

Your world has no place for the skeptic,
No room for the DOUBTER to stand;
To weaken your firm resolution
That you CAN EXCEL in this land!

We must have VISION TO SEE our potential,
And FAITH TO BELIEVE that we can;
Then COURAGE TO ACT with conviction,
To become what GOD MEANT us to be!

So, possess the strength and the courage,
To conquer WHATEVER you choose;
It's the person WHO NEVER GETS STARTED,
That is destined FOREVER to lose!
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May the special hand of God accompany you as you make the decision to be what God truly wants you to be.

Keep Moving and You’ll Get There

I will keep moving and I am sure to get there.

Dear loving people,

Have you heard of the quote “don’t be afraid to run fast only to stand still”? I don't remember the author but there is truth in it, do reflect on it. 

Accepting to change directions and to accept imperfection is an ingredient of the success personality. During your everyday process, it's important to keep moving forward, even when the situation is not what you expect it to be.

Although your path may change and your progress may seem minimal, the only way to reach your goal is to keep taking it step-by-step and piece-by-piece. Every time you complete a little step, you are getting closer to achieving your goal, and as long as you continue to move forward you are on the path to success.

Part of successful goal setting is tracking how far you've come. Not only can this be a great motivator, but it can also help you plan future goals and action steps, monitoring and evaluation experts (I am proud to be one) will tell you; that is the fulcrum of it all.

You can track your progress by conducting weekly and/or monthly goal check-ins that help you evaluate what you have accomplished and where you need to focus more of your attention. It may also be helpful for you to create milestones based on time and progress so you can easily tell if you're on track for reaching your goal.

Effective goal setting requires clarity about what the goal involves, knowledge on what type of effort will be required, and specific reasons why the goal is important to you. It also includes a plan for how you will accomplish each step, and perhaps most importantly, a commitment to seeing the goal through to completion. 

If you are unable to commit to the goal by taking time to develop a plan, and scheduling the time to focus on the action steps that will bring you closer to your goal, you will face an unnecessarily difficult challenge.

You can create what I call a Fulcrum Of Success (FOS) to help you reach your goals. Your FOS could be made up of your family, friends, mentors, colleagues, or anyone who supports you and wants to see you succeed. Their assistance could be packaged in a number of ways:

• You can be motivated by the knowledge that you have a solid FOS behind you
•  You can learn from the experiences and backgrounds of your FOS.
• Your FOS can cheer you on when you face challenges in the process. 
• You can be held accountable by your FOS for doing what you say you want to do. 
• Your FOS can provide a perspective that's different from your own. 
• Your FOS can help you celebrate your successes.  

In all of this, you must keep it at the center of your mind that the responsibility to succeed or fail lies primordially in your hands and none others. 

Dreaming of Success is not Enough!!

Dear loving people,

How many times in our lives have we said the following?

If I had more time, I would have acted on my dream...

If I didn't need this job, I would have pursued my dream of...

If only I had this opportunity five years ago, I would have achieved my dream of...

There are people going through life everyday working at jobs they hate and living a life that they disown because they settled for an "If I" mindset.

What is the secret between the person who is achieving his/her dream life and the person who is just wishing for a dream life? Let’s take a look at two major sites of it:

You must understand your options and live your dreams. We have options in our life. Do we follow the road everyone else is taking or do we travel the road less traveled to achieve our dreams? We have the option to look at life's challenges as a way to find creative solutions or to look at challenges as a negative barrier to achieving one's dreams. Take the positive option to develop yourself and achieve your dreams.

You must be awake and working hard for your success rather just joining the lot who keep dreaming of success. I have known many very bright and talented people that are always talking about their next big idea, or planning their next move in fact, at one moment, I was one of them. I’ll be honest in saying that this has been driving me crazy! 

It’s great to talk and plan in life but I see these people not moving forward. When I realized how much I was missing the point, I went into the background working like crazy to correct course.

Let me tell you that people who spend time talking about their plans, can’t understand what is making their competitors the more successful than their plans. What they just don’t understand is that you have to actually do it to achieve it.

Taking action and taking risks takes guts. But trying to create a successful personality, venture or company in today’s world also takes guts.

Why not step out and take action NOW. Of course we all make mistakes in the things we do. Be brave and jump in head first. If you are always waiting for things to be right, nothing will ever happen.

And remember that the world is divided into two types of people; the people who dream of success and those wake up and work hard at succeeding.