Key to Success
What is the secret of success
The secret of success is not one single, pithy tip. The “secret of success,” if there is one, is that success is brought about by a combination of smart habits, a tenacious spirit, and a whole lot of luck. Making a few conscious changes to your behavior and attitude could prove to quite rewarding.
The Secret of Success
There are an array of secret techniques to be learned and used in order to become successful, wealthy, and famous. Knowing what has and hasn’t worked in the past will serve you well when trying to achieve your goals in the future. We have tried to write down some of the things we have found to be very important in helping us live happy, successful lives. These things may not be the most glamorous or “sexy” ways of living and being successful, but they are the most effective.
What is success?
And what it’s not? Well, it’s not success when you aren’t happy, nor success if your entire life is full of stress and difficulties. Rather, a successful person’s attitude can overcome all of the challenges that life throws at him or her. So, how do you become successful? First of all, a successful person:
Develops a positive attitude toward their own life
Maintains good social skills
Skills of learning new things
Strikes a balance between work and leisure
And, most importantly, does not suffer from a negative self-image.
The key to any of the above is to start being yourself – to think of yourself as a success. What is it that you can do better than everyone else? How do you approach the world differently? How do you deal with the troubles that life throws at you? These are the first questions you need to ask yourself before starting your success’ journey.
The Fundamentals of Success
The following principles are well known and widely applied, but their true value lies in learning from them and applying them in your life, at all stages of your life, every day.
Decide on your goal and stick to it every step of the way! Every person should have a goal and the idea of goal setting is not as controversial as you may think. Every person can strive towards achieving something that they want. You might have a dream that you want to realize. Maybe you want to become a film producer or a bestselling author. Whatever it is, you have a goal. Decide on what you want to accomplish, on what you need to do in your life, and then stick to it. Create a personal plan When you have decided on a goal, your plan is everything. The plan is your map to success.
Now let’s take a look at fundamentals of success:
#1- Self-discipline
The thought of having a never-give-up attitude, or making short-term sacrifices in favor of long-term results is not something that comes easy to many. However, when you do overcome that obstacle and show that you’re not going to back down from a challenge, those little victories make you more determined to keep pushing forward. Embrace what you hate Self-defeating people tend to dwell on their shortfalls, to the extent that they ignore the real benefits of their current behavior. Instead of pointing fingers, embrace the actions you want to take. For instance, don’t criticize the work you have to put in to reach your goals. Make those activities fun, because that’s what makes them worthwhile.
#2- Happiness
In each of us lies a happiness potential. A potential for positive emotions, freedom from regrets, and open-heartedness. As I wrote in “Feeling Optimistic,” I choose my attitude, and I create my reality by choosing what I focus on. I decide how I see my life. And I create the life I want.
The difference between my highs and lows are when my motivation goes to “high” and when my motivation goes to “low.” When my motivation goes to low, my attitude gets stuck. When my attitude gets stuck, I don’t have the will to change. As Chuck DeCarlo, the Executive Coach, says, “Highs and lows are part of our experience in this life. The difference between being miserable and living a happy life is to recognize when we’re in a low and to find the energy to get out of it.”
#3- Positive attitude
More often than not, most people who don’t have a good attitude to life are usually the ones who struggle the most. Since it is the attitude that matters most in many cases, you should always try to keep a positive attitude. The right mindset is what will determine your success in life, and a positive mindset will be the greatest hindrance to achieving your goals. A positive attitude will not only make your life easier and more pleasant, but it will also make it easier for you to learn. As you already know, your goals are not going to be achieved without preparation and hard work, but with a positive attitude you can easily avoid negativity and distractions that will most likely derail you from reaching your goals.
The first step to achieving success
Dwelling on the past is one of the greatest causes of failure and unhappiness. Of course, you should always take a look back at your achievements, but to dwell on the past will only slow you down. It’s important to stay focused on the future and not get distracted by what happened in the past. As the old saying goes, if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.
The trick to success is not to focus on everything you did, but only on the things you want to achieve. Instead of focusing on the things you wish you’d done, try to think of ways in which you can do better now, for example by taking a trip to somewhere new, or reading a book that you’ve never read before.
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I like this statement, dwelling on the past is one of the greatest causes of failure and unhappiness, its striking, aiming straight to forehead that bounce back with tons of questions but for positive mindset person it's a one way of learning process of the past mistakes which lead to success in life.
Thank you for sharing, CLeow