I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and
that is why I succeed.
What does success mean to you?
You might define success as having a stable job in a large company where there are opportunities for growth, or even owning a large home. Perhaps your vision of success includes owning your own business or backpacking through Europe every few years. Your personal success goals probably also include spiritual, relationship and other life aspirations.
Whatever your perspective may be, one of your primary tasks in life is to cultivate your own good fortune. What will you do to welcome success into your life?
How do you cultivate the success that you seek?
1. Use Affirmations. Tell yourself that you are worthy of success. What you say to yourself everyday has a huge impact on the type of life that you live. So, say to yourself that you’re worth whatever it takes to be successful. You know you deserve it. Be confident.
One of the affirmations that I have used since I was a teenager is:
“In order to accomplish something, you must be willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish it!”
It’s one of the first things I see when I get up in the morning.
2. Know what you want. Be absolutely certain about what it is that you want. When you’re confident about exactly what you seek in life, you’re better able to stay focused and keep your “eyes on the prize.”
3. Use visualization. See your goals. Imagine what success feels like, but bring it into the present. Use your imagination and think as if you’ve already attained what you want. Vividly picture in your mind having achieved your goals and the emotions that go along with your victories. While you’re working to achieve success, consider how life will look at each step along the journey.
For example, you might live in an apartment for two or more years before you begin shopping for your first own home. Your new place will have an extra bedroom you can use as an office. When you have your own home office, you will be able to expand your business, which will make you more money and lead you to greater financial security.
4. Prioritize. Prioritize your goals for success. Make your objectives an important part of your life. Think about your goals each day. Speak up about your intentions with your friends and family. When you do, the plans you make will begin to feel more real, tangible and believable.
5. Do one thing. Do at least one task everyday related to your goals. Incorporate working toward goals into your daily activities. Whether you make a phone call or research something on the internet, contribute to your goals each day by doing something specific and tangible. You’ll feel more actively engaged with your own path to success.
6. Upgrade your crew. Hang out with successful people. Soak up all the knowledge you can from those who live the life you dream about. Watch what they’re doing and learn from it. Think about how you can apply those same things to your own life. Find inspiration when you hang out with people you deem successful.
7. Live in the present, review the past, but picture yourself already there. Think of yourself as already successful. Remind yourself of the positive. Point out to yourself daily what you’ve done recently to achieve a goal. View yourself as a person who has already achieved success in your own right and in your own way. Believe that you are successful.
8. Shift gears when you need to. As you journey through life, you will naturally change your goals a bit or add new ones. Cultivating success means you’ll sometimes need to change your course of action or began making different decisions that are in alignment with your new set of goals.
There are plenty of methods for cultivating success around. When you engage in these or some of the other strategies, you can achieve your goals. You can begin creating the life you desire today!
Thoughts?
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