Success Skills Part 3

Nine - Make sure your major goal serves people in a virtuous way. When you

do this you will respect yourself and gain the respect of the people around

you.

Be kind, patient, and generous to others. Remember the Law of Sowing

and Reaping. When you sow a good seed you reap the good rewards every

time.

The greatest gift you can ever give is the gift of yourself. When you

have the virtues of kindness, patients and generosity you build your character

and your inner strength.

Ten - Be bold. We come into this world without fear of new adventures,

without the fear of what others may say or think. Our brain is designed for

greatness, but as we grow we become programmed for failure.

We are born with the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. All other fears

we learn as we get older. The good thing is that our fears are learned and

 conditioned responses.

That means we can unlearn them and recondition our habits. The

best way to defeat fear is through action. Make action a habit every day. The

action habit will help you grow in confidence and lift your self-esteem.

Eleven - Take action. Take some type of action toward your goals as soon as

you finish all the other steps. Action will help you gain momentum.

We all learn in school from Isaac Newton that once an object is set in motion it

remains in motion until acted upon from an outside source. So get in motion

now. Now if some outside source shows up to throw you off course (and it

will), gather more information, reevaluate your options and change your

approach if you need to.

When a plane takes off from Dallas and has a destination of New York, it’s off

course most of the time. The pilot is always adjusting the plane to keep it on course.

The pilot knows where the plane is going and keeps moving in that direction.

The same is true when you’re working on your major goals in life. You’ll be off

course from time to time, but if you know where you’re going and you have the

self-discipline to adjust your path and keep in a forward motion you will get there.

Twelve - Read your goal list daily. We know that we can only hold one

dominant thought in our mind. Emerson said, “A man is what he thinks about

all day long.” The Bible tells us that “As a man thinks than that also shall he

be.” When you review your goals daily you begin the process of focus.

You’ll begin to notice things that will lead you nearer to your goal. People

will show up to help. You’ll find resources that didn’t exist before. The

universe will be on your side. The things you’re seeking are also seeking you.

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Now will it be hard? Yes! Will there be times when you’ll want to give up

and quit? Yes! Will there be times when people will turn their backs on you

and let you down? Yes!

Will it all happen overnight for you? No! But, if you follow these steps and

stay persistent, and continue to learn and grow from the successful people in

life you will arrive at your goals much quicker.

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though

checkered by failure…than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy

nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory

nor defeat.”

…Theodore Roosevelt