Table of Contents
Introduction .. 5
Chapter 1: Success Is A Habit, Not An End Result ..... 8
Chapter 2: Failure Is Just Part And Parcel .. 13
Chapter 3: Invest In Yourself ..... 18
Chapter 4: Dream Big .... 25
Chapter 5: Hot Burning Passion 31
Chapter 6: Critical Thinking 42
Chapter 7: Spot Talent ... 51
Chapter 8: Do Whatever It Takes .... 57
Conclusion .. 62
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Having a Good Morning Routine
How you start your day will dictate how you live your life. If you start your day by answering your emails, for example, you are doing something for the somebody else first thing in the morning. This action tells you that you are prioritizing work over everything else. This could also possibly subconsciously make you think that other people’s needs are more important than your own.
On the other hand, if you start by doing personal things like meditating, exercising or setting personal goals for the day, then you are prioritizing yourself before anything else. This is what a successful person does. Successful people know that they have the power to control what happens in their life. Therefore, they make it a priority to work on their selves first thing before everything else. They know that they alone can determine their success or failure, so they work on their most important asset which is their mind, body, heart, and soul.
Start with your body. A good morning routine consists of doing something that will maintain your health. Things, like exercising, maintaining proper personal hygiene, eating breakfast, drinking water, and the like, are some of the examples of routines that you can do that’s good for your body. Having a healthy body gives you more energy to tackle the toughest tasks of your day.
Doing some quiet reading is a good morning routine that will feed your mind. Reading increases your knowledge and feeds the mind. Try quietly reading news articles or try reading a book in the morning and see what happens. Setting personal goals for the day is another way to nourish your mind. Your daily goals give your mind a virtual roadmap that it can follow to help you attain success. Having a clear picture of what you want to could make it easier to reach it. Setting daily goals also helps you organize your day.
For your heart and soul, simple morning routines like cuddling with your loved ones, praying, and meditating can do wonders. Meditation and prayer support relaxation,
whereas spending time with loved ones in the morning promotes bonding and fosters communication. When you feel relaxed, you are more centered and focused on achieving your goals instead of reacting to stress and anxiety. When you feel loved, you feel more inspired to succeed.
Case Study:
Bill Gates, the richest American and the chairman of Microsoft, had visualized the computers running on every desk and Microsoft software on every computer long before it ever happened.
Bill Gates has described his imagination and foresight as one of the greatest assets to achieving business success. He developed new technology and designed new opportunities due in large part to the creative thinking aspect of engineering. Where is the world of technology going? How can we create and innovate existing concepts? How do people imagine the future regarding a certain medium? Whatever the industry, dreaming up the future is the first step towards seeing it realized. Creating something that solves a problem, fills a need or engineers innovative solutions begins with making the transition from creative thought to applied principles.
• Bill Gates states that his biggest personal regret is not learning about global poverty and indecencies that plague many countries sooner in his life.
• He took to social media this year during college graduations and gave many millennial graduates advice on where to go from here, including staying energized and focusing on the sciences, energy, and artificial intelligence industries.
• His philanthropic aspirations show us that, even though business is important, people still have a responsibility towards the world around us.
• Managing your time effectively is key.
Chapter 2: Failure Is Just Part And Parcel
Perhaps the most difficult part of trying is failing. For instance, one may try every step mentioned in the Law of Attraction and that of Hill’s principles yet end up with nothing but a broken hope of becoming rich. This failure can be the sole reason for the person to give up all their faith with the promising power of their mind. Some people can be so disheartened over a single failure that a second trial is way too scary to consider. What people must be reminded of is that the greatest achievements recorded in the history of humankind were completed successfully after several trials and failures. Failing is a necessary evil for a person to grow.
Most people are afraid of failure primarily because it has the power to bring strong feelings of being foolish, useless and incompetent. Nonetheless, failures can always happen to anyone at any time or place. What one must learn is how to handle the situation accordingly.
A positive mindset can eliminate the fear of failure. Everyone experiences failures, yet people differ on how they behave after the said experience. This is because people differ in the kind of outlook they utilize to view their life events. In reality, what matters is not what one experiences, it is how one reacts to such experience. Thus, changing one’s mindset regarding failure is the key to handle them effectively.
Failures are opportunities for people to improve themselves and aim for the better. Instead of fearing failure, people must consider it as a challenge. This way failure itself will serve as a motivation for people. Indeed, there are several ways on how one can view failure aside from it being the dark and scary experience. Moreover, there are plenty other ways on how one can deal with the said experience.
One of which includes not taking failure personally. Failing is an experience that describes one’s interaction with the world. It is never about the person; thus, it must not be taken personally. One must learn to be objective with his/her experiences.
If one does not want to encounter failure, then they must stop thinking about it. Sometimes people fear failure so much that they unwittingly are making it their goal. Focusing too much on failure will result in its manifestation.
Lastly, one must develop his/her perseverance. Quitting after a failure will lead a person nowhere; on the contrary, a person facing failure straight in the face is courting the greatest success.
A lot of wealthy and successful people say that the road to success is never easy. It often requires sacrifice, sweat, blood, and tears for you to achieve your goals and enjoy a successful life. On top of all that, you will encounter mistakes, failures, and rejections along the way. All these can easily discourage and distract you from achieving your goals. What keeps successful people from throwing in the towel is their persistence.
Persistence means that you never give up on working and achieving your goals despite all the hardships and obstacles that you encounter along the way. It is so easy to up and quit when you are faced with tough and seemingly impossible to overcome obstacles. But when you persist and never give up, there is a deeper feeling of satisfaction in knowing that you worked through it and then end up winning.
Take Jack Ma for example. The founder of a multi-million dollar online buy and sell the company was said to have been rejected by Harvard 10 times before he finally succeeded in life. Other famous success stories include Thomas Edison who was described by his teachers as someone who is “too stupid to learn anything” and Walt Disney who was once fired from a job at a newspaper company because he supposedly “lacked imagination.” Today, Thomas Edison has over 1,000 patents to his name and is a world-famous inventor. Walt Disney’s company is now worth billions of dollars and is the one place where imagination thrives. These setbacks obviously did not deter them from pursuing their dreams, and they have succeeded.
These people, who are now millionaires and billionaires in their rights, became successful because they believed in their talents. They know that the opinion of one person is not the opinion of the entire planet. They believe that somewhere in the world there is a person who shares their ideas and could help them succeed. They persisted with their passion, whether it’s for drawing or for inventing, without heeding the naysayers who always try to bring them down.
Persistent people succeed in life because they don’t see mistakes and failures as permanent roadblocks to their success. They see them as temporary setbacks where lessons can be learned. Mistakes are opportunities to try again and not quit altogether. It just means they haven’t found the right formula yet, so they need to start again. Their positive attitude towards failure help keeps them going and trying another experiment using different variables from their previous failed experiments.
