The Sure Shot Success Formula
There are only 3 things that are required to be successful:
1. Knowledge.
2. Motivation.
3. Action.
But what does “success” really mean?
In reality, success could have entirely different meanings for different people, sometimes even radically opposite! It all depends on their individual goal.
• For some people, success means to make a lot of money, buy cars, a house, maybe a private jet, etc.
• For some, it means to be healthy enough to live up to almost a hundred years “in prime health”.
• Some people want to become famous in their country (or even the world)!
• For some people, success means dominating the whole world in their chosen market.
• Some people consider success as having a loving life partner. Nothing else matters to them.
• Again, some consider providing the best education and values to their children as their ultimate success.
I could go on, but I do not want to bore you… your idea of success could be one or more of the above (or maybe all of them). Or something entirely different. Whatever is it that you want to achieve in life, it is not only possible, it’s probable.
Knowledge: I told you earlier that the first thing required to be successful was knowledge. To become successful in anything, you first need to have the right knowledge. There are several ways to achieve this: books, courses, seminars, audios, videos, tutorials, workshops, one on one training, etc. In fact, you can even get a lot of information for free on the internet. But the problem is, not all the “so called free” information you get on the internet is correct. Some of the information is plain wrong and misleading. Sometimes, this can be disastrous. This is because once you believe in some particular information, it is extremely difficult (and sometimes impossible) to de-program your brain and feed it the correct information. Now, this does not necessarily mean that “all free information is crap” and “all paid information products are great”. I have personally purchased expensive courses which were crap, and come across free information that was excellent. But this was rare. Additionally, when someone is selling some information (packaged in a pdf ebook, physical book, video tutorials, password protected membership website, or any other method) it is far more likely that the person has taken a lot of effort to ensure that the product has been created by putting in a lot of research, personal experience and has been tested to live up to its expectations. Only then will the creator of the product ensure the long term success of its sales. It has to benefit the customer in some way or the other, especially saving the time to research himself / herself. And since time is actually the “most important resource” in the world for any human being, the successful people minimize the wastage of this valuable resource by “buying it”.
This, my friend, it the first “real secret” of successful people! Look, nobody was born with all the necessary knowledge right from their mother’s womb. The successful people learnt it, were motivated enough to implement it, and finally, took the necessary action. They also probably got the “correct knowledge” right from the beginning. Now, some of you may argue with me that there could be other factors that were responsible for their success. Some of these could be:
1. Luck.
2. Support (financial support, peer support, good contacts, etc).
3. Karma (also from past life?).
And guess what? I will not argue with you. You may be partly right (or 100% right). OK, so now what? Will you sit back and let these factors influence your success, or will you lead your life to success?
Motivation: After knowledge, the most important thing you need to succeed is motivation. While the most effective and result oriented motivation is self motivation, there is no harm in taking the assistance of other things. These include but is not limited to: reading books, taking courses, listening to / watching motivational material, taking part in activities that motivate you, forming a like minded support group where you can meet and exchange views and ideas freely, joining an existing group, or simply doing anything that motivates you to do whatever is required to be successful.
Action: The single most important factor that differentiates between successful and unsuccessful people is – successful people take action and unsuccessful ones procrastinate. Look, if you don’t have enough knowledge, you can hire people who have knowledge. Knowledge is not power, applied knowledge is. So don’t be afraid to fail, just take action. Don’t try to wait until you can deliver something that is perfect, because you will never reach that goal. It took Thomas Edition ten thousand trials before he could invent the light bulb. He says that he did not fail 10000 times, but he discovered 10000 ways in which a light bulb cannot be made! So remember – the faster you take action, the faster you will discover stuff that doesn’t work, if you fail. Slowly and gradually, your failure to success ratio will go on decreasing!
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