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Discover Your Path To Success Part 4
Discover Your Path to Success Part 4
Word Count:
485
Summary:
As humans, we have progressed in so many ways, but we have lost touch with our bodies, nature, and the power of prayer. There seems to be a spiritual renaissance, of sorts, going on in the new age movement.
Keywords:
health, healthy, fitness, fit, motivate, motivation, self, improve, improvement, self improvement, discover, discovering, path
Article Body:
In Part Three, I promised we would get into the resources. Before we do, however, lets discuss a treasure that most of us have been exposed to, but dont take nearly enough time out of our day to focus on the power of prayer. This may offend some people, but I hope it does not; as that is not
my intent.
As humans, we have progressed in so many ways, but we have lost touch with our bodies, nature, and the power of prayer. There seems to be a spiritual renaissance, of sorts, going on in the new age movement.
However, there are a large number of children growing up with no spiritual guidance at all. There are many reasons, and excuses, for this, but a large portion of this generation of children could grow up, out of touch, with their spiritual health.
Always remember that whole health deals with mind, body, and spirit, as they are interconnected. If these three components are healthy, you are in good shape at any age.
What does this have to do with success? Well, God does make the ultimate ally. Your prayers do honor Gods presence - by giving thanks, and asking for help, in times of need. You will feel much better, and prayer applies to every religion.
Personally, the importance does not lie in what religion you are; however, a lack of religion does seem to run parallel with depression. This is classified as spiritual illness, which will have a negative effect on you mentally, physically, or totally.
The concept of God does not apply to all religions, but the concept of prayer does. If you try it, you will heal from the inside - out.
The following resources start from classics that my Grandfather gave to me as a child.
The Law of Success, by Napoleon Hill - 1928
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie - 1936
Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill - 1937
The Power of Positive Thinking, by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale 1952
All of these books can be found in audio format, which makes them very
handy, especially if you are commuting in your car. Each of these books can
also be found on my desk, or in the book case, in my office. Over the years, I had to replace some of the old books my Grandfather gave me, as the worn pages separated from the bindings.
I extend my apologies to the many other great authors, who I did not list; that would be a very large book, within itself. The fact is - this is a good starting point before venturing out and discovering the hidden treasures in print, eBooks, or audio books.
Now you have the last hidden treasures to carve your own path to success. If you put these principles into action, there is no way you can fail. May your journey be a pleasant and safe one.
BONUS : Title:
Dont Pull Up The Seeds When Youve Just Sown Them
Word Count:
1035
Summary:
All new ventures of goal-building follow a set pattern in which your initial euphoria is quickly replaced by lonely struggle. Dont let this phase fool you into giving up as it does for so many. This article will show you how to treat this phase as an essential part of your success.
Keywords:
goals, goal-setting, goal-building, success, motivation, phases of success, failure, struggle, working with time, faith, trust
Article Body:
Why is it that 95% of people who set themselves goals fail to reach them? In one word: impatience.
The most important and difficult stage of goal-building is the immediate stage after you set your goals. In the first stage, theres a brief blip of euphoria. But this soon passes and then you hit the arid plateau of learning. Its in this phase that most people lose their way and give up.
But this is the phase when you have to hang in there despite appearances. Otherwise, its like digging up the seeds a week after sowing them. So, here, for those who need a roadmap through the arid plains of goal-building, is a 6-step guide to managing your impatience and keeping your plans on track.
1. Have Plenty of Motivation Reminders. One of the cruel tricks that life plays on us is to make goal-setting easy and goal-building hard. This is no more true than in the opening phases of working towards a new goal. When we choose a new goal that seems within our reach, we are full of excitement and anticipation. Its like the start of a marathon when everyone cheers us over the start line. But the cheers soon become a distant memory when we move into the second phase, the hard slog. Its in this phase that we need to have a ready supply of motivation reminders to keep us going. Heres one I often use. Its from Ray Kroc, founder of the global restaurant chain McDonalds. Kroc was an amazing entrepreneur. He says that it is in the early stages of working towards a new goal that you learn the most: When youre green, you grow. When youre ripe, you rot.
2. Be A Fly, Not A Bee. The chief problem with the early stages of goal-building is that you can never be sure of the right way forward, particularly if you are breaking new ground. You try something and it doesnt work. You try again and it doesnt work again. And again. And again. Thats tough. But its essential. Because youre learning. Karl Weick says that in this situation it is much better to be a fly than a bee. When you place a fly and a bee in an upturned jam jar, the bee will head straight for the light and repeatedly buzz against the bottom of the glass. The fly on the other hand will dive frantically around the jar exploring every corner until he finds a way out. Thats the example to follow when you want to succeed: be a fly, not a bee.
3. Accept The Struggle. Those who are eager to succeed often treat the second phase of goal-building as an unnecessary waste of time. They would prefer to skip it and jump to the next phase of success. But this is to misunderstand the whole point of the second phase. Its there to toughen you up. You may have heard the story of The Man and the Butterfly about the man who saw a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon. To help it out, the man cut a bigger hole in the cocoon and pulled the butterfly through. However, instead of flying away, the butterfly was unable to fly. Its body was too swollen. What the man did not understand was that the butterflys struggle to emerge through the hole forces fluid from its body to its wings and thus makes them strong and ready to carry its weight. Like the butterfly, we need to struggle to succeed.
4. Be Objective. In stage two of goal-building, its valuable to stand back and distance ourselves from whats going on. We need to be tripeds not bipeds. Bipeds are people who see only themselves and others. Risk-taking is a do-or-die undertaking. Progress is either a triumph or disaster. Life is black and white, winning or losing. Tripeds, on the other hand, can distance themselves from their situation by finding a third position where they can observe things with objectivity. Life isnt either-or any more. It has depth, colour, and many angles.
5. Dont Judge Yourself. Our win-lose culture puts great pressure on us to consider ourselves at any moment in life as either winners or losers. This means that failure is a bad thing and winning is everything. One of the most quoted expressions in our modern culture is: Failure is not an option. But this is to misunderstand the real nature of success. We need to fail in order to succeed. And we need to fail big-time in order to succeed big-time. Practically every successful entrepreneur, from Thomas Edison to Walt Disney, experienced failure many times over. But they didnt judge themselves. They interpreted failure as not succeeding yet and saw it as just one more step on the road to success.
6. Manage Your Morale. Of course, its not always much fun to be stuck in the hard slog phase of goal-building. Nobodys cheering any more. You have nothing to show for your efforts. And the dream still feels as far away as ever. Thats when you have to manage your morale. That means managing your stress, keeping things light, and working on the things you cant see: your thinking patterns, your emotions, and your spirit. And, like the fluid in the butterfly, these may just be the things that will make you fly. I can say: I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and it makes me uncomfortable, so I wont do it. Or I could say: Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable? (Barbra Streisand)
We human beings are very similar to the plant world. We grow best when we work with Nature and time. Dont be in too much of a hurry to achieve your goals. If you hold on with faith, certainty, and determination, youll get there in due course when the time is right.
Dont Pull Up The Seeds When Youve Just Sown Them
Word Count:
1035
Summary:
All new ventures of goal-building follow a set pattern in which your initial euphoria is quickly replaced by lonely struggle. Dont let this phase fool you into giving up as it does for so many. This article will show you how to treat this phase as an essential part of your success.
Keywords:
goals, goal-setting, goal-building, success, motivation, phases of success, failure, struggle, working with time, faith, trust
Article Body:
Why is it that 95% of people who set themselves goals fail to reach them? In one word: impatience.
The most important and difficult stage of goal-building is the immediate stage after you set your goals. In the first stage, theres a brief blip of euphoria. But this soon passes and then you hit the arid plateau of learning. Its in this phase that most people lose their way and give up.
But this is the phase when you have to hang in there despite appearances. Otherwise, its like digging up the seeds a week after sowing them. So, here, for those who need a roadmap through the arid plains of goal-building, is a 6-step guide to managing your impatience and keeping your plans on track.
1. Have Plenty of Motivation Reminders. One of the cruel tricks that life plays on us is to make goal-setting easy and goal-building hard. This is no more true than in the opening phases of working towards a new goal. When we choose a new goal that seems within our reach, we are full of excitement and anticipation. Its like the start of a marathon when everyone cheers us over the start line. But the cheers soon become a distant memory when we move into the second phase, the hard slog. Its in this phase that we need to have a ready supply of motivation reminders to keep us going. Heres one I often use. Its from Ray Kroc, founder of the global restaurant chain McDonalds. Kroc was an amazing entrepreneur. He says that it is in the early stages of working towards a new goal that you learn the most: When youre green, you grow. When youre ripe, you rot.
2. Be A Fly, Not A Bee. The chief problem with the early stages of goal-building is that you can never be sure of the right way forward, particularly if you are breaking new ground. You try something and it doesnt work. You try again and it doesnt work again. And again. And again. Thats tough. But its essential. Because youre learning. Karl Weick says that in this situation it is much better to be a fly than a bee. When you place a fly and a bee in an upturned jam jar, the bee will head straight for the light and repeatedly buzz against the bottom of the glass. The fly on the other hand will dive frantically around the jar exploring every corner until he finds a way out. Thats the example to follow when you want to succeed: be a fly, not a bee.
3. Accept The Struggle. Those who are eager to succeed often treat the second phase of goal-building as an unnecessary waste of time. They would prefer to skip it and jump to the next phase of success. But this is to misunderstand the whole point of the second phase. Its there to toughen you up. You may have heard the story of The Man and the Butterfly about the man who saw a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon. To help it out, the man cut a bigger hole in the cocoon and pulled the butterfly through. However, instead of flying away, the butterfly was unable to fly. Its body was too swollen. What the man did not understand was that the butterflys struggle to emerge through the hole forces fluid from its body to its wings and thus makes them strong and ready to carry its weight. Like the butterfly, we need to struggle to succeed.
4. Be Objective. In stage two of goal-building, its valuable to stand back and distance ourselves from whats going on. We need to be tripeds not bipeds. Bipeds are people who see only themselves and others. Risk-taking is a do-or-die undertaking. Progress is either a triumph or disaster. Life is black and white, winning or losing. Tripeds, on the other hand, can distance themselves from their situation by finding a third position where they can observe things with objectivity. Life isnt either-or any more. It has depth, colour, and many angles.
5. Dont Judge Yourself. Our win-lose culture puts great pressure on us to consider ourselves at any moment in life as either winners or losers. This means that failure is a bad thing and winning is everything. One of the most quoted expressions in our modern culture is: Failure is not an option. But this is to misunderstand the real nature of success. We need to fail in order to succeed. And we need to fail big-time in order to succeed big-time. Practically every successful entrepreneur, from Thomas Edison to Walt Disney, experienced failure many times over. But they didnt judge themselves. They interpreted failure as not succeeding yet and saw it as just one more step on the road to success.
6. Manage Your Morale. Of course, its not always much fun to be stuck in the hard slog phase of goal-building. Nobodys cheering any more. You have nothing to show for your efforts. And the dream still feels as far away as ever. Thats when you have to manage your morale. That means managing your stress, keeping things light, and working on the things you cant see: your thinking patterns, your emotions, and your spirit. And, like the fluid in the butterfly, these may just be the things that will make you fly. I can say: I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and it makes me uncomfortable, so I wont do it. Or I could say: Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable? (Barbra Streisand)
We human beings are very similar to the plant world. We grow best when we work with Nature and time. Dont be in too much of a hurry to achieve your goals. If you hold on with faith, certainty, and determination, youll get there in due course when the time is right.
