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How do you think about success?

After you read this, I encourage you to do two things:
#1) change the way you think about yourself, and
#2) listen to the way other people talk about themselves

What do I mean by all this?

How do you react when you see someone who has what you want? Maybe it’s a person driving a nice car, or owning a nice house. Maybe they just have nice clothes, or what you envision to be a life nicer than yours. What goes through your head?

More often than not, people will think how “lucky” that person is, or that they were in the right place at the right time. In essence, they are downplaying their success. Or worse, they make assumptions like: the only way that person achieved that wealth or stature is because they did it on the backs of the poor.

Do you see how in each instance, how the person’s success is being diminished in your eyes by your thoughts? Furthermore, do you see how you’re moving yourself further away from those goals by that attitude? For example, when you say a person got that flashy new car because they are lucky, not only are you insinuating that they had no input into achieving that outcome, but you’re also insinuating that you do not possess that same sense of “luck”. In short, you’re pushing your goals away.

So does it not make sense to celebrate those successes? Even if they are not yours? Because lets face it – if someone has achieved a goal that you also want to achieve, the one thing that’s for certain is your goal CAN be achieved!! Better yet, you can use similar methods to them in order to achieve that goal! How amazing is THAT!

So take some time to take note of how you look at success. And change the way you think about success and yourself. And at the same time, notice how other people limit themselves by the way THEY talk about success. Its an interesting exercise, I promise.

Now go and find someone who has already accomplished a goal you want to achieve and celebrate the success!!

posted by Mark @ 2:29 PM