Success
is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of
consistently applying basic fundamentals.
I truly agreed on item 4 below, it is not easy to change oneself
however it takes time if you have the persistent and consistency to do that!
List all the changes and you must work on it to make it happen. Change such
able to control your emotion, smile more often, be patient, time management and
able to speak up and etc. A small change it is also an
achievement. Be positive and stay positive!
1. Collect good ideas.
My
mentor taught me to keep a journal when I was 25 years old. It’s the best
collecting place for all of the ideas and information that comes your way. And
that inspiration will be passed on to my children and my grandchildren.
If you
hear a good health idea, capture it, write it down. Then on a cold wintry
evening or a balmy summer night, go back through your journal. Dive back into
the ideas that changed your life, the ideas that saved your marriage, the ideas
that bailed you out of hard times, the ideas that helped you become successful.
That’s valuable, going back over the pages of ideas you gathered over the
years, reminiscing, reminding yourself. So be a collector of good ideas, of
experiences, for your business, for your
relationships, for your future.
It is
challenging to be a student of your own life, your own future, your own
destiny. Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write
it down. When you come across something important, write it down. Take the time
to keep notes and to keep a journal.
2. Have good plans.
Building
a life, building anything, is like building a house; you need to have a plan.
What if you just started laying bricks and somebody asks, “What are you
building?” You put down the brick you’re holding and say, “I have no idea.”
So,
here’s the question: When should you start building the house? Answer: As soon
as you have it finished. It’s simple time
management.
Don’t
start the day until it is pretty well finished—at least the outline of it.
Leave some room to improvise, leave some room for extra strategies, but finish
it before you start it. Don’t start the week until you have it finished. Lay it
out, structure it, put it to work. The same goes for the month ahead—don’t
start it until you have a plan in place.
And,
the big one, don’t start the year until it is finished on paper. It’s not a bad
idea, toward the end of the year, to sit down with your family for the personal
plans, to sit down in your business for the professional plans, to sit down
with your financial advisor to map out money plans. Plan out your
calendar, your game plan, for all of life’s moving parts.
The
reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of
anticipation is because they don’t have it well designed.
3. Give yourself time.
It
takes time to build a career.
It takes time to make changes. It takes time to learn,
grow, change, develop and produce. It takes time to refine philosophy
and activity. So give yourself time to learn, time to start some momentum, time
to finally achieve.
I
remember when Mama was teaching me a little bit about the piano. “Here is
the left hand scale,” she said. I got that; it was easy. “Here is
the right hand scale.” I got that, too. Then she said, “Now we are
going to play both hands at the same time.” “Well, how can you do that?” I
asked. Because one at a time was easy... but two the same time? But I got to
where I could play the scales with both hands. “Now we are going to read the
music and play with both hands,” she said. You can’t do all that, I
thought. But you know, sure enough I looked at the music, looked at
each hand, a little confused at first, but finally I grasped it. Then
I remember the day when Mama said, “Now we are going to watch the audience,
read the music and play with both hands. Now that is
going too far! I thought. How could one person possibly do all that?
By giving myself time to master one skill before we went to the next, I got to
where I could watch the audience, read the music and play with both hands.
Life is
not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their
intensity.
4. Change yourself.
Learn
to solve problems—business problems, family problems, financial problems,
emotional problems. The best way to treat a challenge? As an opportunity to
grow. Change if you
have to, modify if you must, discard an old philosophy that wasn’t
working well for a new one.
The
best phrase my mentor ever gave me: “Mr. Rohn, if you will change,
everything will change for you.” I took that to heart, and sure enough, the
more I improved, the more everything improved for me.
You
cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction
overnight.
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