Have you ever wondered why some people are more successful than others? Is the person who earns $200,000 ten times more skilled than the person who makes only $100,000 a year? Is there something different that successful people do? Do they know something that others don’t? Or are they just lucky?Well, as it turns out there are some common principles that most successful people consciously or unconsciously apply in their daily life. There are many books out there about success available to us today and it seems like success has more to do with your beliefs and mindset than any other condition. Most success authors and coaches would agree that you don’t need to have a PhD to be successful. According to author James Arthur Ray 85 % of the self-made millionaires in the world don’t have a college degree (nor does the author himself) and C students often own the businesses that B and A students work for.
Let’s look at some of the most fundamental success principles.
- Think big! I bet you have heard this one before and Donald Trump has put it really well, because we do create our reality with our thoughts (whether we know it or not). All great achievers had written down their big goals (intentions) and visualized them come true before they were manifested.
- Never give up, never ever give up! (Another mouthful from Donald Trump.) Most great achievers have had ups and downs in their life but it didn’t stop them from going forward. Most of them would tell you about challenging upbringing, financial failures, accidents and other troublesome conditions, some of them have even been homeless or crippled. Take for example Donald Trump who was over 3 billion dollars in debt, Robert Kyiosaki was over a million dollars in debt, James Arthur Ray went bankrupt twice, Bill Bartman was paralysed and the doctors said he would never walk again, Neale Donald Walsch was homeless, Dr. John Demartini was told that he had a learning disability and would never read, write or communicate… And these are just a few examples.
Instead of blaming and degrading themselves for failure successful people ask themselves: “What have I learned from this?” So don’t be afraid to make mistakes in life, just make sure you get the lesson.
- Successful people are continually learning. For many people their education stops after school. But if you want a successful and fulfilling life you should constantly be learning something new. We all need growth, it’s our nature to grow. I like how James A. Ray puts it, “If you’re not growing you’re dying.”
Thus truly successful people are reading lots of books, attending seminars and classes, spending quality time with people who are willing to share their knowledge and experience. Success coach Jack Canfield says, that he reads at least one book a week.
- Successful people love what they do. Mark Twain said, “The secret of success is to make your vocation your vacation.” To be truly happy you have to find what it is that you love to do. It is not what you do that determines your success it’s how you do. So ask yourself: “What am I good at? What inspires me? What do I truly love to do?”
“The human spirit will not invest itself in mediocrity, and you need that human spirit to achieve what you want. Your goal should be so exciting that you have butterflies in your stomach! That's how you unlock the power of the mind and put it to work for you!”
– James Arthur Ray
That explains why so many wealthy people say that they haven’t worked a day in their life, although it’s obvious that they are pretty busy and work really hard.
- Successful people are disciplined. Brian Tracy says, that discipline is doing what you know you should do and when you should do it whether you feel like it or not.
“Discipline brings excellence and excellence brings freedom.”- Dan Millman
To sum up, all wealth and achievement is an inside job. The reason why most people don’t become successful is because they never decide to. Of course, there are many more habits and believes that may keep us stuck with the same results. To mention a few, procrastination, fear of failure and criticism, lack of longterm perspective, limiting and self-disempowering believes.
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