"The man who actually knows just what he wants in life has already gone a long way toward attaining it."
Napoleon hill, The Law of Success book-Chapter on Self-Control.
I wish to be of service to to others as I journey through life. To do this I have adopted this creed as a guide to be followed in dealing with my fellow beings:
To train myself so that never, under and circumstances, will I find fault with any person, no matter how much I may disagree with them or how inferior their work may be, as long as I know they are sincerely trying to do their best.
To respect my country, my profession, and myself. To be honest and fair with others, as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a loyal citizen of my country. To speak of it with praise, and act always as a worthy custodian of its good name. To be a person whose name carries weight wherever it goes.
To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered. To be willing to pay the price of success in honest effort. To look upon my work as an opportunity to be seized with joy and made the most of, and not as a paoinful drudgery to be reluctantly endured.
To remember that success lies within myself- in my own brain. To expect difficulties and to force my way through them.
To avoid procrastination in all its forms, and never, under any circumstances put off until tomorrow any duty that should be performed today.
Finally, to take a good grip of the joys of life, so I may be courteous to others, faithful to friends, true to god-a fragrance in the path I tread.
All successful people grade high on Self-Control. All failures grade low, generally zero, on this important law of human conduct.
Study the people around you and observe, with profit, that all the successful people exercise self-control. While the failures allow their thoughts,deeds, and words run wild.
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The 12 Step Program To Launching a Business
"Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lesson one could not have learned without it. Most so-called failures are only temporary defeats" By Napoleon Hill
1. Write your own Mission Statement
2. Describe your product or service Area
3. Conduct Market Research
4. Create your business Plan
5. Build your Network
6. Formalize your idea
7. Create a Prototype
8. Hold Focus Groups
9. Find a manufacturer and distributor
10. Launch your web site
11. Publicize your idea
12. Pitch potential suppliers/customers
Every successful business starts out with a plan, and so does every successful person. Everyone needs to reevaluate themselves from time to time and make sure they are on their plan to reach their goals. If situations have changed and goals are slightly different, change your plan. But always keep a plan with a definite chief aim. Having a Chief aim is The Most Important Factor, in accomplishing any goal.
1. Write your own Mission Statement
2. Describe your product or service Area
3. Conduct Market Research
4. Create your business Plan
5. Build your Network
6. Formalize your idea
7. Create a Prototype
8. Hold Focus Groups
9. Find a manufacturer and distributor
10. Launch your web site
11. Publicize your idea
12. Pitch potential suppliers/customers
Every successful business starts out with a plan, and so does every successful person. Everyone needs to reevaluate themselves from time to time and make sure they are on their plan to reach their goals. If situations have changed and goals are slightly different, change your plan. But always keep a plan with a definite chief aim. Having a Chief aim is The Most Important Factor, in accomplishing any goal.
Four Reasons Why We Fail by Donny Deutsch
"When Failure is just not an option, what better motivation is there to succeed?"
Donny Deutsch
1. Fear of Failure: "Know that you can afford to fail, and failure will happen. Count on it. But failures bring about successes. Risk is all about trying, getting int he game. You can't succeed if you are not in the game."
2. Lack of Confidence: "Decide that you are confident, and have a more playful, less serious attitude about life. Most successful people have this attitude."
3. Lack of Passion: "Without passion and the excitement, energy and motivation it creates, it's hard to be successful. Then it's just work. And that's not fun. I've seen hundreds of people who have turned their great ideas into millions. They all share one common theme. They have passion about what they are doing. In that sense they are doing what they love."
4. Naive Sense of Entitlement: "This attitude is one of the biggest obstacles to success, thinking you are deserving of something. Most successful people have humility and a genuine sense of appreciation for the opportunities they are given."
Donny Deutsch
1. Fear of Failure: "Know that you can afford to fail, and failure will happen. Count on it. But failures bring about successes. Risk is all about trying, getting int he game. You can't succeed if you are not in the game."
2. Lack of Confidence: "Decide that you are confident, and have a more playful, less serious attitude about life. Most successful people have this attitude."
3. Lack of Passion: "Without passion and the excitement, energy and motivation it creates, it's hard to be successful. Then it's just work. And that's not fun. I've seen hundreds of people who have turned their great ideas into millions. They all share one common theme. They have passion about what they are doing. In that sense they are doing what they love."
4. Naive Sense of Entitlement: "This attitude is one of the biggest obstacles to success, thinking you are deserving of something. Most successful people have humility and a genuine sense of appreciation for the opportunities they are given."
Keep out Outside Influences
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
1. Wake up to music, instead of waking up to that annoying alarm clock.
2. Reduce your exposure to the news media. The media is full of bad news, and that is simply because "bad news sells" This will dampen your enthusiasm which is a key factor in reaching success.
3. When you drive use it as a time for inspiration and learning. I suggest picking up the Think and Grow Rich Audio to listen to while driving.
4. Limit the amount of time you watch T.V. Why watch T.V and see other people making the big bucks, instead of staying on track and working on your own goals.
5. Develop new friends who are optimists and are ambitious.
6. Develop a Mastermind group and have lunch with this group once a week. This group can help you stay on track with your goals.
7. Plan your day the day before and your week a week before.
8. During the day frequently ask yourself: "Is this activity moving me towards my goals?"
Theodore Roosevelt
1. Wake up to music, instead of waking up to that annoying alarm clock.
2. Reduce your exposure to the news media. The media is full of bad news, and that is simply because "bad news sells" This will dampen your enthusiasm which is a key factor in reaching success.
3. When you drive use it as a time for inspiration and learning. I suggest picking up the Think and Grow Rich Audio to listen to while driving.
4. Limit the amount of time you watch T.V. Why watch T.V and see other people making the big bucks, instead of staying on track and working on your own goals.
5. Develop new friends who are optimists and are ambitious.
6. Develop a Mastermind group and have lunch with this group once a week. This group can help you stay on track with your goals.
7. Plan your day the day before and your week a week before.
8. During the day frequently ask yourself: "Is this activity moving me towards my goals?"
Emersons Keys to Success and The Golden Rule
"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. On the most profitable lie the course of events presently lays a destructive tax; whilst frankness proves to be the best tactics, for it invites frankness, puts the parties on a convenient footing and makes their business a friendship. Trust me and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great, though they make an exception in your favor to all their rules of trade."
~Emerson
The Golden Rule philosophy is to "do unto others as they would like you to do unto them." If you don't know what they like, you can always ask. If you treat people fairly and go out of your way just to make people happy, you will usually have the same favor returned to you. You can learn something from everyone you meet, and before you ever judge someone see what they have to offer, before you misjudge them.
If only the world could live by this simple rule. But adopting this rule here and now I can guarantee you will live a happy and successful life. Its that simple.
~Emerson
The Golden Rule philosophy is to "do unto others as they would like you to do unto them." If you don't know what they like, you can always ask. If you treat people fairly and go out of your way just to make people happy, you will usually have the same favor returned to you. You can learn something from everyone you meet, and before you ever judge someone see what they have to offer, before you misjudge them.
If only the world could live by this simple rule. But adopting this rule here and now I can guarantee you will live a happy and successful life. Its that simple.
Turning Knowledge Into Power use The Law of Success
5 Actions You Can Take Right Now
1. Write down five ideas on how you can improve your customer service, starting right away. This quote possibly could become your greatest competitive edge.
2. Pick a way you can incorporate Focus Intensity Training into your well-being practice. This could be the number one key to strengthening your mind and body.
3. Norman Vincent Peale said "People become remarkable when they begin to truly believe in themselves." What is your mind actually telling you? Write down five negative thoughts that you replay in your mind on a consistant basis. Then write down the positive replacement for each factor.
4. Effective leadership begins with a vision. Use where you are going to shape your vision~ use your goals~ and values to define your journey.
5. Make sure you set aside free time for yourself to relax. This can help stimulate your mind, and who knows your next big idea might just start right there.
1. Write down five ideas on how you can improve your customer service, starting right away. This quote possibly could become your greatest competitive edge.
2. Pick a way you can incorporate Focus Intensity Training into your well-being practice. This could be the number one key to strengthening your mind and body.
3. Norman Vincent Peale said "People become remarkable when they begin to truly believe in themselves." What is your mind actually telling you? Write down five negative thoughts that you replay in your mind on a consistant basis. Then write down the positive replacement for each factor.
4. Effective leadership begins with a vision. Use where you are going to shape your vision~ use your goals~ and values to define your journey.
5. Make sure you set aside free time for yourself to relax. This can help stimulate your mind, and who knows your next big idea might just start right there.
The think and grow rich book suggests Writing a Journal
I believe keeping a journal can help fuel the imagination and keep a person on track. Each night I right down my goals, and what I learned throughout the day. Not only is it a tool to better your imagination, I also think it helps you stay focused. When you write stuff down its almost as if your signing a contract. If you reiterate your goal every night, I think this is the most powerful tool to reach your chief aim.
I date each page, and end each page with my goal and a few ideas. Last night in my journal I wrote I should write about keeping a journal, and here I am :).
Keeping a journal can help you do three major things
1st~ Solve Problems
Some problems are hard to solve just in your mind. If you can write down the pros and cons and your feelings about each in a journal, more often than not the answer is found.
2nd~ Gain directness
It's a great idea to turn to your journal when you are confused about what to do. Whether you should quit your job, move to a new area, if your on the right track with your money. Its amazing how clear things become after you write them in your journal.
3rd~ Verify Your Progress
When you are frustrated you can also go back and read through your journal, and view all your progress. When I Look through past journal entrys, its hard to believe how far I have come.
I date each page, and end each page with my goal and a few ideas. Last night in my journal I wrote I should write about keeping a journal, and here I am :).
Keeping a journal can help you do three major things
1st~ Solve Problems
Some problems are hard to solve just in your mind. If you can write down the pros and cons and your feelings about each in a journal, more often than not the answer is found.
2nd~ Gain directness
It's a great idea to turn to your journal when you are confused about what to do. Whether you should quit your job, move to a new area, if your on the right track with your money. Its amazing how clear things become after you write them in your journal.
3rd~ Verify Your Progress
When you are frustrated you can also go back and read through your journal, and view all your progress. When I Look through past journal entrys, its hard to believe how far I have come.
T. Boone Pickens essential keys to success
T. Boone Pickens is a 80 year old billionaire still fighting ahead. He has learned from his success's and failures and continues to capitalize on both the lessons.
Here are Quotes from Pickens on his Work Ethic.
Make The Call: "Sometimes the window of opportunity is open only briefly. Waiting is not a decision, although many people think it is. Be willing to make decisions. Thats the most important quality in a good leader. Don't Fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire."
Take a Long View: "To make the big money, I've found it best to take a long-term view, stay focused and not get spooked by the temporary fluctuations in the market. When I have the odds in my favor, I put my money up and keep it up. If the fundamentals change, I get the hell out of there"
Be Accessible:" The best way to sidestep the disasters is to be available.
Analyze Well: "Information is everything. You can never have enough, and as you get older you find that keeping current keeps you in the game."
Learn from Mistakes: "It's all right to get your fingers crushed in the door, but don't let the same door crush them twice."
Keep Priorities Straight: "Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's- pay,perks,power,and prestige- rather than making profits for shareholders."
Hire Good People: "What I am always looking for is people who can do a job better than I can."
Balance it out:"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours."
Forget about Age: "Give young people a chance."
Look on the Bright Side: "I told a friend, This is the kind of market that builds character. He looked at me and said, If it gets any worse, you'll have more character than Abe Lincoln."
Have a Plan:"A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan."
Here are Quotes from Pickens on his Work Ethic.
Make The Call: "Sometimes the window of opportunity is open only briefly. Waiting is not a decision, although many people think it is. Be willing to make decisions. Thats the most important quality in a good leader. Don't Fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire."
Take a Long View: "To make the big money, I've found it best to take a long-term view, stay focused and not get spooked by the temporary fluctuations in the market. When I have the odds in my favor, I put my money up and keep it up. If the fundamentals change, I get the hell out of there"
Be Accessible:" The best way to sidestep the disasters is to be available.
Analyze Well: "Information is everything. You can never have enough, and as you get older you find that keeping current keeps you in the game."
Learn from Mistakes: "It's all right to get your fingers crushed in the door, but don't let the same door crush them twice."
Keep Priorities Straight: "Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's- pay,perks,power,and prestige- rather than making profits for shareholders."
Hire Good People: "What I am always looking for is people who can do a job better than I can."
Balance it out:"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours."
Forget about Age: "Give young people a chance."
Look on the Bright Side: "I told a friend, This is the kind of market that builds character. He looked at me and said, If it gets any worse, you'll have more character than Abe Lincoln."
Have a Plan:"A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan."
Welcome to The Law of Success Blog.
Reading the book The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill has changed my life in so many ways, my goal is to share my experiences on just how it did that.
Why I believe The Law of Success helped me to become Successful, and how it can also set you up to do the same.
For my first post, I figure I minds well start off nice and simple, but very powerful. The tool of auto suggestion is one of most important things you learn in The Law of Success. Here are three affirmations I read to myself each day when I wake up and each night when I go to bed, I encourage you to adopt these for yourself as well!
"Day by day in every way I am becoming more successful."
"Believe in yourself but do not tell the world what you can do, SHOW IT"
"Don't wait, The time will never be just right"
All by Napoleon Hill.
And here is a little inspiration for you :)
Why I believe The Law of Success helped me to become Successful, and how it can also set you up to do the same.
For my first post, I figure I minds well start off nice and simple, but very powerful. The tool of auto suggestion is one of most important things you learn in The Law of Success. Here are three affirmations I read to myself each day when I wake up and each night when I go to bed, I encourage you to adopt these for yourself as well!
"Day by day in every way I am becoming more successful."
"Believe in yourself but do not tell the world what you can do, SHOW IT"
"Don't wait, The time will never be just right"
All by Napoleon Hill.
And here is a little inspiration for you :)
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