Quotes for the Month
"A successful life involves personal relationships, family experiences, and spiritual involvement, as well as our professional lives. There may be many life possibilities for each of us. Success is finding out which of these may be the most meaningful, working hard for these dreams, and giving credit for the help and guidance necessary to fulfill them."
"Your determination to succeed is nothing more than your thought to do so. The idea of success is really the thought of success."
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours."
Success Strategy #11
If you have not received the ten strategies for success, you can view them by clicking on links at the end of this lesson. Lesson #11 is on integrating the ten strategies. As with the first ten lessons, I encourage you to forward this lesson to your friends and colleagues who might benefit from the success strategies.
Integrating the 10 Strategies
What does success look like to you? When this question is asked, many of us might point to someone else and say that he or she is successful; however, we may be judging success by observing only one dimension of this person's life. In selecting interview candidates for my books on success, my first criterion was that the interviewee needed to be successful in his or her own mind. Most of the people I interviewed are businesspersons. Although they all have attained success in their careers, they agree that a successful career is not the only component of a successful life. They are confident that they would be successful in any career they might have chosen and are happy with who they are and what they're doing. How do you personally define success? When I have asked this question of those I have interviewed, I have received different answers from each of them. Following are some of the responses:
I truly believe that each of us has the potential to achieve greatness. To do this, you first need to believe in yourself. When I was fourteen years old, my goal was to be a computer programmer, even though this was not a common field for women at that time. I believed that I could do this. Although I took some detours along the way, I became a computer programmer. Later, after I had designed computer systems for marketing and sales, I decided that I wanted to combine my computer experience with marketing to enhance the effectiveness of marketing and sales. This led to the management of functions that did not exist before I became involved in them, including an international marketing management position with offices in Paris and Brussels. All along, I knew that I could do it. And I did! Once you have defined what success looks like for you, the next step is to visualize that success. Remember to visualize the result of this success as if it has already happened. Be aware of your priorities in life, and set your goals and act according to these priorities. Be sure that your priorities are aligned with your values and your definition of success. The more you act according to your priorities, the more likely it will be that you will enjoy success. Take time to focus on those things that are most important to you. You may need to practice the focusing exercises in order to increase your ability to focus. Evaluate your attitude each day, and stay away from the three C's - complaining, criticizing, and condemning. The more positive your attitude, the more you will attract that which is positive into your life. Personal integrity is tantamount to success. Before making a commitment, be sure that you will keep it. Let your word be your bond. Create balance in your life. Take time to be spontaneous and to have fun. We are meant to enjoy life. Take advantage of every opportunity to learn. Before going to bed each night, think about the things that you have learned that day and the ways you will apply these things in creating your ideal life and in enriching the lives of others. By integrating and incorporating the ten success strategies into your life, you will increase your potential for enjoying the success that you seek. The ten success strategies really work! They have worked for me, for my book interviewees, and for the people I have coached and mentored. They will work for you, too. © 2006 Joan Eleanor Gustafson, Success and Leadership Dynamics
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