Success in Life - 8 pointers

How true they are....as revealed by Marie Callas about success.

Here they go:

1. Support yourself and your world with a Divine purpose and a mission. Have a mission statement and vision; have an intention and goals. Write this down and review it and visualize it several times a day, particularly when you first wake up in the morning and before your go to bed at night.

2. Your attitude and inner conversation with yourself can make or break your momentum. Stop yourself from negative thoughts and words, people and places, actions and things. The Law of Attraction will bring to you what you focus on and what you feel. Do not trust and buy what the TVs and newspaper are trying to selling you. Begin to pay attention to what you are feeding your subconscious mind. I know it's not easy because am constantly being bombarded by them all the times.

3. Aware of your subconscious power - your success is dependent on it, since. As a young kid, many habits and traits are picked up from parents or other people. It's stick on you when you grow older. Need to change your negative subconscious before any successes can be sniffed.

4. Dedicate time to being balanced in ALL areas of your life, including eat well; exercise well; sleep well.

5. Give your time, or money if you can. Help out less fortunates generously and also help yourself. Start your day with 15-20 minutes of quiet time to go within yourself to recharge and to listen to your intuition. Spend the last 15-20 minutes before bedtime relaxing your mind by meditating or reading something for self-improvement.

6. SAY THANKS about what you have in life. Have that sense of gratitude for you have and the things that happen to you in your life for your greater growth and mastery. See obstacles as opportunities to grow rather than road blocks holding you back.

7. Forgive yourself and others for anything that you have done or that they have done to you. Do not hold onto grudges, resentments, anger, or retaliation. True freedom is forgiveness for the past.

8. Spread love, compassion, motivation and inspiration whenever you go. People will like you and that's how success will come too.

Success means...

For most people, success means possession of wealth, prestige or status. By these criteria alone, the majority of us would not qualify. Yet the truth is that success is really a subjective perception. In other words, it is all in the mind. If one thinks one is successful, that perception is valid by one's own reckoning.

The fact is that no-one is perfect and no-one can do everything well. It is sufficient that each one of us does our best. Within the individual limitations or constraints that each one of us finds ourselves; and to the extent of our knowledge, capabilities and skills; when we do our best, we have indeed achieved success.

This approach is what I like to call success thinking supported by appropriate actions. It combines positive thinking with reality, and espouses practical methods of achieving success in a progressive, comfortable way. So there is no hype, no magic formula, and no instant solutions.

There is real work involved to achieve individual success targets whether these be lofty ambitions or something as simple as cooking a good meal. No matter what the goal, everything has to begin with the right thinking because this is a prerequisite to the right behaviors and actions to actually bring about the right outcomes.

The exciting thing about the human potential is that we can all continue to learn to be better in our chosen activities. This allows us all to achieve increasing levels of success as our thinking improves and our actions help us go beyond original targets and set higher ones.

I hope these reflections can encourage those who may be struggling in their lives to believe that solutions exist for all problems and that these can be discovered with the right thinking and mindset. The solutions then point to actions that must be taken. If we follow this path with our best efforts, we can be sure that we can achieve the success we have defined for ourselves.

Gerard Wong and his wife run a website focusing on success thinking and actions. It is dedicated to stimulate and encourage the development of practical and creative thinking strategies that can lead to personal success as defined by the individual. If you find this article interesting, please visit the website http://www.thesuccessmind.com and get a free ebook when you subscribe to their newsletter.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gerard_Wong http://EzineArticles.com/?Success-Thinking-and-Actions&id=1263724

Have a great 2008

"Seeing through the psychic crystal ball, my clairvoyant reading tells me this is going to be a great year for me!"

That's not enough. 0 action = 0 results.

Positive thinking is a great first step. But it is just a first step. I believe the difference between an optimist's chance of success and a pessimists it something like this:

Optimist: "Wow what a great opportunity - let's get going".

Pessimist: "It probably won't work anyway, so why bother trying?"

Simply put, an optimist is more likely to take ACTION, and less likely to be put off by setbacks. That's why optimists succeed. I want to succeed too that why I need to change.

In my opinion there is no better way to get going on a positive journey than surrounding yourself with people who influence you and inspire you. Something you can't change on your own but will come to you if you are around people that are on an equal level as you.

Let us start the new year with optimism, rather than doom and gloom.

Looking for "Instant" Success

It seems like youngsters and kids nowadays don't have much hunger in their bellies.

Why do I say that?

My oldest boy, who is 8 year-old, is slightly worrying me. He has this growing habit of everything being served to him in a silver platter. I know he is still young you may say. Well, that is where the habit may stick to him forever! As a father I can only send him to the doorstep and encourage him to step in but if he is hesitant or lazy to go in himself, that's where problems will come.

I don't really like people to have a dependent mindset on others as I prefer everyone to be independent when it comes to grinding things out. Right, a team discussion is understandable when there are some problems, and that's what I like. And that's what I tell my juniors when they come to me for problems.

For them, the unknown is not worth trying, and leaving your comfort zone is a bad decision. Instant result and success are what they want, but they forget there's always a series of hardwork before anyone can taste the success.

Do you know people in your life who don't want to work hard and just want success NOW?

Being successful

Do you want to be successful in life? What is your meaning of 'successful'? Personally, I think most people will equate being successful in life to having lots of money and wealthy... Is that really the meaning of 'successful'?

Let me explain using my own understanding. Yes, everyone's aim of success is to be weathly. However, being successful or wealthy is a long road of perseverance, motivation, and doing the right thing at the right time at the right place. That's why too many people have given up along the way or they have found the wrong place. Even if you are in the right place, you need to use your intuition and thoughts to convince that you are in the right place. If you think you are in a wrong place, search till you think you have found the right place. That's a arduous journey.

Only when you have settled in your right place, getting nurtured, and done what you need to go, then will you see your success coming in. Money rewards are just the results of the whole process. I should say, doing the right thing at the right stage of your life, and what you do benefit others, then your life is successful. Plain pursuit of money is wrong in my opinion.