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How To Live Your Best Year In 2012

February 12th, 2012

Do you want to know how to make the year 2012 your best year? If you do, this article is for you. Continue to read on because you are going to discover some of the most powerful guidelines that can help you throughout the year.

best year 2012So are you ready to start your journey and make this year the best year ever? Here are some of the guidelines that you can follow…

Define your success and know exactly what you want to achieve by the end of 2012

Remember, it is never too late to set your goals and targets for this year. Although today is not the first day of the year, you are always not too late to set any goal for it. And in fact, there is no right time to set your goals. You do not have to wait until 31st of December every year to set your goals. You can start any time and you can do it any time you want.

So if you are still unclear about what you want, this will be the perfect time for you. Start thinking about what you want to accomplish by the end of this year. Knowing exactly what you want is a very important step because if you know what you want, you can then create a plan to achieve it. If you do not know what you want, how can you come up with a plan and how can you know when you are there?

Another important point about creating the vision for your life is that you must dare to dream big and make your goals as exciting as possible. Small goals will never give you the energy that you want throughout your journey in this year. And if it is something easy to achieve, you do not even need to set it as a goal because you might able to achieve it without knowing it.

Thus, dare to dream big now. Seriously take the time and think about what you want to accomplish in this year, 2012.

Break down your targets and create an action plan

Obviously, once you have set your targets for the year, what you need to do is to break your targets down into smaller achievable action steps. In other words, you need to come up with a plan how what to do in order to achieve your goals.

Many people are not doing this and this is what makes them fail to accomplish what they want. The moment you breakdown your goals into smaller actionable steps, you are actually creating the blueprint that you just need to follow through each and every day to achieve your big goals by the end of the year.

And remember to include fun and play into your plan as well. When you include fun and play into your schedule and your plan, you will feel livelier and more excited to follow through your plan. Life is not all work, work and work. You must make your life exciting and so that you will have more energy and motivation to chase for your dreams.

Do not overdo and stress yourself too often. Sometimes you must take a rest whenever you feel like you are overdoing it. Do you know that most of the greatest inventors such as Thomas Edison, take a short rest and nap during the day? This is simply because they know that they need to have the energy and a fresh mind working on their dreams. Success is not a destination, it is a journey, and hence, you must always take a rest from time to time to replenish your energy.

Strictly follow your schedule and take consistent action

Having rest is something good, but you have to make sure that you follow through your schedule and take consistent action as well.

Do you know that setting goals will be useless if you are not doing anything about them? And do you know that the only way to achieve what you want is by taking consistent action? If you are not doing anything about your goals and you are not following through, you will never produce the results that you want in your life.

It is only when you take action; you will move one step forward toward your goals and your dreams. It is not going to be something easy because to live a successful life requires consistent action every day. Do not procrastinate and do not put off your work. You will make it into a habit if you procrastinate too often. Cultivate the habit of a winner by taking consistent action throughout the day and follow through your plan.

Just do this for 30 days and you will make it into a habit. And when taking action becomes your habit, nothing can ever stop you from producing the amazing results you want in your life.

Review your results and find out what works and what do not work

Besides taking action, you must keep track of the outcomes you are getting. After a few days, or weeks or months, depending on what kind of goals you set, you should be able to see the results from your action. If you are not getting the kind of result that you want, may be you would want to change your strategy of doing it.

The key here is to keep track and to improve on your strategy so that you will get to where you want in a faster and easier manner. You do not have to abandon your dreams if after trying for a few months, but you are still not getting any result. If this is the case, you may want to run a post-mortem on your strategies and try to improve them.

You have to learn to refuse to quit and learn the strategies from the best person to bring yourself to the next level.

Enjoy the year and make it your best year ever

Finally, enjoy the year because you are going to live your best year ever. Just imagine that if you can accomplish all your targets, your goals and your dreams for this year, how will this affect your life and your future? Is it going to be more exciting and more promising? You know the answer.

Therefore, put in 100% commitment and play this game of life to the fullest. Time will surely past each and every day. The question is whether you will still be the same by the end of this year? Or will you be living in your dream life and having greater success in the end?

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The Most Underrated Success Principle

January 16th, 2012

When we talk about what it takes to build a successful life, most of us will think about being proactive, being hard working, set goals, take action, believe in our dreams and goals and more. However, there is one very important success principle that most people often forget. It is taking good care of their body and their health.

stay healthy stay productiveIt is true that you need to work harder than ordinary people if you want to build an extraordinary life, but you must not forget about living in good condition as well.

Brian Tracy, the sales guru mentioned that if you want to close a lot of sales, you must make sure you have enough sleep. Arise early and get to bed early and get at least 7 hours of quality sleep. This is because you need to have plenty of energy to go out to the field and do sales.

The problem most people face is…

Lack Of Energy Due To Less Sleep And Rest

Think about it, what time do you sleep usually? Do you have enough sleep? Will you feel lethargic and tired the next day?

If you answer yes to the above question, you are not having enough sleep and rest. Your body is telling you and giving you signal saying that you need more rest and sleep. That is why you feel tired and lethargic.

It does not mean that you cannot stay up late to work on your dreams. You just need to strive for a balance and take good care of your health. If you always feel tired and do not have enough energy to chase for your dreams, it is not a very good sign.

Do you want to have a bad health condition after achieving your goals? Or do you want to live healthy and still accomplish what you have set in your life?

Think about it. You need plenty of rest and you need energy to take action toward your dreams and goals. And thus, if you are always tired, it will be difficult for you to stay focused on your target. You cannot drive for long distance if you do not have enough rest. It is very dangerous and you may end up in an accident.

This is why even Thomas Edison, one of the world’s greatest inventors, takes short nap during the day. He knows that taking a rest can refresh his mind and replenish his energy. Guess what will happen if Thomas Edison keep rushing on his partners and assistants to accomplish and come up with ideas for his new invents? The whole team will burnout and he will never be this successful today.

Do you know that the journey to success is not a sprint but a marathon? Therefore, you have to conserve your energy and make sure you have the stamina to run until the end.

Most people fail to accomplish their dreams because in the beginning when they think about their dreams, they feel excited about it, they take heavy actions. And if those actions do not give them the results that they want, they will feel tired, burnout and they will give up. Do not let this happen to you.

If you are in a very bad health condition, you will need to work smarter and harder than the ordinary. If you always fall sick, make sure you take good care of your health so that you will have the energy to run the race.

However, do not let your bad health condition becomes your excuse. Do not say that you are not living your dreams because your body is weak and you are always in bad shape.

You have to understand that your success is your own responsibility. There are a lot of people who are less fortunate, and still able to create amazing results and build the success on their own. Remember, you are responsible for your own success.

Take Good Care Of Your Body And Health

When you feel energetic, you are able to take more action and accomplish more. This is why staying healthy is so important in your life.

Having good health is always an asset to you. Hence, make sure you eat healthily, take nutritious food, exercise regularly and always stay close to the nature to keep your mind in peace.

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Who Have You Became Last Year?

January 10th, 2012

The late personal achievement legend and best-selling author Jim Rohn said, “Set a goal to become a millionaire not for the goal of being a millionaire but for what it requires of you to achieve it.”

As you set your goals for 2012, ask yourself, “Who do I have to become to achieve these goals?” I believe the answer to that question is your real reward with the goal only being the byproduct. In the past several years, as I trained for memory competitions, more than one person told me, “Don’t waste your time, you aren’t going to win.” But they didn’t see the same end result as I did. The final score wasn’t the biggest goal for me. The result, instead, was the person I became during my training leading up to the championship competitions.

As I set my goals for 2012, I’m reminded of Jim Rohn’s philosophy and ask myself, “Who do I have to become to achieve these goals?” The answer to that question excites me more than the goals!

Happy New Year to All!

Go for More This Week!

—Ron White

This is a very interesting saying that I came across just now. And it really makes me think deep about the meaning within, who have I became, what I have accomplished all these years and what had happened so far.

I believe that you will feel the same and think about your future, your past and your present after reading the saying from Ron White.

snoopy success lifeThe majority of us set our goals to become a millionaire and to be financially free. There is nothing wrong in this; it is just that you have to always remember that the rewards that you get from chasing your goals are just by-products. What really matters is who you become along the way.

We often forget that it is who we are going to become in our journey of pursuing our dreams and our goals that are the real rewards. By going through the entire path, you will realize that you will eventually become a different person, regardless of whether you successfully accomplished your goals.

If your goal is to earn $100,000 last year and you accomplished it, you will become more confident and committed this year. You will definitely change, either positively or negatively.

If you failed to achieve your goal last year, do not give up and do not feel disappointed. Tell yourself to move on and you are going to make it this year. You have to tell yourself that although you did not accomplish what you want, but in the process of working on that goal, you have learned new things and become a better person compare to before.

As long as you learn something and never give up, you are not considered as a failure. Somehow you learned something and you changed, you move a little closer toward your goals and you now have more experience.

This is the most important reward that you get from taking action toward your dreams. You eventually change and become better.

What You Can Learn From Here

Think about last year, what have you accomplished and did you changed? Everything is constantly changing every day, the only thing that never changes is the theory claiming that everything is changing every day.

When you think back about last year and what you have done, do you feel proud or do you feel unsatisfied? Only you can answer this question.

If you have achieved your targets, you may feel great and satisfy. However, if you fail to accomplish what you have set, you may feel unsatisfied or disappointed and you might wish to turn back time. We all know that we cannot turn back the time, what we can do right now is to learn from our past. Learn from the previous years and decide now that we are not going to live another mediocre year this time.

Looking back on all the years can actually help you to better shape your life and plan for your future because you are creating pain that you do not wish to occur in your life. Basically, there are only 2 things that will motivate us, it is either the inspiration or the desperation.

So when you think about the pain, you are actually creating pain in your mind that you do not want to go through that kind of life anymore and you will put yourself in motivation to get away from those kinds of life. It is exactly the opposite for pleasure. When you think about becoming rich, living in luxury bungalow, driving sports car and etc, it is also another form of motivation that pull you toward your dreams.

You need to learn how to use both pain and pleasure to inspire and motivate you to achieve what you want in your life. This is why you must learn from your past. Now, this is a new year and it is a brand new beginning, so do not let another great year slip by. You can achieve a lot of what you want in just one year.

Whenever you feel unmotivated, just think about how you have lived your previous year and what have you accomplished so far. Do you want to make it better and improve your lifestyle? Do you want to bring your family overseas this year? Do you want to make $300,000 in this year? If you answer yes, then make sure you treat this year the best year ever. Work all the way out and put in 100% commitment to achieve all your dreams and your goals.

Thus, I wish you all the best in your journey to success and with Godspeed.

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If You Want To Be Successful, You Have To Stay In The Water

December 13th, 2011

Do you know what I mean when I say that you have to stay in the water? Well, if you are fishing, you have to keep the bait in the water all the time. This is what is going to attract the fish to come over to your bait.

stay in the gameThe same goes in life. If you want to close sales, you have to always go out there to meet up your clients and make your presentation. If you are a telemarketer, you have to make the calls to close the deal. In other words, you have to always be active and create activities all the time.

This is the fundamental rule to success. If you think about success but you are not doing anything about it, you will never achieve it. If you want to win a lottery, you have to buy one. Although staying in the water is not going to guarantee your success, it is the most basic key that will generate the results and reveal to you the right path to accomplish what you want in life.

For example, if you want to be the best tennis player in your country, you have to stay in the water by keeping yourself busy with training and improving your games. It is not guarantee that you will become the best after going through all the training, but it will definitely help you get you closer to your dreams and your goals.

This is why you need to constantly read books that will improve yourself and keep you motivated all the time. When you are doing the work, you are actually creating the path and producing the results that you want.

Success will not come to you automatically. You will never become a millionaire by accident. It is only when you are ready and when the opportunity arrives, you grab it and you will launch your life to another level.

The key here is to always be ready. And how can you do that? The answer is by keeping yourself in the game at all times. Do you think that Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods become the best player because of luck? Not likely, they trained hard by being in the water all the time, and when the time comes, they grab the chance and they become the best player in their field.

It is the same for Donald Trump, Bill Gates and every other extraordinary people out there. They are ready when the opportunity falls into their hands. They grab the opportunity and run with it.

If you are not ready, it will be useless even if the opportunity presents to you. Take back the example of being the best tennis player. If you are not ready and suddenly someone offers you a chance to play in the national championship, do you think you can win? You know the answer.

And nobody will actually offer you an opportunity if you are not in the game. No one will suddenly offer you to play in a championship if you are not even playing tennis. It all comes back to the same principle again. You have to stay in the water so that the opportunity will come to you.

There is no accident in this world. Everything happens for a reason. When you closed a big deal because of your relationship with your client, it is not accident or luck too. It is because you make the effort to get to know your client, you make the effort to tell your client that you are working in the industry, you make the effort to ask for the sale from your client, you are the one who tells your client about what you do and in the end, you successfully closed the case.

Everything is working perfectly and it is not happened by luck. You are able to do it because you stay in the water long enough that a big fish come over and bite the bait that you keep in the water for some time. This is how it works.

Therefore, if you want to be successful in life, always play the game and keep yourself active by working on it. Never give up and be hard working in making your dreams a reality. You will eventually create a path and somehow ‘get lucky’ and be successful.

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How To Gain Absolute Power In Your Life

July 21st, 2011

Giving excuses is one of the most common ways to give up the power to control your life. Do you sometimes feel like you have no control over your life? Things just happen out of your control and you just feel down?

power to successThere are many instances and moments that you wish they did not happen in your life, but, this is life, thus, anything can happen.

In this article, I would like to share with you a very powerful principle that you can apply into your life to gain absolute power and take charge of your life again. You might know about this principle in your life, it will be great if you can read this post to the end and refresh your mind about this powerful principle again.

If you want to be in the position of power, it means that you want to change whatever that is not working in your life. If you are living miserably now, it means that you are not in control of your life, you do not have the power to take charge.

For most people, having the power to control their lives is something that is only possible for the minority who were born in the position of power such as business acumen, exceptional talent or lady luck. This is not true at all. In fact, anyone can have the absolute power to control their lives if they want to.

So what is this secret to having absolute power?

The Secret Is Absolute Responsibility

Yes, whenever you take responsibility for whatever happens, it means that you acknowledge that you are the one who is creating the results and the outcomes. And if you are the one who created it, you can then have the power to change it.

Let me give you some clear examples here so that you can have a better understanding. If you take responsibility for your low pay, it means that you actually acknowledge that it is your action and decision that led to your low pay. It may be that you are not creating enough value for your company so that your boss will pay you more, or maybe you are not demonstrating your value to your boss, or it is because you are choosing to work in a company that does not value your worth.

Whatever the issues may be, you must take full responsibility in order to make a change. And when you understand that it is your own decision and action that produces the result that you do not want, you will have the power to change the result by making different decision and acted upon it.

What happen to most people are that they did not take responsibility for their lives and the majority of them will give excuses or blame others. It is fine if you give excuses or blame others once in a while. Everyone makes excuses and gives blame sometimes. However, if you do this consistently, you will never get the successful life that you always desire.

Giving excuses and blaming others will never put you in charge. When the economy is bad and your business is not moving, if you blame the economy, guess what, you will never make any change and the situation will stay the same. On the other hand, if you take the responsibility by making different decision and strategies to grow your business, do you think things will change? The answer is highly likely. There is no guarantee, but if you change your action, you will definitely get different results.

It is just like one plus one. If you keep on adding one with one, you will always get two. If you change the number, such as adding one with three, you will get four, which is a different outcome. This is a common sense, but most people are trapped in it and they never make any changes in their lives. That is why most people are living the same way for so many years. They get trapped in the rat race and are getting nowhere.

Taking full responsibility does not mean that you have to blame yourself. It simply means that you understand that you are the one who is in control and you are the one who created the results. And if you are in charge, then you can change the direction and produce different results.

Well, if your children are rebellious and are not listening to what you say, take the responsibility that you are not communicating well with them. If your students did not do well in the exams, take the responsibility for the way of your teachings that are not efficient. If your staffs are not producing enough value, take the responsibility that you have not tapped into their passion.

Now, you understand how to take absolute power, make sure you understand this as well…

For Things To Change, You Must First Change

Things will never change because of you, you must change in order for things to change. Think about it, if you want to grow your business, but you are not changing any of your strategy, you will keep on getting the same old results. This is why innovation is so important.

If you continue to do the things the same way, guess what will happen? You will be getting the same old outcomes all the time. If you want to change your life, start by changing yourself.

If you want to attract the best staff, you need to first be the best boss. After all, if you are not the best boss, why did the best employee wants to work for you? Therefore, as you can see it now, for things to change, we must first change.

If you want to have a perfect wife, then be the perfect husband. If you want to have high income, add the greatest value to your company and your clients. If you want to attract the best customers, be the best company in your field.

This is how all the extraordinary people did it and it is the one of the most powerful principles of success that you can never miss. Without this powerful principle, you will never produce the results that you are looking for.

So make sure you apply and use this principle in your life throughout the day. Things will change, simply because you have changed.

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