Tag: Achieve

4 Things Successful People Do That Unsuccessful People Don’t Do

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development

Successful people know something that unsuccessful people don’t know

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In the words of Colin Powell, “There are no secrets to success. It is a result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

Success is not about material possessions. Success is about you and how you conduct yourself. How you do your daily business. What is success to you is not success to the next guy.

Success comes to those who attract it. If you attract success, if you do the right things, if you work hard, success will visit you, too.

The question here is: “Why are some people successful?”

“Why are others not so successful?” What are the secrets?

Is there any secret to success? If there is, how can we find it?

What is it that the successful people know that the rest of us are missing? What did they do that made them super successful?

Are they doing what the rest of us are doing? Or,

Are they doing something differently that the rest of us are not paying attention to?

Let us look at some of the things that successful people are doing right that the rest of us are missing.

Successful people are courageous.

Successful people are courageous people. They are scared of the unknown, but they never stop pursuing their dreams. They don’t allow fear to stop them from achieving their dreams. They know that without courage, nothing will happen. They look fear in the eye and keep going. They never stop moving.

“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”- Baltasar Gracian

Successful people embrace mistakes.

Successful people know that without mistakes they are not going anywhere. When you make mistakes, it shows you are learning. It shows you are progressing. It shows you are doing the right thing. Don’t be scared to make mistakes. It is part of your journey to success. Embrace it. Learn from it. Move on.

“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”– Plutarch, Greek Roman biographer

Successful people know what they want.

Successful people know what they want and how to get it. It is easier to succeed if you know what you want. If you know what you want to achieve in life, it is easier for you to go about achieving it. But if you don’t know, you won’t know how to get it. Know what you want, assess the situation, plan, take action, and measure your progress. If you don’t like your results, change what you are doing.

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.”- Seneca The Younger

Successful people trust themselves.

Successful people trust themselves, even when they don’t know what they are doing. They believe in themselves. They believe in what they are doing. Success starts with self-belief. If you want to be successful, YOU MUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. Self-belief gives you courage, confidence, hope, and determination to pursue your dream. You must believe in yourself if you are to succeed. If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will believe in you. No matter what you are going through, don’t make excuses, just believe in yourself, and you will be a victor.

“Trust in what you do, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.”- Natalie Goldberg, Zen practitioner

To be successful, you must do the right thing. You must work hard and smart. You must look fear in the eye and say, “I am a winner.”

So shall it be!

This article first appeared on http://Worknovation.com

You Can Achieve Anything In Your Life If You Believe You Can Do It

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development
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You can achieve anything in life if you believe you can do it. There is nothing impossible to conquer if you believe you can conquer it. Success in life starts with self-belief. If you don’t believe in yourself that you can do something, no matter the resources at your disposal, you are still going to struggle to get things done.

“To get what you want from life, you must first know what you want and how to get it.”

To get what you want from life, you must first know what you want and how to get it. It is okay to believe in yourself. It is okay to believe that you can do something. It is not enough to get you what you want. You can have a brilliant dream about what you want to achieve, but if you don’t know how to make your dreams work for you, not against you, they are fruitless.

Dreams alone are not enough to make you successful, actions do. If you want to reach your goals in life, support your goals with intentional actions. You must support your goals with smart work and hard work.

“Dreams alone are not enough if you want to be successful; you must support them with intentional actions.”

Knowing what to do to achieve your dreams and why you are doing it is a step in the right direction. In the words of William Arthur Ward, “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” The author is right, but you must support you dreams with actions. You must support your imagination with actions. Without action, nothing will happen. If you want things to happen, you must make them happen. You can make your life the way you want ti to be, not as others want it to be.

To make your life the way you want it to be, dream big dreams, and take action to support them. Dreams alone are not enough if you want to be successful; you must support them with intentional actions. If you do that, your dream will come true.