How To Succeed At Work And Life

Success is work. It means work. If you want to succeed, you must do the work. Success is not going to come to you if you are not willing to do the work, if you are not willing to roll up your sleeves.

To make it in life, according to Josh Altman, ‘Know what you want. Trust your gut. Succeed at anything.’

If you want to succeed in life, the key is confidence.’ ‘You have to be ready to identify opportunities, you have to have confidence to make quick decisions and fire when those opportunities arise, and you have to learn from your mistakes and aim for better results in the future.’

You can be a success, but only if you train yourself to constantly be creating your own opportunities.’

Whatever your background is, whatever your skill set is, you have what it takes to be a success. The first step is to trust yourself.’

‘Learn what you do, then create a life where you’re usually doing the best of what you do.

If you can’t pick one clear objective you’re trying to get to, you’ll probably go nowhere.’

Pick a goal, pursue it, learn it, learn from what goes wrong, and keep pursuing ituntil you get it.’

Don’t base your decision of a goal on what seems attainable; base it on the desire that’s going to fuel you to do what it takes to keep going.’

If you can’t find the perfect job, work to make the job you have more perfect.’

Winning is definitely better than losing, but if you don’t play, that’s just boring.’

Make the big, daring choices that are required to elevate our lives out of normalcy. Boring choices may keep you safe and content, but they won’t make you rich, successful, or, in my opinion, truly happy.’

‘When you’re doing a job, don’t focus on the variables outside of your control. Focus on execution, do that job well, and trust that this task is part of a larger strategy you’ve already worked out.’

Don’t risk everything you have on an opportunity unless you are absolutely sure it’s the best and only choice.’

Finally, ‘if you keep moving forward and refining your aim, nothing can stop you.’

Source:

Josh Altman (2015). It’s Your Move: My Million Dollar Method for Taking Risks with Confidence and Succeeding at Work and Life

To Know More, You Must Question More

If you want to know more about yourself, you must question more. According to Sara Elise, ‘Questioning is the first step in your manifestation work…. It’s a process and a practice that allows you to firmly say, ‘I’m doing the dreaming and deciding for yourself.’

Do not follow the crowd. If you want to stand out, you must question everything. ‘Questioning everything is another step to creating a life for yourself beyond the realms of these structures, beyond the realms of what other people have dreamed and decided for you.’

Whatever you want in your life, you can seek it out yourself. Do not put your life at risk. Decide for yourself. Ask real questions. The more questions you ask, the better for you.

Because ‘questioning everything is about shaking things up, shaking loose our mental bondage.’ You have got to do that. Do not believe the lies that you have been telling yourself. You must shake them off. You must focus on what is going on in your life right now, what you are trying to accomplish right now.

‘Questioning is about getting a snapshot of the current situation so that you can properly assess it.’

You are not going to know what is going on around you if you do not have the courage to question yourself, to hear yourself, and to have the courage to ask real questions.

‘Questioning ourselves provides the foundation for understanding ourselves, assessing our needs, and then being able to communicate them to others.’

But know this: ‘Questioning everything is not permission for being inconsiderate, hurt, or self-absorbed or for going only where you feel a rush of excitement and adrenaline, because then you are creating space only for addiction, numbing, and immediate satisfaction.’

Remember, if you want to know more about things, ask more questions.

Source: Sara Elise (2023). A Recipe for More: Ingredients for a Life of Abundance and Ease