Lisa Frances Judd

UNIVERSAL PRINCIPALS OF SUCCESS

Contrary to popular belief, success is not reserved only for the chosen few. Everyone has the capacity to be successful in every area of his or her life. Success results from cultivating certain habits and sticking to them. Consistency in your actions is the key!

Successful people think in a particular way and talk in a particular way and act in a particular way that is ‘consciously cultivated’. Here are a few principles of success strategies for you to follow:-

Develop a clear vision of what exactly you want to achieve in your life. Carry this vision in your mind at all times, even when you are not feeling ’successful’. This is the starting point to success.

Believe without any doubt that you will achieve your dreams. Believe in a higher power (God, universal energy, your higher self) that has been giving you whatever you needed so far in life.

Stay away from negative influences such as negative people, books, articles, TV news reports etc. Surround yourself with positive people and things that boost your belief that you will succeed and make you feel uplifted.

Take total responsibility for your future. You are not a victim! Do not depend on anybody to ‘do it for you’ and take responsibility for your life without doubting your success.

Make a habit of repeating positive affirmations. Speak out your affirmations in present tense as opposed to future tense. Writing down your affirmations is more effective and speaking them while looking into a mirror is even more powerful. Doing this every day helps your mind to stay fixed and focused on your goal. This is also a good way to build your self-confidence and deepen your belief to you are successful.

Create a Success Scrapbook- It’s easy and fun to do. Just get yourself together a plain scrapbook, some old magazines, have some coloured felt pens, glue and scissors on hand. Now create pages for your different dreams/goals. For example have a page for material goals, another for your relationships, another for travel, another for your health and fitness and another for more personal goals such as sprititual, emotional and mental growth. Cut and paste pictures into your Success Scrapbook, include pictures of yourself with your various goals. Use the coloured felt pens to write powerful positive words and statements around your pictures. You can continue to add to your Success Scrapbook any time. Like your written affirmations and goals, look over your Success Scrapbook every day and FEEL excited about what you desire.

Make a real commitment to take action.  Once you decide to take action stay committed to your goals and never give up. If you don’t take action every day your belief  becomes shaky and unstable and your efforts become inconsistent and weak. You will have wasted all your time and energy. So stay committed - it’s in your own best interests.

Set specific goals. If you know what you really want to achieve you need to define it by making it a goal. Set specific goals. Your goals should be precise, measurable, realistic and timed.

Work out a plan of action. Break down your plan into smaller tasks or units. Do your task in smaller steps, this way you are more likely to stick to your action plan. Take one or two steps each day while reminding yourself that each step is taking you closer to your goal. Your actions should be filled with belief, determination and purpose. Consistency is vital to reach your goal.

Never give up until you have achieved what you desire. Persistence is key to success. Treat every failure as a learning opportunity. But push yourself towards your goal with stronger belief. Most successful people have had many failures on their road to success and they understand that failure is not terrible - it is a necessary experience on the road to success.

Maintain an attitude of gratitude, realising that your dream is becoming a reality - it just needs consistency, belief, passion and time.  Look around you now and be grateful for the things that you already have such as a home, loving family, your health, your job/work etc. Just stay grateful. Say to yourself every day..”I am happy and grateful for… (you fill in the blank).

Be a giver, not a taker - give of your time, money and service to others. Smile at people you don’t know. Help that old lady/man you see struggling to cross the street. Be kind and generous to all.

Now you know these powerful principles of success. Act on it with belief, consistency and persistence.

Bye for now