What differentiates successful people from unsuccessful people?
Is it money?
Influence?
Opportunities?
Connections?
Family?
Geography?
Could it be their thinking patterns? Zig Ziglar said that during The Great Depression, some people were crushed by the economic climate. But he also saw something remarkable, some people did extremely well.
How is that possible? Mr. Ziglar uses that illustration to show that it’s not what’s going on around a person that determines how they do financially, but what’s inside a person. A hard-working, disciplined person, with a great attitude is always in demand.
John Stossel did a special about what traits cause people to succeed. Here is the 5 minute clip,
Some of the biggest success stories in our country come from legal immigrants who came to the US with less than ten dollars in their pockets. They carried nothing with them, except a desire to succeed and the ability to work hard. Many of them did not even speak English. If you live in a country where you speak the language and have more than ten dollars, you are way ahead of where they started.
They are rich and successful now. What’s your excuse? If you are reading this and following the steps I’m outlining, then you are already being pro-active in developing the skills necessary to change your life. A completely new life is only months away from you! You are already headed there. Let’s take a few minutes to put your dreams on paper. In five years: Where will you live? What will it look like? Where will you work? What will you look like? What will the people around you look like? Hold on to that mental picture. Start to plan for it when you daydream.
Pick out the couch for the new house. Cut out picture from magazines and create a collage of the life you want. Figure out where you’ll sit to look out at the ocean. Plan the toast you’ll give at a big event. Start to live your life as if the dream is in view. Because, it is.