Simple Success Plan

For years I have fallen prey to just about every ad that
promised to sell me the “missing secret” to success. I have
read the material from countless authors again and again,
but I have never found the secret. I have never come across
something “nobody else” was telling me, or that everyone
else wanted to keep from me.

No, after spending all that money and time I came to one
inescapable conclusion: There is no new, old, or missing
secret. In all the years that I have been studying personal
development, and all the different methods that I have
heard, they can all be boiled down to three simple steps
that anyone can do.

Step 1: Know What You Want

As part of a class that I used to teach I would ask the
students to put down a list of what they would do if they
had all the time, and all the money, the needed. Most of
the students would only come up with three or four things
at most. And the things they listed would be vague and
generic like, “I want to travel.”

As I went around the room I would ask them to be more
specific. The reason is that we won’t accomplish anything
without desire. Unless there is a clear picture in our
minds, one that we are deeply emotionally involved in, we
will never develop the desire to reach our dreams.

When it comes to what we want, we need to: Write it down,
imagine it vividly in our minds (pictures from magazines
can help you develop these images), and get excited and
emotional about having it.

Step 2: Believe You Can Have What You Want

What do you really believe about the things you want in
life? Do you believe that it’s possible for you? Or do you
believe that there are just too many obstacles in your way?

I like to use a little acronym: IOTA. It stands for: If
One, Than Anyone. And what it means is that if one person
has done it, anyone can do it. If one person started from
nothing and became rich and successful, than anyone can do
it.

Albert Einstein said, “The most important decision we make
is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile
universe.”

When we look at nature, we see that tiny seeds become
gigantic trees. That is God’s way of telling us that He
created everything for success, especially human beings.
All of creation tells us that we live and a precarious,
sometimes dangerous, but none-the-less friendly universe
that wants to see us, like every seed, to succeed.

But God also gave us the dignity of choice. Whether we
succeed or fail, it all comes down to what we believe. And
when we choose to believe with all our hearts that we can
reach our dreams, nothing can stop us.

Step 3: Take Action On Your Belief

A few years ago I was trying to build a network marketing
business. I had heard that some people were being very
successful buying lists of “opportunity seekers” and
calling them on the phone. I spent hundreds of dollars, and
many hours, calling people on the phone. I studied methods
for delivering my sales pitch and practiced them
diligently, but I never got anyone to sign up.

The truth is that we all take action based on our beliefs.
If we believe that we can’t succeed, even though we try, we
will sabotage our own efforts and fail. And when it came to
convincing people over the phone to sign up for my
business, the truth was that I didn’t believe it would
work. The problem wasn’t the method I was using; it was my
belief that I would fail.

Our thoughts and feelings are based on our beliefs. And it
is our thoughts and feelings that cause us to act. But in
order to change our beliefs we have to act. Simply
repeating affirmations to ourselves won’t change our
beliefs if we don’t develop the disciplined actions that
agree with those new beliefs.

In some ways it’s like the chicken and the egg. Our actions
are the result of our beliefs, thoughts and feelings, but
our beliefs, thoughts, and feelings are shaped by our
actions. Once we know what we want and we begin to believe
that we can have it; the next step is to take action on our
new belief. By doing that we send a powerful message to
ourselves that we really do believe that we can have what
we want.

Everyone who has become successful in life has used these
three steps, and you can too.

About the Author:

The same faith that helped David defeat Goliath is in
everyone of us. In “Taking On Goliath - How To Unleash The
David In All Of Us,” author Rob Marshall shows you how to
unleash your faith, overcame any obstacle, and live your
dreams.
http://www.TakingOnGoliath.com
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Ray Burton is a personal training business owner, online writer and growing net entrepreneur. He is also the author of the controversial workout e-book, The Fat 2 Fit Program which is also part of his passive income sources along with the membership site FitterFast.com.

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