Your Rules For Success

There are an unlimited number of personal success stories in the world and I would bet every single one of them would sound different.

So if each one of those stories is different how are you going to learn to create your own success?

You could pick one story and simply try to copy everything they did and you may achieve some success but I am guessing it would be short lived. Learning from these stories is smart but trying to be something you are not isn't.

It is not so much about what they did to achieve their success but who they chose to be to get it.

If we dug deeper into those stories you would start to find each person has developed a set of internal success rules that they bounce all of their decisions off of.

Rules that they believe in to the point they act on them subconsciously.

These rules need to be flexible as successful people know they need to be modified as they grow as individuals.

It is important to know that successful people did not figure out their rules overnight. They took years of trial and error to refine and articulate their rules in a way that resonated with them.

A key piece in their success is that they were in a constant action of clarification. They focused on defining what success meant to them and set the rules they needed to ensure they would achieve that success.

Rules for Success

The following rules for success are just a guideline and mean something to me but you will need to customize these success rules to have them emotionally resonate with you.

Live Your Passion

• Your passion is what allows you to persevere. If I am not passionate about something why would I invest my precious energy into it? It takes time to discover your passion but you must be relentless in finding it.

Trust Yourself

• Listen to your gut and trust your instincts. You may not always make the right decisions but that is how you learn and grow. Your body will tell you what you really need to do if you just listen to it. Silence the inner voice of self-doubt and trust yourself.

Don't Be Afraid To Fail

• If you live life afraid to fail you will never live life. Do not plan to fail but be prepared to learn from what failure teaches you. When we spend life trying to look good out of fear of failure we actually end up not doing anything at all. Doing nothing due to the fear of failure is failing.

Don't Listen To The Naysayers

• Never let someone tell you that you cannot do something. If you have a dream you need to protect it. When people believe they can't do something themselves they will try to tell you that you can't do it. When you want to live a life you love you have to go get it.

Think Big

• Thinking big leads to accomplishing big things in life. Thinking small leads to a life of mediocrity. Take chances because without risk there is no reward. Limitless thinking is a skill that can be practiced and refined to get you want you want out of life.

Be YOU

• Even if the you that you want to be is different then everyone else please be it. You need to know who you are and what you believe in to be capable of creating success. Do not follow what you are supposed to be according to others as that will lead you to unhappiness.

Stay Focused

• You need to stay focused on what you truly want and work your butt off to get it. Being intensely focused will give you the determination to do the work needed to create your success. Anything worth having in life is worth working hard for.

Unlimited personal success starts with creating your own rules for success foundation.

Let me know what some of your rules for success are? The rules you have already defined and use for guidance whenever you need it.

Take Action Request:

Define what you believe your current rules for success are by reflecting on a time when you achieved the success you desired. What did you have to do and who did you need to be in order to get that success?

Your Life Your Choice Your Design

"Don't be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again." - Richard Branson

Having had the opportunity to watch Chip Wilson create a level of personal success through an intense focus on goal setting Darrin knew he wanted to become a goal coach in hopes to help others do the same. It takes time and a commitment to discover your rules for success but the work is worth the reward.

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