Winning Attitude

How To Develop A Winning Attitude
What does it take in our everyday lives to be successful?
In order to evaluate this question it is first necessary to understand what "success" is and what all successful people have in common. It is probably safe to assume that anyone reading this article wants to be successful. However, only 5% of the population will ever reach their potential for all activities, 95% of the people will never truly be successful. By definition, success is the realization of a worthy deal.

Success is different for every individual. For some people, an annual income of $25,000 would be a success, for another it may be $125,000. Whatever it may be for you, there are 5 characteristics that you must have in common with other successful people in order to achieve true success.

Goals are the single most important factor in achieving success. Without a realistic goal, how will you ever know when you have reached your success level?

All successful people set goals. All goals must be realistic, short term, measurable and obtainable within the bounds of your own perception. As time passes, your goals can always be adjusted upward to reach your ultimate goal of success. However, if your initial goal is to be worth $1,000,000 by the year end and you are currently only worth $100,000 with an annual income of $50,000 a year and this is November, you most likely will never be able to reach it and therefore, it is unrealistic. Biting off a job in small portions makes the eventual achievement of the total task seem easier and manageable. All successful people constantly set goals, re-evaluate their goals and scale them upward toward even greater accomplishments.

A positive attitude is the second factor that successful people have in common. I have never met a truly successful person who I would consider a "self made" success that did not have a positive attitude. These people relate to the world on a positive basis. They always look for the "can do" not the "can not do" side of every situation. "If you think you can or if you think you can't, you're right." All successful people truly believe not only in themselves, but in the reality of their goals. A positive attitude is contagious and when it is sincere, the people with whom you come in contact will relate to you and your activities with a vitality and positive attitude that causes a winning, successful environment.

The truth is always best to deal with for several reasons, not the least important of which is that it is always the easiest to remember. If you are going to be successful, you will not have time, energy and ability to remember untruths, or lies that you have told people. This consumes valuable energy and detracts from the power needed to run a successful life. The truth is easy to remember and generally, in the long term, easier to deal with. True winners are always ready to face the truth in situations and handle things as they deal with them on a timely basis and then proceed to get on with the business of running a successful, prosperous life. Never having to back track to cover up problem areas.

Research and Development in today's society have become extremely important to all major corporations. This is where all new products and ideas evolve. Successful individuals have always understood this principal on a personal level and they constantly strive to improve their own abilities through such methods as formal educational systems, seminars, reading books, listening to ideas the thoughts of others, and in any manner that presents itself to them. Successful people truly believe they can improve themselves and constantly strive to seek methods and means that will help them accomplish this task. They also know that there is a price to pay for this success and the return on investment is sometimes great and sometimes small, but that the return without the investment is always the same "0".

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it." -Henry Ford

Man's ability over all other creatures on this Earth is the ability to think. All successful people use this talent to improve their lives and control their own destiny. Only you can take the initial step toward the unleashing of the power within your own mind. The power is awesome and at times can be frightening. However, man has abilities of the mind that many people can not or would not believe. Anthony Robbins has recently written a book entitled "Unlimited Power" which explains in simple terms the theories of Neuro Linguistic Programming, the power of the mind and how to gain control and use it. NLP was originally developed by John Grinder and Richard Bandler as a communication system using the central nervous system. Through this system Mr. Robbins has put forth a complete outline on how to unleash your "performance power" and achieve goals that before you probably felt were impossible.

The first step in using your true mental abilities is understanding what Mr. Robbins refers to as the seven triggering mechanisms that is sure success.

1. Passion - All truly successful people such as Lee Iacocca have a driving force within them that sets them apart from others. A desire, an energy that gives them the fuel to reach their true potential. This force is a part of them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It never subsides. Their total existence is sustained for the fulfillment of their goals. The passion within this individual to achieve has been so deeply implanted, that their mental power is driven by this force and will not let them do anything other than achieve.


2. Belief - "They can because they think they can"-Virgil. You will only make $100,000 this year if you first believe you can. If you do not believe you can you are telling yourself you want it, but it is truly not obtainable. The truth of life is that man's limits are self imposed by what the mind is given to believe. If you expand your belief of your own abilities, you will also expand your true realm of accomplishment. A man of whom all are aware, lived his life with adversity, but he constantly believed he could achieve.

Failed in business at age 31
Was defeated in a legislative race at age 32
Failed again in business at age 34
Overcome death of sweetheart at age 35
Had a nervous breakdown at age 36
Lost an election at age 38
Lost a congressional race at age 43
Lost a congressional race at age 46
Lost a congressional race at age 48
Lost a Senatorial race at age 55
Failed to become Vice President at age 56
Lost a Senatorial race at age 58
Was elected President of the United States at age 60
With all the adversity that faced him, President Abraham Lincoln had no reason to continually try other than the fact that he believed it was his destiny and measure of success to accomplish this task.

"Man is what he believes" -Anton Checkhov

3. Strategy - A strategy is your game plan of life. The road map you will use to accomplish your goals, ambitions and desires. Just to believe you can earn $100,000 a year is not enough, you must design a strategy that gives your life direction and navigates you toward success. The key to strategy is to design a proper strategy to achieve your success without the detours of life, to find the shortest distance between two points.


4. Clarity of Values - Man must first determine which things in life are most valuable to him. He must determine his feeling about such things as patriotism, pride, love, freedom, excellence, ownership and tolerance. These are values in society, the moral, ethical and fundamental judgements that we, as individuals, deem important. Without a clear system of values for ourselves, it is impossible to believe in something with a passion that has no value to us. Once we have established our individual value system we are then able to determine how we can achieve success based on our priority of values. What must we five up in one hand to accomplish what we desire on the other. Without a value system we can never move forward for we may be trading without increasing our potential for success.


5. Energy - Without the physical vitality to take action, nothing would ever come of our system to this point. The passion could build, our belief of accomplishment could be overwhelming, we could have the best strategy or map to achieve the ultimate value for our own life, but if not for taking the first step, nothing could ever be accomplished. Great success cannot be separated from physical, spiritual and mental energy that allows us, compels us, to accomplish the most with what we have to work with. Physical energy comes from the strength of the body itself fueled by our intake of nourishment. It is therefore important that we fuel our engine with premium fuel (good eating habits), not low grade regular (junk food). Our spiritual and intellectual energy evolves from our environment and it is therefore important that we assess our own personal environment to maximize the energy that we can obtain.


6. Bonding Power - We have all known people that have exhibited the ability to get along with anyone and everyone. The ability to be a chameleon is truly the ability to connect with and bond with others. The ability to build rapport. Being able to deal with others as Mr. Robbins says "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others." To be able to understand the...


7. Mastery of Communication - To take charge and run your own mind. To learn the techniques of NLP and no longer allow our mind to run our lives, but rather take charge of our own mental abilities and cause them to work for our own accomplishment of success.

"There is only one Success - to be able to

spend your life in your own way." -ChristopherMorley

How To Develop A Winning Attitude

How To Develop A Winning Attitude
What does it take in our everyday lives to be successful?
In order to evaluate this question it is first necessary to understand what "success" is and what all successful people have in common. It is probably safe to assume that anyone reading this article wants to be successful. However, only 5% of the population will ever reach their potential for all activities, 95% of the people will never truly be successful. By definition, success is the realization of a worthy deal.
Success is different for every individual. For some people, an annual income of $25,000 would be a success, for another it may be $125,000. Whatever it may be for you, there are 5 characteristics that you must have in common with other successful people in order to achieve true success.
Goals are the single most important factor in achieving success. Without a realistic goal, how will you ever know when you have reached your success level?
All successful people set goals. All goals must be realistic, short term, measurable and obtainable within the bounds of your own perception. As time passes, your goals can always be adjusted upward to reach your ultimate goal of success. However, if your initial goal is to be worth $1,000,000 by the year end and you are currently only worth $100,000 with an annual income of $50,000 a year and this is November, you most likely will never be able to reach it and therefore, it is unrealistic. Biting off a job in small portions makes the eventual achievement of the total task seem easier and manageable. All successful people constantly set goals, re-evaluate their goals and scale them upward toward even greater accomplishments.
A positive attitude is the second factor that successful people have in common. I have never met a truly successful person who I would consider a "self made" success that did not have a positive attitude. These people relate to the world on a positive basis. They always look for the "can do" not the "can not do" side of every situation. "If you think you can or if you think you can't, you're right." All successful people truly believe not only in themselves, but in the reality of their goals. A positive attitude is contagious and when it is sincere, the people with whom you come in contact will relate to you and your activities with a vitality and positive attitude that causes a winning, successful environment.
The truth is always best to deal with for several reasons, not the least important of which is that it is always the easiest to remember. If you are going to be successful, you will not have time, energy and ability to remember untruths, or lies that you have told people. This consumes valuable energy and detracts from the power needed to run a successful life. The truth is easy to remember and generally, in the long term, easier to deal with. True winners are always ready to face the truth in situations and handle things as they deal with them on a timely basis and then proceed to get on with the business of running a successful, prosperous life. Never having to back track to cover up problem areas.
Research and Development in today's society have become extremely important to all major corporations. This is where all new products and ideas evolve. Successful individuals have always understood this principal on a personal level and they constantly strive to improve their own abilities through such methods as formal educational systems, seminars, reading books, listening to ideas the thoughts of others, and in any manner that presents itself to them. Successful people truly believe they can improve themselves and constantly strive to seek methods and means that will help them accomplish this task. They also know that there is a price to pay for this success and the return on investment is sometimes great and sometimes small, but that the return without the investment is always the same "0".
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is
the probable reason why so few engage in it." -Henry Ford
Man's ability over all other creatures on this Earth is the ability to think. All successful people use this talent to improve their lives and control their own destiny. Only you can take the initial step toward the unleashing of the power within your own mind. The power is awesome and at times can be frightening. However, man has abilities of the mind that many people can not or would not believe. Anthony Robbins has recently written a book entitled "Unlimited Power" which explains in simple terms the theories of Neuro Linguistic Programming, the power of the mind and how to gain control and use it. NLP was originally developed by John Grinder and Richard Bandler as a communication system using the central nervous system. Through this system Mr. Robbins has put forth a complete outline on how to unleash your "performance power" and achieve goals that before you probably felt were impossible.
The first step in using your true mental abilities is understanding what Mr. Robbins refers to as the seven triggering mechanisms that is sure success.

1. Passion - All truly successful people such as Lee Iacocca have a driving force within them that sets them apart from others. A desire, an energy that gives them the fuel to reach their true potential. This force is a part of them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It never subsides. Their total existence is sustained for the fulfillment of their goals. The passion within this individual to achieve has been so deeply implanted, that their mental power is driven by this force and will not let them do anything other than achieve.

2. Belief - "They can because they think they can"-Virgil. You will only make $100,000 this year if you first believe you can. If you do not believe you can you are telling yourself you want it, but it is truly not obtainable. The truth of life is that man's limits are self imposed by what the mind is given to believe. If you expand your belief of your own abilities, you will also expand your true realm of accomplishment. A man of whom all are aware, lived his life with adversity, but he constantly believed he could achieve.
Failed in business at age 31
Was defeated in a legislative race at age 32
Failed again in business at age 34
Overcome death of sweetheart at age 35
Had a nervous breakdown at age 36
Lost an election at age 38
Lost a congressional race at age 43
Lost a congressional race at age 46
Lost a congressional race at age 48
Lost a Senatorial race at age 55
Failed to become Vice President at age 56
Lost a Senatorial race at age 58
Was elected President of the United States at age 60
With all the adversity that faced him, President Abraham Lincoln had no reason to continually try other than the fact that he believed it was his destiny and measure of success to accomplish this task.
"Man is what he believes" -Anton Checkhov
3. Strategy - A strategy is your game plan of life. The road map you will use to accomplish your goals, ambitions and desires. Just to believe you can earn $100,000 a year is not enough, you must design a strategy that gives your life direction and navigates you toward success. The key to strategy is to design a proper strategy to achieve your success without the detours of life, to find the shortest distance between two points.

4. Clarity of Values - Man must first determine which things in life are most valuable to him. He must determine his feeling about such things as patriotism, pride, love, freedom, excellence, ownership and tolerance. These are values in society, the moral, ethical and fundamental judgements that we, as individuals, deem important. Without a clear system of values for ourselves, it is impossible to believe in something with a passion that has no value to us. Once we have established our individual value system we are then able to determine how we can achieve success based on our priority of values. What must we five up in one hand to accomplish what we desire on the other. Without a value system we can never move forward for we may be trading without increasing our potential for success.

5. Energy - Without the physical vitality to take action, nothing would ever come of our system to this point. The passion could build, our belief of accomplishment could be overwhelming, we could have the best strategy or map to achieve the ultimate value for our own life, but if not for taking the first step, nothing could ever be accomplished. Great success cannot be separated from physical, spiritual and mental energy that allows us, compels us, to accomplish the most with what we have to work with. Physical energy comes from the strength of the body itself fueled by our intake of nourishment. It is therefore important that we fuel our engine with premium fuel (good eating habits), not low grade regular (junk food). Our spiritual and intellectual energy evolves from our environment and it is therefore important that we assess our own personal environment to maximize the energy that we can obtain.

6. Bonding Power - We have all known people that have exhibited the ability to get along with anyone and everyone. The ability to be a chameleon is truly the ability to connect with and bond with others. The ability to build rapport. Being able to deal with others as Mr. Robbins says "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others." To be able to understand the...

7. Mastery of Communication - To take charge and run your own mind. To learn the techniques of NLP and no longer allow our mind to run our lives, but rather take charge of our own mental abilities and cause them to work for our own accomplishment of success.
"There is only one Success - to be able to
spend your life in your own way." -ChristopherMorley

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2 The Power of Positive Thinking

2 The Power of Positive Thinking

Key Point
You are what you think. You feel what you want.

Why Think Positively?

All of our feelings, beliefs and knowledge are based on our internal thoughts, both conscious and subconscious. We are in control, whether we know it or not.
Aim high and do your best
We can be positive or negative, enthusiastic or dull, active or passive.

The biggest difference between people is their attitudes. For some, learning is enjoyable and exciting. For others, learning is a drudgery. For many, learning is just okay, something required on the road to a job.

"Most folks are about as happy as they
make up their minds to be."Abraham Lincoln

Our present attitudes are habits, built from the feedback of parents, friends, society and self, that form our self-image and our world-image.

These attitudes are maintained by the inner conversations we constantly have with ourselves, both consciously and subconsciously.

The first step in changing our attitudes is to change our inner conversations.

What Should We Be Saying?

One approach is called the three C's: Commitment, Control and Challenge.

Commitment
Make a positive commitment to yourself, to learning, work, family, friends, nature, and other worthwhile causes. Praise yourself and others. Dream of success. Be enthusiastic.

Control
Keep your mind focused on important things. Set goals and priorities for what you think and do. Visualize to practice your actions. Develop a strategy for dealing with problems. Learn to relax. Enjoy successes. Be honest with yourself.

Challenge
Be courageous. Change and improve each day. Do your best and don't look back. See learning and change as opportunities. Try new things. Consider several options. Meet new people. Ask lots of questions. Keep track of your mental and physical health. Be optimistic.

Studies show that people with these characteristics are winners in good times and survivors in hard times.

Research shows that,
"... people who begin consciously to modify their inner conversations and assumptions report an almost immediate improvement in their performance. Their energy increases and things seem to go better ..."

Commitment, control and challenge help build self-esteem and promote positive thinking. Here are some other suggestions.

7 Suggestions for Building Positive Attitudes

* In every class, look for positive people to associate with.
* In every lecture, look for one more interesting idea.
* In every chapter, find one more concept important to you.
* With every friend, explain a new idea you've just learned.
* With every teacher, ask a question.
* With yourself, keep a list of your goals, positive thoughts and actions.
* Remember, you are what you think, you feel what you want.

CHANGE OR FORCE TO CHANGE

CHANGE OR FORCE TO CHANGE
Everyone resist change. Anything we do repeatedly becomes a habit and later we are conditioned and resist new changes. Remember when you switched over from driving a bike to a car, it was uncomfortable for some days later switching back to bike was uncomfortable. So its all the state of mind. Anything you do with passion gives a positive state of mind thus you start learning / adapting new things in life. Today if you don’t change as per the trend tomorrow, you will be forced to change. Better change today.

Today when you look at the world, what took a decade to change, now takes just a few months. It took 50 years for cassette tapes to replace records, but it took less than ten years for CDs to replace cassette tapes. These were soon replaced by mini discs. Today, in less than 3 years we have the MP3 and MP4. These innovations are making the rest totally obsolete.

Today in the market, mega billion dollar business can become bankrupt because of obsolescence overnight. Similarly small companies can become worldwide market leaders in just 5 years. In the same manner a professional with years of experience and a high market value can become economically unviable within a short period of time. Why?

The new economy is so dynamic that 80% of what you learn in school will become obsolete by the time you graduate. 30% of the jobs, companies, products and services that are common now never existed a decade ago.

Whoever heard of professionals like chief information officer, web designer, techno-preneur, internet service provider in 1990’s. Similarly 50% of the jobs that exist today will no longer exist in their present form ten years from now. In fact the average person will probably go through 4 career changes (not job changes) in their entire life time. Why? Simply because the jobs they have and the companies they work for will not exist for very long.

There are now a hundred times more millionaires and many more billionaires as compared to decades past. Unlike earlier, when most of them were in their fifties, today billionaires are in their thirties.

Today with an innovative idea, you could become the owner of a billion dollar company in less than 10 years. We know that academic success, knowledge and intelligence alone are no guarantee of success in the new economy. In fact, they could mean very little. In the new economy the school dropouts are those who employ “professors” to run their business, like- Bill Gates (founder – Microsoft), Larry Ellison (CEO – Oracle), Richard Branson (CEO – Virgin Group), Steve Jobs (CEO – APPLE), Antony Robbins (World No 1 Success Coach) and Micheal Dell (CEO – Dell) became creators of billion dollar empires.

While education and academic qualification are important, they are not enough if you want to make it in these evolutionary times. The most successful in the new economy are not necessarily the ones with the highest IQ and degrees behind them. It is only certain pattern of excellence which they acquire to succeed. This I have observed with many successful people.

Pattern of excellence is a set of beliefs, attitudes and behavior exhibited by individuals who consistently produce exceptional results. It is the ability to model and replicate excellence within a very short period of time. It is the ability to take charge of your life, be in control of your emotional state and bring out the best of your personal potential.

Whatever may be external circumstances; you can master your mind and design your destiny. You have all the resources you need to succeed.

“WHY BLAME OTHERS FOR YOUR MISTAKES?”

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

Research has shown that about 40% of all businesses fold-up within the first year of starting. A staggering 80% of businesses fail within the first 5 years and of the remaining 20% that make it past the 5 year mark, over 80% of that 20% fail by the tenth year. In other words less than 10% of businesses that start up ever succeeds beyond 10 years.

Many people look at these statistics and say to themselves that with only a 10% chance of success, they are better off staying in their job for the rest of their life. It would be a lot safer. After all, they can never be smart enough or good enough to be in that small minority of 10%.

Firstly, I want to say that being among 10% of successful entrepreneurs is not only possible, it is very much achievable when you know how! You can be in the successful minority if you follow the critical SUCCESS FACTORS.

The reason most people fail in business is not because they lack a superior IQ. It is not because they lack luck or a special talent. The reason for all these failures is simply because they are making the same mistakes over and over again.

After starting so many businesses and consulting many business friends, I can tell you that success in business has nothing to do with your age, nothing to do with your level of education, little to do with how much capital you have and very little to do with luck.

It has to do with two main critical success factors that anybody can learn.

The critical success factors are entrepreneurial Mind Set and Entrepreneurial Skill Set.



ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND SET:

The first thing that sets successful entrepreneurs apart is their way of thinking (MINDSET). I have found that time and again, successful business owners think very differently from the rest of the crowd. When employees are given work to do, they see it as a problem. When an entrepreneur is given more work to do, he sees it as an opportunity to learn and grow from it. When a person with the employee mindset is sent for training, they often see it as a waste of time. The successful entrepreneur sees it as a valuable investment. When more people look at something challenging, they think of all the reasons why it cannot be done and avoid it.

Our mind set is the most important key to our success as a business owner. In fact, I would say that your ability to succeed in business is 70% psychology and 30% strategy. Your mindset affects your thoughts, which affects your behavior & actions and these ultimately affect the results you produce.

HERE ARE 3 ESSENTIAL MINDSETS OF A MILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR:

MINDSET 1. Taking 100% responsibility & ownership.
MINDSET 2. Failure leads to success.
MINDSET 3. Constant and never ending INNOVATION.

100% RESPONSIBILITY & OWNERSHIP

100% RESPONSIBILITY & OWNERSHIP

Whenever I ask most business owners why their business is not as successful as it can be,

I usually get these responses:
1. I can’t find good people.
2. There are too many competitions.
3. The economy is soft.
4. The industry is tough
5. people are just not spending
6. I don’t have enough capital
7. if only I had more money things would be different
8. My partner is the problem
9. I have been down on my luck
10. I just don’t have the time to focus on marketing
11. I don’t have enough experience
12. I am too young or I am too old.

The problem with all these above reasons is that they are all aimed at blaming something or someone else. The majority of people with the above mindset tend to give themselves a lot of excuses and blame everything and everyone, except themselves, when things go wrong.

They blame the economy, the government, competition, bad luck, lousy staff, disloyal and difficult customers for their lack of success.

People with this VICTIM mindset will NEVER SUCCEED IN BUSINESS.

Successful entrepreneur mindset will never allow circumstance to control their fate. They have faced all the reason mention above. Success was in their thoughts and actions allowed them to retain the power to change their environment and their results.

Millionaire business owners believe that if there is something wrong with their business it is only because there is something they are doing or not doing in the right way. They believe and have 100% control over their business success and profit.
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY GIVE YOU POWER AND CONTROL

So, are millionaire entrepreneurs successful because everything is going their way? Are successful business owners found only in booming economies, industries and rich countries? Do all successful business owners start off with lots of capital? Rae they blessed with the most motivated and hard working staff? Are they gifted with special luck? We know the answer is a resounding “NO”. In fact, many of the successful and enduring entrepreneurs in the world started off in the worst times and with all the odds stacked against them.

When SOICHIRO HONDA started his company (HONDA) after world war 11, Japan was facing an oil crisis and twice the Americans bombed his factory. A few years later his factory was destroyed for the 3rd time by an earth quake.

When FRED SMITH started FEDERAL EXPRESS (FEDEX) his planes were almost repossessed twice by the Finance Companies because he didn’t have the money to pay the installment.

When RICHARD BRANDON wanted to go into the airline business, everyone told him that the industry was tough and that most carriers were losing money. And yet VIRGIN Airlines became highly profitable and took market share away from the market leader BRITISH AIRWAYS.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BUSINESS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE OWNER!

They believe that if they have challenges with their customers, it’s because they don’t understand customer relationship management. If they have a problem with sales, it’s because they don’t understand marketing. If they have money problems it’s because they don’t understand finance.Similarly, if they have operational problems, it’s because you don’t understand operations.If you have employee problem it’s because you are not doing the right thing in their recruitment, training and retention.

By taking 100% responsibility over your results you are acknowledging that you are creating it, either directly or indirectly. People with this leaders’ mindset believe that “FOR THINGS TO CHANGE,I MUST CHANGE FIRST”.