| Here are 5 powerful and effective success tips that | | | | failures and the pressures of life often cause us to |
| you can use to enhance your work, your business, and | | | | eventually abandon our dreams and settle for being |
| your life. These are simple, precise, and easy to | | | | less than all we can be. |
| understand. | | | | Stop chasing success and looking for the big score. In |
| 1. Get rid of excess stuff -- These days you can buy | | | | order to prevent overwhelm, envision in your mind |
| a product that promises to solve almost any problem, | | | | what it is you want, and then break down the steps |
| and some of us own them all. You can even buy tips | | | | into tasks that are easy to do. |
| for success on almost any subject in book, download, | | | | Instead of worrying about losing 100 pounds, focus on |
| or DVD format. There are products that will teach you | | | | how you're going to lose that first pound, and then the |
| how to earn more income, improve your golf swing, or | | | | next. Instead of dreaming about making 1 million dollars |
| get out of debt. | | | | over night, concentrate on making that first dollar, and |
| A side effect of this consumer oriented society is that | | | | then the next, and the next. |
| we end up with too much clutter in our lives. Most of | | | | 4. Know what you want and determine your outcome |
| this stuff we never use. Sometimes we use it once, | | | | -- Decide on what you want up front. Make a |
| and never again. Much of it doesn't perform as we | | | | commitment. Decide to commit to taking the |
| expected when we do use it. | | | | necessary actions, to following through, and decide to |
| We have books we never read, and bikes we never | | | | accept the consequences of your actions. |
| ride. We own exercise equipment that we've used | | | | 5. Complete your work in record time -- For most of |
| only once, and sofas that we never sit on. | | | | us, no matter how long we have to complete a task |
| When too much stuff clutters up our minds and our | | | | or project, it seems we like to put things off until the |
| lives, it's time to get rid of it. Cleaning house makes | | | | last minute. This rarely stops us, however, from |
| room for new things to appear in our minds, and our | | | | completing our work on time. |
| lives. | | | | If you can complete your work in 3 days instead of a |
| Doing this spring cleaning exercise allows us to have | | | | month, then do it in the first 3 days and not the last. |
| fewer, but more powerful thoughts. It also allows us to | | | | Then use the extra time to reward yourself. Do |
| become more focused and more effective in our | | | | something with that time that excites you. Spend time |
| actions. | | | | giving to others, or work on personal goals or your |
| 2. Replace bad habits with good ones -- Create daily | | | | part-time business. Procrastination is a killer of success. |
| habits around things that inspire you. Choose 10 things | | | | Don't let it control you. |
| that make sense to form daily habits around. Choose | | | | Add each of these success tips to your life, one per |
| those things that juice you up and replace any old bad | | | | month for the next 5 months. Work on them regularly |
| habits with these instead. | | | | during this time until they are integrated into your life. |
| 3. Let success come to you -- Stop chasing success. | | | | You'll see an improvement in your productivity, your |
| Many of us have a grandiose notion of what success | | | | results, and your daily motivation in a short time. |
| means to us as if it's merely a dream. Numerous | | | | |