Online StoreSuccess Formula - The Be-Do-Have Ways
Focusing on the changes we want to HAVE in our lives, is a great starting base when planning which goals we want to achieve. We’ve little chance of ever getting there if we can’t envision how things will look when we’ve reached the lofty heights of our personal success.
But prior to HAVING all these brilliant things, we must be prepared to make some changes. In the words of Albert Einstein, “The definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results.” Or put another way, if we keep doing what we’ve always done, we’ll continue to have what we’ve always had, and our life just goes round in circles getting no-where.
To take significant leaps forward in what we have, we need to make big changes not only to the way we do things, but more importantly to the way we think.
It’s no great secret that there’s going to be a degree of work to DO to earn the things we want to HAVE. It’s one of life’s basic laws that we have to give in order to get. But simply doing the work won’t necessarily bring the lifestyle we want.
We become successful by thinking and behaving like a successful person - developing the identity, beliefs and values of an achiever before we’ve actually got there. So the student who’s goal is to change career and double their income in the next three years has to become a conscientious learner who prioritises a certain amount of time to studying each week.
If the work hasn’t been done, and the pub beckons - the pub must wait. The success mind-set says there’ll be plenty more time for the pub down the road (and more cash to enjoy the pub!) if the effort is put in first. A healthy attitude to learning makes the studying process easier, and brings results in much faster.
Success doesn’t happen on its own. Developing the mindset of an achiever is a powerful weapon against the knocks, criticisms and doubts that will inevitably come our way. We can associate with winning attitudes by reading biographies, watching films and interviews of others who’ve overcome adversities on their road to victory. A familiar thread runs through each of their stories - that what they have now is largely the result of the work they did and who they became before the gravy train started to roll.
The work we have to DO will be more enjoyable and bring us the things we want to HAVE so much sooner if we concentrate on becoming the person we need to BE.
