Success Secret No.1: Take 100 % responsibility for your life

· "If it is to be, it is up to me." Nobody can make you successful but yourself.
· Believe in yourself.
· Develop enthusiasm.
· Be positive.
· Control in life what you can, not what you can't.

Success Secret No.2: Live your life on purpose

· Do you what you love and you will become a success.
· To succeed you need to have a passion for what you are doing.
· Do the job right every time.
· Customers can sense commitment.
· If you do what you love, the money will take care of itself.

Success Secret No.3: Be willing to pay the price for your dreams

· You need to be willing to pay the price for success.
· Success takes hard work.
· Aim high, most people don't aim at all
· Stay focused.
· You can get practically anything you want in life - if you are willing to pay the price.

Success Secret No.4: Boost you self-confidence

· Look for small victories every single day.
· Learn from your mistakes
· Look and sound confident
· Adopt a confident approach to every day
· Reward your self for your achievements

Success Secret No.5: Become an expert in your field

· Do everything possible to improve your skills.
· Read as many good books as possible.
· Expose yourself to high quality information
· Work towards being an expert in your field.
· Learn from the best in your field
· Teach others, the more you teach the more you learn yourself.

Success Secret No.6: Develop a positive mental attitude

· Practice visualization - seeing yourself achieving whatever your goals or dreams are.
· Make positive affirmation, these are statements that you repeat over and over again.
· What you think of yourself is responsible for your success of failure.
· Success is a choice.
· Associate with positive people.

Success Secret No. 7: Write out a plan for achieving your goals

· Set 1 year, 5 year and 10-year goals.
· Make sure that you write down your goals.

Goals must:

· Be realistic.
· Be simple
· Be specific and measurable
· Must have a time limit
· Must have an action plan
· Be challenging.
· Be reviewed.
· Be rewarded.

Success Secret No.8: Never give up

· Do not ever think of giving up as an option.
· You must be willing to do whatever it takes.
· Persevere until you succeed.

Success Secret No.9: Don't delay

· We don't know how long we have to achieve our dreams, so start now.
· The clock is ticking, there are no time-outs, and sooner or later your number is going to be called.

© Reproduced with kind permission from Andrew Patricio of smallbusinessonline.

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