SUCCESS DEFINITION

 

                                     PERSONAL SUCCESS

                             YOUR SUCCESS IN LIFE DEPENDS MORE ON THE PERSON YOU BECOME THAN ON THE THINGS YOU DO OR ACQUIRE. AS ARISTOTLE WROTE, "THE ULTIMATE END OF LIFE IS THE DEVELOPMET OF CHARACTER". IN THESE CHAPTERS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP AND USE DISCIPLINE IN ORDER TO BECOME AN EXCELLENT PERSON. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP GREATER SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-RESPECT, AND PERSONALE PRIDE. YOU WILL LEARN THE ESSENTIAL DISCIPLINES REQUIRED FOR PERSONAL GREATENESS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM INTO YOUR OWN CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY. 

                                                    DO YOUR OWN THING

                    A POPULAR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS IS "BEING ABLE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN WAY, DOING ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, WITH THE PEOPLE WHO YOU CHOOSE, IN THE SITUATIONS YOU DESIRE".

                     IN EACH CASE, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO DEFINE WHAT "SUCCESS" MEANS TO YOU, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF OR LESS OF IN ORDER TO BEGIN CREATING YOUR IDEAL LIFE. AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT HOLD YOU BACK FROM MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS ISUALLY YOUR FAVORITE EXCUSES AND LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.

                  IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT RATHER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO MAKE YOURSELF DO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT.

                                            ALWAYS BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY

                        WHENEVER YOU ACT IN WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR VALUES, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. WHENEVER YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, FOR ANY REASON, YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT WHEN YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM TO DOWN. YOU FEEL UNEASY AND INFERIOR, INADEQUATE AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

                     WHEN YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, DEEP DOWN INSIDE, YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.

                    ALMOST ALL HUMAN PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED BY A RETURN TO YOUR HIGHEST VALUES AND YOUR INNERMOST CONVICTIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, THERE HAVE PROBABLY BEEN SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE COMPROMISED YOUR VALUES IN ORDER TO SAVE AN INVESTMENT KEEP A JOB, PRESERVE A RELATIONSHIP, OR MAINTAIN A FRIENDSHIP. IN EACH CASE, YOU HAVE FELT WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL YOU FINALLY BROKE IT OFF AND WALKED AWAY.

                 AND HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU FINALLY HAD THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER TO WALK AWAY? YOU FELT WONDERFUL! WHENEVER YOU USE YOUR WILLPOWER AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER TO RETURN TO THE VALUES THAT ARE MOST DEAR TO YOU, YOU ARE REWARDED WITH A WONDERFUL FEELING OF HAPPINESS AND EXHILARATION. YOU FEEL ENERGIZED AND FREE. YOU WONDER WHY YOU DIDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION A LONG TIME AGO.

                                                       THE BIG PAYOFF

                     THE PAYOFF FOR BECOMING A PERSON OF CHARACTER, FOR EXERTING YOUR WILLPOWER AND SELF-DISCIPLINE TO LIVE CONSISTENTLY WITH THE VERY BEST THAT YOU KNOW, IS TREMENDOUS. WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE HIGHER VALUE OVER THE LOWER, THE MORE DIFFICULT OVER THE EASY, THE RIGHT OVER THE WRONG, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. YOUR SELF-ESTEEM INCREASES. YOU LIKE AND RESPECT YOURSELF MORE. YOU HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF PERSONAL PRIDE. 

                 IN ADDITION TO FEELING EXCELLENT ABOUT YOURSELF WHEN YOU BEHALF OF ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. THEY WILL LOOK UP TO YOU AND ADMIRE YOU. YOU WILL BE PAID MORE, PROMOTED FASTER, AND GIVEN EVEN GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES. AS YOU BECOME A PERSON OF HONOR AND CHARACTER, OPPORTUNITIES WILL APPEAR ALL AROUND YOU.

                  ON THE OTHER HAND,YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE INTELLIGENCE, TALENT, AND ABILITY IN THE WORLD, BUT IF PEOPLE WILL NOT HIRE YOU, AND IF THEY DO, THEY WILL DEHIRE YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT LEND YOU MONEY. BECAUSE "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER" THE ONLY ASSOCIATES (NEVER FRIENDS) YOU WILL HAVE WILL BE OTHER PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE WITH HAVE A MAJOR EFFECT ON YOUR ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY, YOU MAKE OR BREAK YOUR ENTIRE LIFE WITH THE QUALITY OF YOUR CHARACTER - OR THE LACK THEREOF.