HOW TO GET SUCCESS IN BUSINESS

 

                            TO BECOME SUCCESSFULL ONE

                     * MAKE A DECISION TODAY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP 20 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN YOU COMPANY AND YOU INDUSTRY. WHAT SHOULD YOU OR COULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?

                     * MAKE A LIST OF EVERYTHING YOU DO IN YOUR JOB AND THEN IDENTIFY THE THREE THAT CONTRIBUTES THE GREATEST VALUE OF YOUR WORK AND COMPANY.

                     * SET A NEW WORK SCHEDULE FOR YOURSELF AND BEGIN TO START EARLIER, WORK HARDER, AND STAY LATER UNTIL IT BECOMES A HABIT.

                     * IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE IN YOUR JOB, AND THEN WORK ON THOSE RESULTS ALL DAY LONG.

                     * DETERMINE THE PERSON WHO IS THE BEST DRESSED AND GROOMED IN YOUR COMPANY, AND THEN RESOLVE TO USE HIM/HER AS A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUR OWN APPEARANCE.

                     * DECIDE TODAY THAT, FROM NOW ON, YOU ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY WORK ALL THE TIME YOU ARE AT WORK AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THE REPUTATION FOR BEING THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN YOUR COMPANY.'

 

                     * DEVELOP A SENSE OF URGENCY. RESOLVE TO MOVE FAST WHEN YOU ARE GIVEN A JOB OF OPPORTUNITY. THIS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

                                    RESOLVE IN ADVANCE

                     WHEN YOU RESOLVE IN ADVANCE THAT YOU ILL NEVER GIVE UP, YOUR SUCCESS IS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, NOTHING CAN REALLY STOP YOU BUT YOURSELF.

                       IN LIFE, DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN. ALL THAT MATTERS IS HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET BACK UP. IF YOU CONTINUE TO GET BACK UP AND PRESS ONWARD, YOU MUST EVENTUALLY REACH YOUR GOAL.

                    EACH TIME YOU EXERT YOUR SELF-DISCIPLINE TO PERSIST IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, YOU ALSO INCREASE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-CONFIDENCE. THEN, AS YOUR SELF-ESTEEM INCREASES, YOU FEEL STRONGER,  MORE POWERFUL, AND MORE UNSTOPPABLE. WHEN YOU FEEL BETTER AND STRONGER, YOU BECOME MORE CAPABLE OF PERSISTING THE NEXT TIME- AND THEN THE TIME AFTER THAT.

                  BY DISCIPLINING YOURSELF TO PERSIST IN THE FACE OF ALL ADVERSITY, YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ONTO AN UPWARD SPIRAL OF SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND PERSISTENCE UNTIL YOU EVENTUALLY BECOME LIKE A FORCE OF NATURE.

                  PERSISTENCE IS SELF-DISCIPLINE 

                                          IN ACTION.

                   IN PART TWO, YOU WILL LEARN THE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU CAN DO TO APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO THE PRACTICAL AREAS OF LIFE, TO ACHIEVE GRETER SUCCESS IN YOUR WORK AND CAREER, AND TO FULLFILL YOUR POTENTIAL IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.

                     1. IDENTIFY ONE AREA IN YOUR LIFE IN WHICH YOU NEED TO PERSIST EVEN HARDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL, AND THEN TAKE ACTION IN THAT AREA.

                     2. IDENTIFY A GOAL IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU DID NOT ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO PERSIST THROUGH TO COMPLETION. WHAT STEPS COULD YOU TAKE TODAY TO SUCCEED IN THAT AREA?

                     3. IDENTIFY ONE BIG GOAL THAT YOU ACHIEVED BECAUSE YOU PERISTED AND REFUSED TO GIVE UP, TO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT BECOME.

                     4. DECIDE ON YOUR MAJOR DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, THE ONE GOAL THAT, IF YOU ACHIEVED IT, WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE.

                     5 WRITE DOWN YOUR GOAL CLEARLY, MAKE A DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION TO ACCOMPLISH IT, AND THEN TELL YOURSELF THAT, "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION".

                    6. MAKE A DECISION TODAY THAT YOU WILL PERSIST UNTIL YOU SUCCEED, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE "I AM UNSTOPPABLE".

                   7. RESOLVE TO SET AND ACHIEVE ONE IMPORTANT GOAL, OVERCOMING THE INEVITABLE DIFFICULTIES, PROBLEMS AND SETBACKS YOU WILL EXPERIENCE, AND TO WORK AT IT UNTIL YOU SUCCEED. REPEAT THIS PROCESS OVER AND OVER UNTIL PERSISTENCE BECOMES A HABIT.

                    CHALLENGE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS

                      MOST BUSINESS IDEAS DO NOT WORK, AT LEAST IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM. AS PETER DRUCKER SAID, "ERRANT ASSUMPTIONS LIE AT THE ROOT OF EVERY FAILURE". A MAJOR REASON FOR BUSINESS FAILURE IS THAT BUSINESS OWNERS OR EXECUTIVES RELY OR ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE NOT TESTED. THEY ASSUME THAT THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE IS EXCELLENT IN COMPARISON WITH OTHERS. THEY ASSUME THAT THEY CAN SELL A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THOSE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES - AND DO SO AT A PROFIT. THEY FURTHER ASSUME THAT THOSE PROFITS BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT OF TIME AND MONEY MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN ANY OTHER USE OF THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME OR FUNDS. ALL OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS MUST BE TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE ANY IRREVOCABLE COMMITMENT IS MADE.

                 ACCORDING TO THE KAUFMAN FOUNDATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 95 PERCENT OF ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN AMERICA EARN LESS THAN $50000 PER YEAR. WHY IS THIS? IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY LACK THE ENERGY, INTELLIGENCE, OR ABILITY TO EARN MORE. THE VERY FACT THAT A PERSON HAS THE COURAGE AND RESOUCEFULNESS TO START A NEW BUSINESS MEANS THAT HE OR SHE HAS ABOVE-AVERAGE LEVELS OF NATURAL TALENT.

                   THE REASON WHY SO MANY ENTREPRENEURS UNDERACHIEVE AND FAIL IS THAT THEY LACK DISCIPLINE. THEY LACK THE DISCIPLINE TO CAREFULLY STUDY EVEYR ASPECT OF THE BUSINESS BEFORE COMMITTING TO IT. THEY LACK THE DISCIPLINE TO TEST THEIR ASSUMPTION RATHER THAN JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND HOPING FOR THE BEST. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU.