A Three Part Formula to Success

"Three short rules that can help you become as great as you want to be."

In 1935, Will Rogers shared the profound rules to 1) know what you are doing, 2) love what you are doing, and 3) believe in what you are doing.

1. Know what you are doing.

Always appreciate and treasure the value of continuing education. Continually be in the pursuit of knowledge, understanding and wisdom. There is no force in the world that has a greater impact than the statement of a knowledgeable person fortified by confidence and experience. If you are going to be successful you must first know what you are doing.

2. Love what you are doing.

What are you working for? Hopefully, it's for the love of what you are doing. When you love what you are doing you naturally become an optimist. Don't you prefer to be around an optimist more than a pessimist? Commit to looking for the brighter side of things and love what you are doing.

3. Believe in what you are doing.

People are persuaded more by the depth of your conviction than by the height of your logic - more by your own enthusiasm than any proof you can offer. Persuasion is not converting people to your way of thinking, it is converting people to your way of feeling about things. People make decisions emotionally and justify them with logic.

Do you know what you are doing? Do you love what you are doing? Do you believe in what you are doing? If you can answer "yes" to those 3 questions you are truly a success.

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Post inspired by the Ultimate Success Program and Og Mandino's University of Success.

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The Most Effective Way to Wealth

"It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does help you to enjoy what the world has to offer."

With wealth many things are made possible. Fine home furnishings, travel, nutritious food, jewelry, charity and gratification.

Three big mistakes un-wealthy people make is 1) spending all of their income without saving any for future needs, 2) taking advice from those not qualified or experienced, and 3) expecting government or others to support them with handouts.

Alternatively, the wealthy have decided a part of all they earn is theirs to keep. Or stated another way, the proven path to financial success is to make sure you live on less than you earn.

Keep a long term perspective about wealth and focus on net worth growth versus just what is coming in and going out in the short term.

(In case you didn't know, the term net worth refers to the value of all assets minus the value of all liabilities.)

Do you have a plan to keep a part of all you earn? Have you implemented your plan? Are you on the road to wealth?

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Post inspired by the Ultimate Success Program and Og Mandino's University of Success.

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How To Turn Your Desires Into Reality

"What you are about to learn was worth $100,000,000 to Andrew Carnegie."

Your thoughts and desires are things, and they are the seedlings of all you will have and become.

Are your desires just hopes, wants, or wishes? Be advised, they must reach the level of a burning desire for them to be transformed into reality. Is your desire stong enough?

You must have the burning desire to acquire each goal, along with a workable plan to accomplish it, and the never-give-up persistence to keep moving forward past obstacles that seem to be in your way. Almost all who succeed in accomplishing their desires pass through struggles on their way to achieving them.

Here are six practical steps anyone can use to transform their desires into reality:

1. Decide specifically what you want / desire.
2. Decide exactly what you will give in return for your desire.
3. Set a definite date for achieving your desire.
4. Create a specific plan and begin working it immediately.
5. Write your answers to the previous 4 steps in a clear statement.
6. Read your statement aloud twice daily, once upon rising and once before going to bed.

As you read your written statement aloud, it's important that you see, feel, and imagine that you already possess your desire.

See this great poem by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse to help you through times of doubt or struggle.

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Post inspired by the Ultimate Success Program and Og Mandino's University of Success.

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