How to Become Successful

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Do you know how to become successful?

Is it your dream to become successful? I would imagine that most people in this world have a dream to become successful in life. Few ever achieve their dream, but what about the rest? Do you know how to become successful?

Do you have a burning desire to become more successful? If so, let me take you on a journey to discover how to become successful in life.

What does it mean to achieve success? 

Each one of us is unique, and to achieve success would therefore also have a different meaning to each of us.

  • Some people want to be rich.

  • Some people want to be famous.

  • Some people want to be both rich and famous.

  • Some people want to excel in sports.

  • Some people want to be company presidents.

  • Some people want to be great statesmen.

  • Some people want to achieve high grades in their studies.

  • Some people want to finish school.

  • Some people want to earn a university degree.

  • Some people want to complete marine boot camp.

  • Some people want to win a marathon race.

  • Some people want to complete a marathon race.

  • Some people want to write a book.

  • Some people want to finish projects at work on time and within budget.

  • Some people want to start and run a profitable small business.

  • Some people want to provide food aid to a starving nation.

  • Some people want to teach illiterates in a third world nation.

  • Some people want to climb the highest mountains in the world.

As you can see, there are so many perceptions of what is defined by success. You could most probably add to the list as well.

It is important to know what success means to YOU. It will make things easier on your journey to understand how to become successful.

If you know what success is, why have you not become successful yet? 

I know, this is a very sensitive question, and sometimes it hurts to face it. Why are some people successful and others not? Is it something in our make-up; something in our genes that prevent us from excelling in life? Or is it something that we can change and turn around? Is it simply because you do not know how to become successful?

Yes, some things can't be changed and some are very difficult to change. You may have been born with certain disabilities that make it impossible to perform certain tasks. For example, although blind people do astonishing things without their eyesight, there are some activities and jobs where there is no replacement for eyesight, such as being a fighter aircraft pilot.

Then also, you may not have the talent to perform certain tasks well, although lack of talent did not stop many people to become successful. I know of a few international pop stars who do not have excellent singing voices, but they make up for that in other areas, such as great songs, on-stage presence, on-stage gimmicks, excellent marketing, etc.

Excuses 

Most people cite lack of MONEY as their number one excuse for not achieving success. However, Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda, Sony Corporation's founder, Akio Morita or even Apple's founder Steve Jobs prove them wrong.

The next most common resource that people say they lack for not achieving success is TIME. Yet we all work by the same clocks; we all have the same 24 hours in every day of our lives. It is surely therefore our ability to plan, manage and control how we use time that creates results, or lack of results.

Some people say they do not have the TALENT or the ABILITY to become successful. Two South African athletes prove them wrong. Oscar Pistorius and Natalie du Toit are both disabled athletes who regularly compete against able-bodied athletes. You can read more about these two courageous and wildly successful athletes later on in the lens.

And so there are a myriad of other excuses that people cite for not achieving success in life.

"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson"

What are YOUR excuses for not achieving success? 

Be honest about yourself. Think hard and write your excuses down or add them to the list if you want.

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Oscar Pistorius 


Oscar Pistorius is known world-wide as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs". He is the double amputee world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 meters (sport class T44) events and runs with the aid of carbon fibre artificial limbs. In 2007 Oscar took part in his first international able-bodied athletic competitions. He took the gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400 meters (T44) sprints at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Through dogged determination, hard work, excellent planning and goal-setting, Oscar has learned to how to become successful in the able-bodied world.

Natalie du Toit 


Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer whose left leg was amputated at the knee after a motorcycle accident. When she qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first female amputee swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympics, where she placed 16th in a field of 24 in the 10,000m swim. She also took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning 5 Gold Medals.

Through steadfast persistence, strenuous effort, first-rate preparation, planning and goal-setting, Natalie has become skilled at how to become successful in the able-bodied world.

"One secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes - Benjamin Disraeli"

What, then, are the steps to become successful? 

In Adam Khoo's book "Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny: Proven Strategies that Empower You to Achieve Anything You Want in Life", published in 2004, he provides us with the 6 steps of the Ultimate Success Formula:

  • Step 1. Be Very Specific about Your Goal

  • Step 2. Develop a Strategy

  • Step 3. Take Consistent Action

  • Step 4. Turn Failure into Feedback

  • Step 5. An Empowering Belief System

  • Step 6. Values: Our Driving Force

how to become successfulAdam Khoo argues that all those perceived limitations as highlighted by our excuses are just illusions. The fact is, he writes, we all have everything we need to be successful. We just need to learn how to put it to use. And in this book, he teaches exactly how it's done.

Read Adam Khoo's book for more information on the 6 steps of the Ultimate Success Formula and other mind-blowing information on how to become successful.

"Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down."

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