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The Recipe for Success is...Actually, is there really only ONE success recipe? Well, you'll find out when you read Steven Gillman's 'A Success Recipe', I guess. And then if you watch the YouTube videos about success, too. Plus, as ever, I give my opinion about this fabled beast too. And ask you to share yours. So let's get to it, eh... But, first, the short answer to my rhetorical question is...
(But please do read on! Won't you? :-) ) Recipe for success - what I say...So is there a single recipe success? I don't think so. I do believe in so-called laws of success and I'm sure there are various ingredients to succeeding that could be called a recipe, but I still don't think there is a single one-size-fits-all success recipe. I think Steven's article (below) offers some great insights into success, though. Particularly, what he has to say about taking advice from other successful people. Steven says that, sometimes, successful people just don't know why they're successful (or, I suggest, they're just not that good at 'sharing'). And this is why, ultimately, trusting your instinct is an important part of any person's success. (Do you wonder how many 'successful' people follow other people's advice - no matter how successful these other people are - when it goes against their own instincts? Very few, I bet.) So, okay, here are my own success principles (and I am successful, in my terms anyway, as a home based business success) - let's see what you make of them, my 'recipe for success':
I came up with this recipe for success off the top of my head, just now - 5 minutes it took. I'm sure you have a comment about it, or maybe you would like to share your own recipe for success - please do. A Success RecipeRecipe for success - what Steven Gillman says...Are you ready for a simple recipe for success? The ingredients include motivation, knowledge, advice from those who have succeeded, and imitation of successful thoughts and actions. These are the proportions: One part knowledge. One part self awareness. A pinch of success advice. Ten parts emulation of success. Mix your knowledge and self awareness into your emulation of the thoughts and behaviors of the successful. Sprinkle lightly with advice from those who have succeeded before you. Heat this mix with your own motivation. Cook for several months or decades, until done, and then repeat the process. Knowledge This part of the success recipe should be obvious, but then many people look for shortcuts here. You can't study stocks for a few days and know enough to consistently beat the market. You can't pick up a pen for the first time and write a best-selling novel. Do your homework. Success Advice It might seem like a great idea to ask for advice from those who are successful. It might even work - if you are lucky. The problem is that many successful people are too busy being successful to really study and understand how they got that way. I watched a 100-year-old man explain that smoking a big cigar every day was one of the secrets of his longevity. It would be nice to know why he has lived so long, but we won't necessarily learn by asking him, will we? Listen to what successful people say. They have countless valuable lessons to teach you. Just be careful in picking the true lessons out of the opinions, idealizations and ego reports. Emulation Of Success This is the most important ingredient in this success recipe. Rather than doing what successful people say, do what they do. This is how you can really learn success. Naturally you have to look closely and apply a little brainpower to see what they are really doing that is causing their success. A real estate investor who made a lot more money than I told me he didn't believe in setting goals. However, as I watched him and listened to him, I realized that he knew just where he expected to be with his projects in six months. This was goal-setting. He just called the process something else. Read between the lines when hearing advice. Listen for insight into how the person thinks, and how she approaches her challenges. The advice of a successful basketball player may be just to practice more, but suppose he casually mentions "I saw that going in," after a great shot. Perhaps it's time to start visualizing your shots going in. Sometimes you can't quite get what is causing a person's success. When I first tried to exchange links with other websites, the owners didn't respond to my emails. Then I found a simple email a successful internet marketer used to get links. It sounded so silly to me that I wanted to change it, but I tried it anyhow. It worked - repeatedly. It's more important to do the right things than to understand why they are the right things. To understand is great, but at first, it is often best to just copy many of the actions, attitudes and approaches of someone who is succeeding. Model success, even before you understand it. Self Awareness And Motivation Of course, there are the very real parts of your personality that have to be considered. I know a car salesman who gets away with hugging his new customers. They seem to respond positively. If I tried that, I would be acting out of character, and the uncomfortable situation wouldn't be likely to help sales. We are all different. You have to adapt what you learn to your own personality. However, you have to do this without using your own uniqueness as an excuse for not doing what is necessary. Excuses can be very subtle. This is where self awareness becomes so important. We are also all motivated differently. A successful man who is motivated by the desire to escape poverty and have security is not operating the same way as one who gets rich chasing after dreams of boats and expensive homes. One of them will be more useful to you, depending on how you are motivated. This is just another example of where self awareness comes into the recipe. Learn the mental mechanics of your own motivations. It is an important part of this success recipe. ---------------------------------------------------- Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Steven_Gillman Recipe for Success - what these recommended resources say...These resources offer no real success recipe, or success secrets, but they do give us glimpses, or they allow us to find success for ourselves. All are worth checking out!
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