| 1. Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life
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| | have in common is how seriously they take
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| ? In a society where people blame
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| | their profession. They strive to be the
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| everything from their parents to the
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| | best at what they do, and do almost
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| government for failure, those who don't
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| | anything to improve. If someone followed
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| buy into this mentality or succumb to the
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| | you around all day with a video camera at
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| ?victim? thinking succeed. To blame
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| | your business, would it be a tape you'd
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| something or somebody outside yourself is
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| | be proud of or embarrassed about? Make
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| saying they have control of your life and
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| | the decision today to work at being the
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| not you. Someone else's opinion of you
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| | best in your field. How? By finding out
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| doesn't have to become your reality.
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| | what the ?best? in your field are doing,
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| 2. Live Your Life On Purpose - What
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| | and do what they do.
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| separates motivational thinkers from the
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| | 6. Write Out a Plan for Achieving Your
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| unsuccessful is that they believe they're
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| | Goals - Write out an action plan/map for
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| doing what they were put her to do. The
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| | how you're going to achieve your goals.
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| difference between this and just living,
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| | Trying to reach your goals without a plan
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| is that the latter is just getting
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| | is like trying to drive from Los Angeles
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| through the week with the least problems.
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| | to Chicago without a map. A goal that
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| But when you live your life on purpose,
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| | isn't written down is merely a wish or
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| your main concern is doing the job right.
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| | fantasy.
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| For the entrepreneur this means finding
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| | 7. Never Give Up - Never, never, never
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| a cause you believe in and building your
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| | give up. When you're fully committed to
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| business around it.
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| | achieving your goal, giving up is not an
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| 3. Be Willing to Pay the Price - Be
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| | option. You must be willing do whatever
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| willing to pay the price for your dreams.
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| | it takes to make it happen. The power of
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| Wanting a big house, a luxury car, and a
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| | perseverance is an awesome force. As
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| million dollars in the bank is all very
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| | someone once said, ?inch by inch it's a
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| nice, and everyone wants these things ?
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| | cinch?. Think of the lowly inchworm ? if
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| but are you willing to pay the price to
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| | it pondered the length of the trip from
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| get them? This is one of the major
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| | start to finish before it started, it
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| differences between the successful and
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| | probably would never move. To a worm's
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| unsuccessful.
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| | point-of-view, the garden path must look
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| 4. Stay Focused ? Every day we're
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| | like a trip to Mars. Never give up! Keep
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| bombarded with hundreds of tasks, phone
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| | on going like the Eveready battery bunny,
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| calls, messages, and everyone competing
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| | and pretty soon you're there.
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| for our time. Focusing requires giving
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| | 8. Don't Delay - Nobody knows how much
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| up something in the present because you
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| | time they have left to accomplish their
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| are investing your time in something that
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| | dreams, and we must remember that we
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| will pay off big-time down the road.
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| | don't have forever. The clock is ticking,
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| Jack Canfield and Mark Hanson were turned
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| | and sooner or later your number comes up
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| by 30 publishers when they submitted the
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| | and you're gone. Successful achievers
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| first ?Chicken Soup for the Soul? book.
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| | know this too, but they don't view it as
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| Instead of giving up, they stayed focused
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| | a ?negative?. Achievers use it to ?spur
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| on their goal and did four or five
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| | them on?. They go after what they want
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| interviews per day for radio, TV, and
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| | as energetically and as passionately as
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| newspapers, for five days a week for a
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| | possible, for as long as they have.
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| whole year. Eventually, a small
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| | I had a friend who used to say, ?Today is
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| publisher decided to take a chance, and
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| | a check ? cash it! Yesterday is an
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| of course now it's a best-seller that
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| | I.O.U. ? forget it! Tomorrow is a
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| spawned an entire series that have sold
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| | promissory note, don't bank on it!? I
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| more than 10 million copies.
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| | think that's a pretty good summation of
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| 5. Become An Expert in Your Field One
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| | life, so go out there and cash in on that
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| striking factor all successful people
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| | ?today? check.
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