Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Having a Success Mindset Will Position You to Achieve Your Goals

You are one out of 6.7 billion people living in the world. You are also one of 306 million people living in the United States of America.

The fact that you are reading this article is a testament to your fortitude. The reality is, you were born for greatness.

The stepping stone for achieving success is to believe in yourself. In other words, you must know who you are if you are to live your dreams.

Your mindset must be as solid as the foundation for a huge building. If a building has a weak foundation, eventually it will fall.

If you do not know who you are, you will fail. Having a success mindset will position you to achieve unlimited success.

Here are but a few things you can do to reinforce your success mindset:

1. Take a survey of your strengths and make them stronger.

2. Likewise, take a survey of your weaknesses and strengthen them.

3. Read books about successful people and you will soon discover they were not an overnight success, embrace their bestqualities.

4. Focus more on what you want to become and never look back, no matter what.

5. Once you determine the lofty goal you want to achieve, never allow anything to stop you.

6. Surround yourself with like-minded people, they can teach you a lot about overcoming obstacles because they have overcome them.

7. Share your success mindset secrets with others, this is the true measure of your success.

One of the main reasons why people do not achieve their goal in life is because their doubts become the focus, rather than their belief in themselves. A picture is worth a thousand words and when you decide to focus your goal, you will achieve it.

Some of you may remember the first time you learned how to ride a bike. You were excited and told your parents you wanted a bike for Christmas or for your birthday.

After you received yourbike, you realizedyou did not know how to ride it. What did you do at this stage of the process?

Like everything else in life, you had to learn how to ride your bike. You paddled a little bit, then you fell. You got back up, paddled a bit more and you fell again.

Over time you learned how to ride your bike and then you were good at it. The reason you were eventually able to properly ride your bike is because you started to believe in yourself and you would not allow anything to stop you.

The same holds true for developing a strong successful mindset. You must set a goal, work to accomplish and reach the goal and not allow anything to get in your way.

The end result is, a success mindset will position you to become successful. I believe in you, now you must believe in yourself.

Paul Lawrence Vann is a master motivator. He delivers rock solid motivational programs for corporations, associations, and colleges. His clients include the National Military Family Association, MasterCard International, United States Air Force Academy, John Hopkins University, National Black MBA Association, and many others. Learn more about Paul at: http://www.paullawrencevann.com, listen to his radio show at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paullawrencevann, or call (800) 476-8976

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