Mastering the Art of Success
and we feel that we can’t make a change and things are always going to
be this way. If we feel that there is no hope, then the odds of
overcoming are greatly decreased. Studies show that the difference
be tween the people who survived the holocaust successfully, and those
who survived physically but never recovered mentally, was that those
who were able to move on were always able to hang on to hope. Those
who survived successfully were able to create a compelling vision that
someday things would be better.
So create a vision for yourself and make it as specific and as
descriptive and as vivid as you possibly c an. People n eed to take the
time to sit down and really describe what they want and what that
vision looks like. So many people wonder why they never achieve goals
when they don’t really know what they’re trying to achieve in the first
place; well, no wonder. If we know where we’re going and what
we’re trying to achieve, we have a lot greater chance of getting
ther e. So casting the compelling vision is vitally important.
Thirdly, surround yourself with like-minded people who support
your vision. Many p eople wonder why they don’t get where they want
to go. One reason is because they spend most o f their time with people
who are dragging them down, discouraging them, and telling them
they’re no good. Don’t make your life harder than it needs to be. If you
have negative people in your life, it doesn’t mean you need to abandon
your family and friends completely, but you can control to a great
extent how much time you spend and with whom y ou spend it.
I challenge you to surround yourself with people who are
supporting, uplifting, and encouraging as opposed to the opposite. If
you do those things, your life changes; it’s really that simple. The
change that c an happen in your life from doing just those three things is
in credible. In the end, there is no great secret or single insight that will
totally transform your life. It is the culmination of many small
actions and changes that will make the difference. Often, many of
th ose things are things you already know—you just have to execute on
them.
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