Success University 19 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)

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"Each man (is) the architect of his own fortune."

- Appius Caecus

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"You are responsible for exactly who, what, and where you are in life.
That will be just as true this time next year."

- Dave Kekich

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"The most important thing about goals is... having one."
-- Geoffry F. Abert

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"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right"

- Henry Ford

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Here are 3 very simple questions you need to ask yourself today to discover what your biggest dream in life is:

Q 1. What values are most important to you? I.e.: family, health, freedom, love, achievement… etc. Pick your top 3 and prioritize.

Q 2. What’s your gift? Are you good with people, organizing, solving problems, cooking, teaching? What have people complimented you on most consistently?

Q 3. What are you most passionate about? If you’re having a problem defining this, list all of the moments in your life that have been the most joyful or meaningful. Maybe it was when you were caring for a child, exploring a new place, or finishing a project.

Source: Mind Movies

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How to Live an 'Extraordinary' Life... You Don't Need to Be Rich By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud

I look up to my friend Ron… He is one of my heroes.

Ron does "extraordinary" things… all the time. To me, Ron has managed to create an "extraordinary" life, as I will explain.

Importantly, Ron is not rich man. You don't need to be wealthy to live an extraordinary life.

Anyone can live an "extraordinary" life, I believe. I will show you what I mean by that today. And I will show you how I think it's done…

I've relearned many of these lessons over and over again from watching my friend Ron.

One day, Ron came to me and said "Steve, I would like to write a weekly article in my city's newspaper. The thing is, I barely have a high school education and I don't know how to write… but you do. Will you help me?"

I helped him. And for the last decade or so, Ron has had a weekly column in the newspaper full of great stories.

Ron came to me another time and said "Steve, I want to play guitar solos live in front of hundreds of people each week. The thing is, I don't know nearly as much about music theory or guitar solos as you do. Will you help me?"

I helped him. (You may already know that I play the guitar. Here's an example.) Ever since then, Ron has proudly been bringing joy to hundreds of people every week with his music.

The list goes on, actually… Starting from nothing, Ron is now a major leader in his community. And his reach extends well beyond his community to the farthest reaches of humanity… including Cuba, India, and Indonesia.

How does Ron do it?

How does Ron go from "ordinary" to "extraordinary" – over and over again in life?

I have been a part of this process with Ron, so I have some insight.

Here's what I've learned from watching Ron.

This, to me, is Ron's formula for becoming extraordinary at everything he does.

1. Ron is not afraid of making a mistake, even in public.

2. Ron asks for help. A lot. From a lot of people. Most people say yes.

3. When learning, Ron never says "I can't because…" He finds a way around "I can't."

4. Ron repeatedly puts himself onstage, or in the game. He doesn't live life in dress rehearsal.

5. Ron doesn't give up. Really.

It is easy to say these things. It is easy to say you will try to do them. But chances are, you won't…

Think about it… Grown men don't ask for help (#2), right? Grown men feel the need to defend their way of doing things (#3) – instead of listening for what could be a better way of doing things. And nobody likes to make a mistake, particularly in public (#1).

I personally struggle with #4. I don't like putting myself on stage… but I do it anyway. It's part of "getting there" – part of getting past ordinary.

The toughest one to get right is #5 – "Never give up."

I watch my young teenage son on the soccer field… He says he's giving it his all… And I believe that he believes that. But I'm certain that there's much more that he could give, if he dug deeper, if he pushed himself. (I don't push him on this, but I definitely see it.)

I think most people live like my son plays soccer… believing they're pushing hard, but there's more fight in them than they know… if they're willing to go there.

Ron, meanwhile, pushes well beyond his comfort zone regularly. I think he's not happy unless he's out on a limb, a bit beyond where he has been before.

Ron, to me, is extraordinary.

You can be, too…

Just try to live a bit more like Ron.

Source: Daily Wealth

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9 Things Successful People Do Differently

By Heidi Grant Halvorson, Author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

http://www.mindpowernews.com/SuccessDifferent.htm

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"Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

- George Washington Carver, botanist

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"You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards."

- Brian Tracy

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Look how you have made another day pass by without changing it significantly.

Are you going to let this happen today, tomorrow and the day after?

- Dr. Pillai