January 28, 2007

• Success

  Blown your New Year’s Resolution yet?  Never made one because you were afraid you wouldn’t succeed?

   

  If you answered yes, don’t worry.  There’s still hope.

   

  John Maxwell, in his book Today Matters, talks about success and some of the common misconceptions people have about it:

  • We believe success is impossible- so we criticize it.
  • We believe success is mystical- so we search for it.
  • We believe success comes from luck- so we hope for it.
  • We believe success is productivity- so we work for it.
  • We believe success comes from an opportunity- so we wait for it.
  • We believe success comes from leverage- so we power up for it.
  • We believe success comes from connections- so we network for it.
  • We believe success comes from recognition- so we strive for it.
  • We believe success is an event- so we schedule it.

  He then presents the theme of the book: “The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.  Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.“  He narrows down the list of critical areas for success to twelve that he calls the “Daily Dozen”:

  1. Attitude: Choose and display the right attitudes daily.
  2. Priorities: Determine and act on important priorities daily.
  3. Health: Know and follow healthy guidelines daily.
  4. Family: Communicate with and care for my family daily.
  5. Thinking: Practice and develop good thinking daily.
  6. Commitment: Make and keep proper commitments daily.
  7. Finances: Make and properly manage dollars daily.
  8. Faith: Deepen and live out my faith daily.
  9. Relationships: Inititate and invest in solid relationships daily.
  10. Generosity: Plan for and model generosity daily.
  11. Values: Embrace and practice good values daily.
  12. Growth: Seek and experience improvements daily.

  Success is essential in each of these areas of life:

  1. Person
  2. Proclaimer
  3. Provider
  4. Partner
  5. Parent

  There’s a special practice that, if done consistently, guarantees true success in whatever you do.  There’s a 49-week program of daily e-mails that’s built upon that guarantee.  It was originally designed with fathers in mind, but can apply to anybody.  I paid $147 total for subscriptions for myself, my brother, and my cousin Jack.  Now it’s being made available at no cost at www.dailysuccess.org.  After you have experienced the success that comes from this practice, please share your story in a comment.

   

  “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” -John 14:21

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