Live It Forward - Top Ten Success Principles

Ready to live it forward in the most important roles of your life? Here are my top ten principles...follow these and you will find REAL success!

1. DREAM "UNIQUELY-YOU" DREAMS:
Dream dreams that are unique to you, then build your life around those dreams!
"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." -- Michelangelo

2. PURSUE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE:
People who persistently pursue personal excellence have a tremendous advantage in life. Therefore...learn, grow, stretch, and never stop improving!
"If I am through learning, I am through." -- John Wooden

3. CONNECT WITH EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE:
Make a conscious effort to surround yourself with optimistic, proactive, inspiring, uplifting people. As Jim Rohn says, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."
"Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people." -- Mike Murdock

4. TAP INTO YOUR PASSIONS AND TALENTS:
People who are passionate about life and enthusiastic about their work jump out of bed in the morning! They live purposefully, are energetic and enthusiastic, and get busy doing what they were born to do. What's more, if you have tapped into your passions and talents, you are already successful!

"Figure out what you love to do as young as you can, and then organize your life around figuring out how to make a living at it." -- Pat Williams

5. PRACTICE THE FINE ART OF SAYING "NO":
Be wise in what you say "yes" to because saying "yes" to one thing means saying "no" to something else.
"Good is the enemy of great." -- Jim Collins

6. FAIL FORWARD:
Successful people understand that failure is a critical part of the learning process. As Jack Canfield says, "Simply get started, make mistakes, listen to the feedback, correct, and keep moving forward towards the goal."
"No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes." -- William E. Gladstone

7. TAKE 100% RESPONSIBILITY:
Again, to paraphrase Jack Canfield, "To experience ultimate success, you have to give up all blaming, complaining, and excuses and take 100% responsibility for your life."
"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself." -- Jim Rohn

8. TAKE ACTION:
The world rewards action!
"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." -- Abraham Lincoln

9. MANAGE YOUR MONEY WELL:
Alan Greenspan said, "The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy."
"Compound interest is the eighth natural wonder of the world and the most powerful thing I have ever encountered." -- Albert Einstein

10. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING:
Nothing is more important than attitude. Be optimistic, grateful, and expectant!
"I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it." -- Charles Swindoll

© 2007 Kent Julian, Live It Forward™- All Rights Reserved
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