Success quotes Are Tonics For Hard Times!

If success is all that you want in life then it is good to know some guiding quotes. Here are some of my favorite quotes...


"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."
-Dale Carnegie

"Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand."
-- Bruce Barton

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that?s where you will find success."
- Thomas J. Watson

"The successful always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of his life overnight."
-Mark Caine


"There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning."
- Christopher Morley

"When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success."
Orison Swett Marden

Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire.Here's what would be pitiful,if your income grew and you didn't.

"The great successful men of the world have used their imagination? They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building - steadily building."
Robert Collier

"Success doesn't come to you, you go to it."Marva Collins

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." Vincent T. Lombardi

"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland

If you care at all, you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results.

"The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right." Edward Simmons

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." Mario Andretti - race car driver

"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." Charles Kendall Adams

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
Benjamin Disraeli

The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won't work - if you won't.

"I believe the greater the handicap, the greater the triumph." John H. Johnson

Unless you change how you are,you will always have what you've got.

"My list of ingredients for success is divided into four basic groups: Inward, Outward, Upward and Onward." David Thomas

"A stumble may prevent a fall." English Proverb

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

"God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest." Swedish Proverb

"Possession of the ball is the key to winning in football, basketball, and the game of life." Laing Burns, Jr.

"Success is not permanent. The same is also true of failure." Dell Crossword

"Success often comes to those who have the aptitude to see way down the road." Laing Burns, Jr.

"There's no limit to what a man can achieve, if he doesn't care who gets the credit." Laing Burns, Jr.

"Truth, self control, asceticism, generosity, non-injury, constancy in virtue, these are the means of success, not caste or family." Mahabharata

We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are.

"Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time goes on. It is this philosophy by which we measure out our days, and by which we advertise to all about us the man, or woman, that we are. . . . It takes but a brief time to scent the life philosophy of anyone. It is defined in the conversation, in the look of the eye, and in the general mien of the person. It has no hiding place. It's like the perfume of the flower, unseen, but known almost instantly. It is the possession of the successful, and the happy. And it can be greatly embellished by the absorption of ideas and experiences of the useful of this earth." George Matthew Adams

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom .

"Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen." Phillip Adams

The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time.That is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to to reap without apology if the amounts are big.

"Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. The hair-raising revelations of skullduggery and grand-scale thievery merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations." Charles Francis Adams II

"Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy." Aeschylus

"When a man is willing and eager, the gods join in." Aeschylus

"Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life - but what we do about what happens to us." George Allen

"My success has allowed me to strike out with a higher class of women." Woody Allen

"Seventy percent of success in life is showing up." Woody Allen

"He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end." Henri F. Amiel

"Asked what his secret was for lasting so long and being so successful as the president of Yale University, Dr. James R. Angell explained: "Grow antennae, not horns." Dr. James Rowland Angell

"A most important key to successful leadership is your ability to direct and challenge the very best that is in those whom you lead." Anonymous

Success is not a destination, it's a journey.

"A successful man continues to look for work after he has found a job." Anonymous

"Act as though it is impossible to fail." Anonymous

"Act as though it is impossible to fail." Anonymous

"An Unfailing Success Plan: At each day?s end write down the six most important things to do tomorrow; number them in order of importance, and then do them." Anonymous

"As you climb the ladder of success, check occasionally to make sure it is leaning against the right wall." Anonymous

"Be self-reliant and your success is assured." Anonymous

"Choice, not circumstances, determines your success." Anonymous

"Confidence is the companion of success." Anonymous

My goal is to translate response into results.Some teachers teach for others to learn.That's not me.Some teachers teach for others to accomplish.That is me.

"Everybody's a self-made man; but only the successful ones are ever willing to admit it." Anonymous

"Find a meaningful need and fill it better than anyone else." Anonymous

"He who does not tire, tires adversity." Anonymous

The most important question to ask on the job is not "what am I getting?" The most important question to ask is "What am I becoming?"

"If at first you do succeed try not to look too surprised." Anonymous

"If you would live your life with ease; do what you ought, not what you please." Anonymous

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

"In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail." Anonymous

"It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final." Anonymous

"Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up." Anonymous

"Many a man owes his success to his first wife, and his second wife to his success." Anonymous

"No one can change another person?s beliefs. But you can be accepting of his beliefs and then slowly build an influence for the other person to change himself." Anonymous

"Persistence gives confidence and continued right mental attitude followed by consistent action will bring success. When you have that knowing inside of you, fear has vanished and the obstruction to a life of all good removed." Anonymous

"So far the only successful substitute for brains is silence." Anonymous

"Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view." Anonymous

"Success comes before work only in the dictionary." Anonymous

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job .

"Success does not come to those who wait . . . and it does not wait for anyone to come to it." Anonymous

"Success in our calling is the result of a person?s love of and belief in the work he has undertaken. Earnest and conscientious labor often accomplishes more in the end than brilliant genius." Anonymous

"Success is not access to excess." Anonymous

"Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure." Anonymous

Life is a unique combination of "want to"and"how to"and we need to give equal attention to both.

"Success is still the constant application of the Golden Rule." Anonymous

"Success: willing to do what the average person is not willing to do." Anonymous

Take Time: Take time to think-
It is the source of all power. Take time to read- It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to play- It is the source of perpetual youth. Take time to be quiet- It is the opportunity to seek God.
Take time to be aware- It is the opportunity to help others. Take time to love and be loved- It is God?s greatest gift.
Take time to laugh- It is the music of the soul. Take time to be friendly- It is the road to happiness.
Take time to dream- It is what the future is made of. Take time to pray- It is the greatest power on earth.
Take time to give- It is too short a day to be selfish. Take time to work- It is the price of success. There is a time for everything. . . .[Ecclesiastes 3:1-8]Bible

"The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams?come true."Anonymous

"The Lord gives us a plan to follow. It is outlined in His commandments. And all those commandments are designed to build stability within us. We are not to excuse our failures and weaknesses: We are not to say we are made the way we are, And thereby justify our sins. The Lord expects us to rise above our weakness, become strong, and pattern ourselves after Him.Anonymous

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do the things you need to do when you need to them,and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do them!

"The two hardest things to handle in life are failure & success."Anonymous

Life asks us to make measurable progress in a reasonable time.That's why they make those fourth grade chair so small.

"To enter heaven, a man must take it with him."Anonymous

"Two rules of success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know."Anonymous

"What am I willing to sacrifice for what I want to become?"Anonymous

"Yesterday's failures are today's seeds That must be diligently planted to be able to abundantly harvest Tomorrow's success."Anonymous

"Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding."Anonymous

"You cannot sit on the road to success for if you do, you will get run over."Anonymous

"You have achieved success if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much."Anonymous

"The worst bankrupt in the world is the man who has lost his enthusiasm. Let a man lose everything else in the world but his enthusiasm and he will come through again to success."H.W. Arnold

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."Arthur Ashe

"The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you."Lady Nancy Astor

What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.

"It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres." Marcus Aurelius Antonimus

"One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic ? something or other which we do not possess. Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go. You decide to learn a language, study music, take a course of reading, train yourself physically. Will it be success or failure? It depends upon how much pluck and perseverance that word ?decide? contains. The decision that nothing can overrule, the grip that nothing can detach will bring success. Remember the Chinese proverb, ?With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin."
Maltbie Davenport Babcock

"Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final."Roger Ward Babson

"I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful." Johann Sebastian Bach

"Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best."Bernard Mannes baruch

"If there is any one axiom that I have tried to live up to in trying to become successful in business, it is the fact that I have tried to surround myself with associates that know more about business than I do. This policy has always been very successful and is still working for me."Monte L. Bean

"The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. . . It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider ? and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation ? persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree."Alexander Graham Bell

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and?knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!" Joachim Du Bellay

"Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided."Warren G. Bennis

"You must not allow yourselves to become discouraged. Missionary work brings joy, optimism, and happiness. Don't give Satan an opportunity to discourage you. Here again, work is the answer. The Lord has given us a key by which we can overcome discouragement: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30.)"Ezra Taft Benson

"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent."Irving Berlin

Motivating gets you going and habit gets you there . Make motivating a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.

"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction."Al Bernstein

"Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man." Frederick Edwin Smith, Lord Birkenhead

"If at first you don?t succeed, think how many people you?ve made happy."H. Duane Black

"The victory or success is half won when one gains the habit of work."Sarah Knowles Bolton

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."Erma Bombeck

"Successful men are influenced by desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by desire for pleasing methods."
Frank E. Brennan

"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success." Dr. Joyce Brothers

To respond is positive, to react is negative.

"1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.
3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.
6. Be generous.
7. Have a grateful heart.
8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.
9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.
12. Commit yourself to quality.
13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationship with people you love and respect.
14. Be loyal.
15. Be honest.
16. Be a self-starter.
17. Be decisive even it it means you'll sometimes be wrong.
18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
20. Take good care of those you love.
21. Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud."H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"Men are failures, not because they are stupid, but because they are not sufficiently impassioned."Struther Burt

"Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul."Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

Success is the study of the Obvious.Everyone should take Obvious 1 and Obvious 2 in school.

"The road to success is not to be run upon by seven-leagued boots. Step by step, little by little, bit by bit?that is the way to wealth, that is the way to wisdom, that is the way to glory." Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
"They never fail who die in a great cause."George Gordon, Lord Byron

"Success in business implies optimism, mutual confidence, and fair play. A business man must hold a high opinion of the worth of what he has to sell and he must feel that he is a useful public servant."R.H. Cabell

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."Herman Cain

"The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many?fathers, failures have none." Philip Caldwell

"The look of success, when it is worn a certain way, would infuriate a jackass." Albert Camus

"Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them." Albert Camus

You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.

"It takes 20 years to make an overnight success." Eddie Cantor

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." Truman Capote

"I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line." Andrew Carnegie

"Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket." Andrew Carnegie

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." Dale Carnegie

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get." Dale Carnegie

"When you have much success, two things happen. The first is that we begin to take success for granted. The second is that we forget how we got here?namely, by exceptionally hard work and in spite of intense competition." Jack Mack Carter

There are some things you don't have to know how it works.The main thing is that it works.While some people are studying the roots,others are picking the fruit. It just depends which end of this you want to get in on.

"Our duty as men is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." Winston Churchill

"No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it." Winston Churchill

Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of oppurtunity for you and countless others.
Zig Ziglar

"There are men in the world who derive an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success."
Winston Churchill

"There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to use it."
Bourke Cockran

"Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure." confucius

"Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries. Is not the goal but the exercise." Edmund Vance Cooke

"I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." Bill Cosby

"An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way?that leads to collective organizational success."
Stephen Covey
"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style." Quentin Crisp

At the end of each you should play back the tapes of your performance. The result should either applaud youor prod you.

"To me success would be to be able to do your very best in everything you do." Paul Cummings

"In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time." Anthony D'Angelo

"History records the successes of men with objectives and a sense of direction. Oblivion is the position of small men overwhelmed by obstacles." William Danforth

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it." Josephus Daniels

If we don't start,it's certain we can't arrive.

"I always suspect an artist who is successful before he is dead." Edgar Degas

"Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue." Demosthenes

"Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed." Emily Dickinson

"Somehow I can?t believe there are many heights that can?t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret can be summarized in four C?s. They are: curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence." Walt Disney

"As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life." Benjamin Disraeli
"The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,?a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others." Benjamin Disraeli

"The most successful people in life are generally those who have the best information." Benjamin Disraeli

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." Benjamin Disraeli

"What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens." Benjamin Disraeli

"Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, "over steep ways to the stars," fulfills itself." W.C. Doane

"Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success." Dowden

Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.

"Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them." Dick Van Dyke
"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do."
Bob Dylan

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas Edison

"If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut." Albert Einstein

"The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career." Albert Einstein

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives." Albert Einstein

"We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective." Eisenhower

"If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Self-trust is the first secret of success." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is no way to success in our art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your business is never really good or bad "out there" your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.

"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give of one's self;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived ?
This is to have succeeded."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom." Euripides

"Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it." Sam Ewing

"What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love . . . Give it the best there is in you . . . Seize your opportunities And be a member of the team. In no country but America, I believe, is it possible to fulfill all four of these requirements." Benjamin Fairless

Success is not to be pursued;it is to be attracted by the person we become.
Jim Rohn

"Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it." William Feather

"The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time." Franklin Field

"Twelve Priceless Qualities of Success:
1. The value of time.
2. The success of perseverance.
3. The pleasure of working.
4. The dignity of simplicity.
5. The worth of character.
6. The power of kindness.
7. The influence of example.
8. The obligation of duty.
9. The wisdom of economy.
10. The virtue of patience.
11. The improvement of talent.
12. The joy of originating."
Marshall Field

"Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. . . . Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try." Sherman Finesilver

"Success as I see it, is a result, not a goal." Gustave Flaubert

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats." B.C. Forbes

"Failure is success if we learn from it." Malcolm Forbes

"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed." Henry Ford

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." Benjamin Franklin

"Good is not good where better is expected." Thomas Fuller

"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." Walter Gagehot

"I buy when other people are selling." J. Paul Getty

"No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist." J.Paul Getty

"Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character." Vince Gill

"The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made." Jean Giraudoux

"On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long." Goethe

"The passing day is prey to error. Time commands success and achievement." Goethe

"Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world." Gotthold

"Successful men are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing methods and are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do. The common denominator of success - the secret of every man who has ever been successful - lies in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that failures don?t like to do." Albert Gray

"We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve." Haldane

"Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought." Alexander Hamilton

"Many a one has succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat, he would never have known any great victory." Orison Sweet Marden

"You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be." Robert Collier

"The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary." Thomas Edison

"Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent return on energy!"
Brian Tracy

"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." Conrad Hilton

"You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems." Mark Victor Hansen

"Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish."
Brian Tracy

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
Jim Rohn

"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king." John Milton

"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it."
Jim Rohn

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." Ben Stein

"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." John D. Rockefeller

"The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose." E.M. Gray

"The problem with most failing businesses is not that their owners don?t know enough about finance, marketing, management, and operations -- they don?t, but those things are easy enough to learn -- but that they spend their time and energy defending what they think they know. My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren?t so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more." Michael Gerber


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Be Part Of The Solution, Not Part Of The Problem!

"To solve any problem,
here are three questions to ask yourself:
First, what could I do?
Second, what could I read?
And third, who could I ask?"
Jim Rohn

Focus on the solution, not on the problem and you will emerge victorious in your endeavor. Majority of people obtain their academic education and they think that qualifies them to meet the challenges of life. But they are mistaken. Academic education is just a step towards meeting the challenges of life. From schools and colleges, people learn only about conscious mind. Conscious mind is small, reactive and performs only one function and many of us can do only one thing either to worry or expect the worst things to happen. And you know what happens - the worse thing occurs.

Change your focus on problem to focus on solution and your mind will respond to it positively. Because many people think about and talk about the pressing problems, they don't get any solution because they don't look for the solution. They pay their attention more on problems.

"Focus 90% of your time on solutions
and only 10% of your time on problems."
Anthony JD Angelo

Decide today to pay attention on the solution than problems and you will be happy for doing this activity. Solve the problems and don't feed the problems. When you take one step, thousands steps will be shown to you.

Be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Majority of people learn to be part of the problem than solution. The Government, banks, institutes, and others try to find short-term solution than long-term solution. They focus on the problem and apply quick-fix method to solve challenges. The problems disappear for a short time, but they quickly come back and attack the system harder than before.

"What we're saying today is that
you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem."
Eldridge Cleaver

Today's economic crisis didn't happen overnight. Those who are responsible, tried to overlook the long-term impact and were content with short-term solution. These people were never part of the solution rather they were part of the problems.

Focus on the solution and you will solve any problems you encounter in your life. Focus with determination and passion, you will find the answers to your confusing questions. Rely more on your power to solve the problems than others to fix them for you. Use your subconscious mind to solve problems because it can perform trillions of functions at a time.

"For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong."
Henry Louis Mencken

Alwed Ekka

Never Ever Give Up On Your Dreams And Passions!!!

“Never, never, never, never give up.”

Winston Churchil

These days there are some financial challenges occurring all over the world and people are finding tough to move forward but I am here very optimistic enough to say to all my readers that even though going is tough, let tough get going. Never ever give up on your dreams and passions no matter what. If you are convinced on your dreams and passions, MARCH forward.

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim,
have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high,
one which sometimes seemed impossible."
Orison Swett Marden

Financial crisis began in 2007 and it will go on till 2016 or more and for that we must be vigilant and prepared to face the challenges. And it is the best time to pursue your own passions and interests. I hope that more and more people who are dissatisfied and desperate about life, follow their dreams and passions so that they can really live in abundance even in this economic downturn.

Many guides, coaches, mentors, trainers and leaders have often repeated this statement again and again, therefore you should remind yourself too when you face difficult challenges. Best thing is to believe in yourself, believe in your abilities, believe in your untapped potentials, believe in your goals, plans and you will shine and thrive surely.

"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing much to say except this: never give up, hold on, keep going, you have strength, you possess the ultimate talent, you are valuable and wonderful. Go after your passion and never look back. Follow the path to your freedom. You are the solution and you are the problem. So be part of the solution and solve the problem.

Here are some excellent quotes to uplift your souls: I love them.

"Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily.
Never tell yourself this is too much for me.
It's no use. I can't go on.
If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.
Keep believing and keep on keeping on."
Norman Vincent Peale

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison

Never give in, never give in, never; never; never;
never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense
- Winston Churchill

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
~Albert Einstein

Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
~Author Unknown

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
~Robert Schuller

Don't let the fear of the time it will take
to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it.
The time will pass anyway;
we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
~Earl Nightingale

You don't become enormously successful
without encountering and overcoming
a number of extremely challenging problems."
Mark Victor

"Great works are performed,
not by strength, but by perseverance."
Dr. Samuel Johnson

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Where Are We Heading To?

Human destiny on this planet is easily predictable and at the same time controllable because our repeated habits of past history don't change over time. The past habits and grave errors continue to outlast our memory and knowledge. At this point of history, a question that arises in mind often is "where are we heading to?" Are we heading towards inevitable doom and gloom or vigorous economic boom and prosperity?

Human fate on earth is not at all unpredictable today. If we understand and recall to mind the past history of yesteryears we can easily know what is going to happen to the mankind here on earth. Even a small child can predict what is the future going to be in this 21st century if we continue to behave as we have been used to for such a long period of time.

As long as we pay less attention to the lessons that we could learn from our past mistakes, it is obvious where we would all end up. Our fate will be the same as Babylonians, Egyptians, Mayans, Peru and Indus valley civilization who no longer exist today. These people flourished, grew, developed and had a great civilization but they all perished in time and space. We can discover only their remains of artifacts, arts, city designs and monuments. They became a history of the past for us. Are we not going to become a history of the past for the new generation who are to come?

I wonder why our government representatives and self-made leaders can't act responsibly to write a history which could define humans as real children of God created in the same image and likeness? The recent recession has engulfed the whole world like a full solar eclipse where only darkness seems to pervade though there is light, hope and faith. This economic crisis is not the first one to occur in the history of human existence. Our forefathers witnessed it before and today we are witnessing it again and I am afraid our children won't have to see this gloom time.

If we think over the events of the past and analyze it carefully, we find that we are only repeating the same errors, mistakes and habits even now. We haven't learned the valuable lessons from our errors. It seems as though we are cursed to fate of making same blunders over and over again. Why can't we be awakened to new light, new hope, new ways and new system to handle our human situation? I think we will be able to solve it easily.

So, where do we want to go from here? Are we making a right decision to survive and thrive or are we heading towards inevitable ruins of past civilization? Human beings have always opposed a harmonious existence on the earth since the dawn of human presence on the earth. Should we allow the same thing to continue even in this new century? The decision will depend on where we are heading to. Let's know the consequences of our decision and action well before taking any drastic decision.

Alwed Ekka

There Is Gold Dust In The Air For Everyone!

The onset of recent economic recession, which started in mid 2007 stretching up until 2011 and most likely it will extend to 2012 or 2013 has caused so much damage to human harmony, existence and prosperity today. Amidst such condition, people tend to forget that there is still gold dust in the air for everyone and instead they experience depression, ill health, loneliness, financial lack and a sense of complete failure.

I would like to suggest here that people should not become victims of this economic recession rather they must exercise their internal power to choose the optimism and look for gold dust in the air. What people look for they find it and what they don't look for, they don't. It is pretty obvious that people must seek things which they desire from their hearts.

I understand that people are at lowest ebb emotionally, physically, socially and financially but they should not remain so because they have the power of thought as an instrument for success and better life. During this hard time, people must learn the right use of their mind to become healthy, happy, prosperous and peaceful.

If you are having a hard time financially, you got to change your perception and attitude. Assume the attitude of seeing gold dust in the air and it will turn out to be as you wish and hope.

In India, recently onion price skyrocketed causing tears among people due to short supply and fuel price hike has hit people hard because inflation is high. I believe people should be optimistic though there seems to be no gold dust in sight. Gold dust is there in the air and be strong to look for.

There is gold dust in the air for you...

Alwed Ekka

Stand Firm For Your Values And Integrity!

Never ever compromise on your values and principles that you stand firm. If you believe on something, you must stick to it because that will set you free or reward you at the end. Stand firm on what you believe and value because that is what you must do. It is important to believe in your philosophy, values and integrity. Your integrity will finally win you a great reward that you desire.

Why am I urging people to stand firm on what they believe and value? The reason is very obvious, we win in life only when we stand for something and that which is ethical. Sometimes, a killing doubt may arise so strongly that you may feel like giving up your values and philosophies for immediate results and outcome. But these immediate results that you seek are not permanent and lasting. They fade away as the days go by and similarly you begin to fade away too.

You should never lose your credibility and the respect for what you are and who you are. Remember to keep yourself strong enough to stand firm for what you believe.

Here is an example of what can happen when a doubt in mind arises. My wife applied for a driving license and I suggested her to go directly without the help of any agents because we didn't want to bribe anyone. She agreed and filled the form on her own. She couldn't pass the test at first attempt while others who had failed in the test passed despite failing because they had arranged some ways to clear the test by paying some bribes. Anyway, we didn't pay any money and my decided to appear for the second time.

On the second day of her test, my wife began to doubt whether she would be able to clear the test or not. I assured her that she would be able to pass the test. But there was a strong feeling to give the values and philosophy that we stand for all these years just for the immediate results. We did inquire people who had applied for license through some agents and they charged them some big money. We hesitated to pay them because it was against our values and integrity.

I would say there was a war within our mind. Whether to give up what we stand for and clear the test by paying some amount. There was a temptation because we never wanted to waste our time the whole day. Anyway, we sat down quietly and then closed our eyes to think about it. We realised that we were not firm instead we were shaken up by the crowds who have no integrity and values.

We decided not to give up our values and philosophy. Instead, I encouraged my wife to give the test and to our surprise she passed her driving test. It was a great moment of joy and happiness. We felt better and relaxed because it was a war within us.

The lesson we learned here is that we should never give up what we believe to be true and real. The values and philosophies do come to our rescue and when we stand firm for the truth, we win. We become victorious and gain much confidence. We are strong in our beliefs now and we want to stand firmly for our integrity, credibility and philosophy. You can too stand firm for the truth that you believe and surely it will make you a winner.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

You Can Overcome Your Low Self-Esteem(Part-3 Concluded)

It is said that people have self-concept about themselves. This self-concept determines every thing a person wants to do in life. Self-concept is a bundle of beliefs about oneself and about every part of life and the world. The self-concept here is the master program and is in your subconscious computer.

You are where you and what you are because of what you believe yourself to be on the daily basis. Whether you are rich or poor, fat or thin, healthy or sick, successful or unsuccessful, your beliefs, the self-concept control your life. It is very clear, your outer world is an expression of your inner world. If you want to change, you must work on your self-concept and make a correction there.

You should never allow your poor self-esteem to control your inner mind and if it controls your subconscious computer then you are sure to feel low and have low esteem through out your lifetime. However you can easily come out of this problem if you change your inner beliefs about yourself and be open to have a positive attitude about it.

Self-concept is made up of three parts and number one is Self-Ideal. Self-ideal means the vision you have for life, the picture and images that you hold about yourself to be in the real world. If you form an ideal self and you want to be that you can be because it is internal thing. It seems that people who overcome low-esteem, have very clear self-ideal. While those who are struggling and unsuccessful have unclear ideals in most cases.

The second part is the self-image. It is the way you see yourself, and the way you think about yourself as you live your daily life. It is the inner mirror and shows you what you are. Make an effort to change it deliberately. Think about yourself as the most competent, talented and efficient individual to achieve your goals. If you behave consistently according to the picture that you hold of yourself on the inside you can feel, talk, walk, think and achieve better things in life.

The third part is self-esteem. Your self-esteem is how you feel about yourself. It is the emotional aspect of your personality and it is the key to happiness, success and wealth. It gives energy, enthusiasm, vitality, optimism and power to make you a high performing and high-achieving man or woman.

How valuable and worthwhile you feel about yourself, how much you like and accept yourself as a good person, talented person will determine your outside success. Remember you got to believe yourself, accept yourself, love yourself, see yourself as a victor and value yourself to be, do, have and enjoy life.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Do you want to flourish, thrive and experience favourable results?

Who doesn't want to prosper, flourish, succeed, thrive and experience favourable results in life? We all want to prosper and experience favourable results because we don't want to miss out anything in life. You must remember one thing you have the power to make your dreams come true!

Abundant results will flow to you, if you apply certain principles on a regular basis. Nobody ever desires to be lacking some valuable and necessary things. Almost everybody desires for abundance and it is not a bad idea. Here below are some of the principles, which may assist you in flourishing and experiencing good results.

Develop order and discipline.
There is a natural law and everything is in order. The nature has its own order. The same way, if you want to thrive and accumulate abundance, you must have a desire for order. If there is a limitation, then you have a problem with order. There is no order and discipline in your thinking, believing, speaking, affirming, emotions, body, relationship, financial affairs and in all phases of life. To bring abundance you need to be in order and discipline first in these critical areas and if you neglect there is bound to be a lack or limitation. Your thinking, feeling, acting and believing must align with your desires and goals.

Bring inner peace, self-confidence and happiness.
Once you have developed the order and discipline, you will automatically experience inner peace, self-confidence and happiness. There will be a new look of power and victory over defeat. It is your inner tranquillity and confidence that can ensure you the prosperity that you desire to obtain. After setting right things, your thinking and feeling and understanding, you will soon feel the happiness with you.

Learn Prosperous Thinking.
Many people think lack and poverty most of the time. They say to themselves, "I can't afford it. It is too expensive. or I don't have money." This kind of thinking can never bear abundant results that you seek to achieve in your life. The abundance will follow you when you learn how to have a prosperous thinking. Prosperous thinking enables people to be relaxed in mind and body. If you are not relaxed and calm, you can't engage in prosperous thinking. You must relax more and more in mind and body. There should not be any tension both in conscious and subconscious mind. When you start prosperous thinking a new attitude of appreciation, abundance, success, love and happiness will be born without your realization. Why you should engage in prosperous thinking is very simple, the universe expects you to flourish, thrive and enjoy all the good blessings that come because of your prosperous thinking.

People can easily thrive and achieve fruitful results and thereby live a happy life. But many don't have clear ideas how to accomplish them. As you know by now, you must maintain order and discipline, second you have to experience inner peace, self-confidence and engage in prosperous thinking. If you apply these three simple yet powerful principles you can prosper, flourish, succeed, thrive and experience favourable results in life.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Believe You Have What It Takes!

You are quite sure reading under an electric light. You know it was made possible by one great man Thomas A. Edison. He gave the first practical electric light to the world. But do you know he was practically thrown out of school in the early grades where his teacher called him stupid as a result he could not continue schooling?

Just imagine, what would have happened if he had allowed his teacher's opinions have an impact on him. Naturally, we would not be enjoying electric light for years. Where would he have been if he had allowed others' opinions to take charge of his thinking?

I want to say that you have all that it takes to succeed, become and achieve any result you seek to pursue in your life. Fortunately, Edison decided to live his own life. Through early adversity, he discovered something he might never have learned through formal schooling. He learned, first, that he had a mind he could control and direct toward any desired end. When he took full possession of that "addled" mind it produced not only the incandescent lamp but also one great discovery after another.

This proves one thing, we possess what it takes to be successful in life. We must first believe it and confidently walk across the road to achieve what we desire. Believe you have what it takes to live, succeed and enjoy your life. There is no limitation and no difficulty except that your thinking may obstruct you.

Wright Brothers are another excellent examples to show how people possess everything that they need to succeed in life. I am sure, you have what it takes to be happy, wealthy and healthy. There is not a lack or limitation in your life. You can design anything that you want in life because you have already what you want.

I can just urge you to do your own research and studies about people who have succeeded in life despite huge obstacles. Learn to see the solution rather than blockage or obstacle. Believe you have what it takes to be happy, healthy, wealthy and to contribute to the service of humanity.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Fall In Love With Life!

Just like people fall in love with another person by adoring everything about them you can fall in love with your life to enjoy the best of everything. You must ask yourself do you really love your life? Are you in love with your life? If you have fallen in love with your life, you will be positive, optimistic, confident, successful, healthy and wealthy. Loving your life is very important today because it shows how accountable and truthful you are with yourself.

If you love your life, you can become healthy. Millions of people all over the world are struggling to keep themselves healthy physically. The reason is obvious, they don't love their lives. They consider life to be the most precious gift I personally think people neglect to take care of themselves simply because they are unable to love and accept as they are. I think these people must love their lives.

There are majority of people finding hard to earn enough money to run their families. I think it is because they don't love their lives. If you love your life, you will find ways to support your family. There won't be a struggle rather there will be abundance.

When you love your life, the limitation, weakness, anger, fear, jealousy etc will disappear and you will begin to experience strength, happiness, confidence and courage because you love your life. When you fall in love with your life, you will manifest all kinds of good things in your life.

Those who have made big and have reached to the top in the corporate ladder, are the real examples of people who have fallen in love with their lives. I mean here the positive impact that they have on people.

It is good to examine whether you have fallen in love with life or not. If you are in love with life then you can come to know by the results you get in life. So fall in love with life so that you can unleash the power within you and can get unlimited results.

It is only one life so you must make the best use of it. There is tremendous power and talents within you that you can achieve them if you consider your life as important and valuable. What makes your life beautiful, happy and prosperous? Do them as often as you can.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Your World Will Change When You Change!

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas Gandhi

Your world, your life, your future, your financial well being, your health will improve when you truly decide to change and if you don't desire to change the things will remain static and unmoved for ever. The moment of decision to change shapes your future and lifestyle forever. The human world at large is changing rapidly but is your individual world , life, finance, health and happiness changing for better?

If you are through change, you can have a new life yourself and if you are not through change, then there is nothing much you can expect to see. If you are looking for health, wealth, happiness and wisdom, you must often change constantly so that you can change your world and bring abundance for yourself.

For instance, if your over spending habit is changed, your chance of having a financial abundance will increase and a new sense of prosperity will grow where you can get all that you want. People don't make a plan or don't set goals for their future, and if they change that old habit their life and world could be transformed too.

If you have a goal, a dream and a vision, you must change your attitude, goals, character and lifestyle otherwise there will not be any good opportunities coming your way. However those who don't change are afraid to change. It is a sad phenomena.

But you should be wise enough to change for growth, success, prosperity, health and happiness. Because all change is not growth and all movement is not forward. You can be still at one place and move but you won't be going anywhere just like walking on a trade mill though you may change the speed but you don't reach any place physically. So change for the accomplishment of your dreams and goals. Change for wealth, health and friendship that you want to enjoy in your world.

There are very few percentage of people all over the world who have changed themselves and they have succeeded in changing their world, their lives, their health, their lifestyle and their existence. Look around you who have changed themselves and as a result their world has become a thing of admiration and success. People want to be like them and wish to achieve what they have accomplished for example the entrepreneurs, millionaires and billionaires.

If you want to be healthy and fit, you must change your laziness and eating habits or you can join the fitness center to work out your abs etc. You must change your habit of procrastination, you must change your negative attitude, you must change your beliefs and refine your philosophy which is keeping you away from reaping good rewards.

People do have some resistance to change themselves but you must overcome that resistance. You must never let it control you and hold you back. You should be the man/woman who you want to be so that your world and future can be unique and lovely.

Keep in mind that if you change for better, your world will be thousand times better; if you change for success and wealth, your world will be successful, wealthy and abundant; if you change for good health, you will enjoy health through out your life and if you change for loving relationship, you will have a pleasant and romantic relationship. It all comes down to your ability to change and transform your world and then the whole world.

"Things do not change; we change." Henry David Thoreau

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Learn Some Invaluable Lessons From The Mistakes And Failures!

You can learn some valuable lessons from your own mistakes and the mistakes of others. If you want to live, you must pick up some lessons from the failures so that you can move ahead and avoid making the same mistakes again and again. You must never repeat the same errors more often because if you do that you will lose confidence and your self-esteem will be low. Mistakes and failures are great blessings in disguise for those who recognize its instructive power.

Many people don't want to commit any kind of mistakes in life because they are afraid of failures. Yes, mistakes and failures do bring pain and discomfort but mistakes and failures are necessary if you want to thrive in prosperity and happiness. Without mistakes you can never be certain what is right way to do things. It is important because you have the chance to learn some valuable lessons to move forward and avoid future falls. And in order to survive and succeed you have to learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others.

My son Myron is two years old and I watched him fall many times when he attempted to walk. When he stood first time, he couldn't move his leg, he stood still and slipped down suddenly but he rose up again to gain the momentum. He kept on this process many times because it seemed fun for him. He succeeded finally in moving his one leg and then the other leg though he wasn't steady at first. When he learned to move his both legs, he still fell down. After required amount of falls, he was empowered enough to walk and what a pleasant sight it was to look at him smiling and laughing. When he learned the walking skills, he wanted to move on to the next skill. After walking, he tried to run but when he moved his leg quickly he couldn't run, he fell down because he didn't have a balance but soon he qualified for running.

The falls, mistakes and failures are not bad, they are important steps to move forward because we don't have to stay stuck at one place. Thomas Edison, Wright Brothers, Henry Ford, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and many great souls became successful because they had many falls and failures. The most important thing is they learned valuable lessons and improved upon the mistake to move forward to grow and thrive. Mistakes are necessary, if you want to achieve a big result, a big goal.

When I attended a driving school, my instructor didn't expect me to drive the car like a professional but a beginner. I didn't learn to drive the car without making mistakes. I learned to drive because I made a lot of mistakes but each time I made mistakes, I learned from the mistakes more than driving correctly. Mistakes teach us more than doing the right thing. Business is same like learning to hold the steering wheel. There is bound to be errors and failures but lessons must not be bypassed.

The society, the neighbours, friends and family look upon people who make mistakes as failures and good for nothing. People see them as if a big crime is made. The schools and colleges punish the students when they make mistakes. They expect all the time the correct answers. These people forget the reality that there is no right or wrong answer at first attempt. Who said that at first attempt, people will get things right, no? The baby never gets right the first time when she wants to walk and run. It is only after a series of steps that a child learns to walk and run. Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb with a single attempt or Mahatma Gandhi didn't earn freedom for his country with one single effort and even NASA couldn't send astronauts to the space without big mistakes and failures. Things require time and energy to become a success or real. We can't impose unexpected demands and success without knowing the law of nature.

Think about any millionaires and billionaires you know, they didn't become successful overnight with a first attempt. They made many mistakes, failed many times but they didn't give up because they corrected and learned lessons from those mistakes. If the society or the world looks down upon you when you commit a mistake, don't bother about them. They don't know you and they can't live a life for you. It is normal to make mistakes and it is okay to fail in any endeavor. It is not a big deal. But remember, you must never miss the lesson from those errors of judgement.

Learn the lessons from your own mistakes and the mistakes of others as much as you can so that you will be able to attract the success and lifestyle that you desire to have in your life. There is a beauty, value and honor in pursuing your dreams in spite of your failures and mistakes.

What do I mean by failures and mistakes? When you fail to reach your dreams and targets, when you make mistakes while stitching a pair of pants then it is not a big crime that the society should punish you. But when people kill somebody or kidnap some people, these are serious crimes and are subjected to legal punishment and there is a course correction. But people can learn some valuable lessons from that too.

My purpose here is how and why people should learn valuable lessons from any kinds of errors or mistakes done knowingly or unknowingly. If you learn those valuable lessons you can make your life an extraordinary one. Mistakes are stop signs and they are blessings too. Recognize the value of mistakes and failures.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

The Big Secret of Success

Earl Nightingale in 'The Strangest Secret' cites an example of 100 individuals who start off early in life to become successful but by the age of 65, only five out of 100 make the grade. And then Nightingale raises some questions; "Why do so many fail? What happened to the sparkle that was there when they were 25? What became of their dreams, their hopes, their plans... and why is there such a large disparity between what these people intended to do and what they actually accomplished?"

It is about the failure, the unfulfilled dreams and goals of 95 people out of 100 and why only 5 people make it that I want to talk about.

The reason for failure is obvious. Those 5 people who become successful found what Jack M. Zufelt talks about in 'The DNA of Success, "Core-Desires." People who succeed know their 'core- desires' which is fully 100 percent and not 50-70 or 80-99. But those 95 people who fail to accomplish their goals, did not possess the core - desire that is always 100 instead they had desires which had no strength enough to stir the soul.

Napoleon Hill through his long years of search found that 'burning desire' is the foremost motivating factor that drives the individual to a great height of success. Napoleon Hill's desire was not a weak desire, it was his 'burning desire', the 'core-desire' which measured 100 percent led to complete the success secrets of most successful men and women.

Bill Gates dropped out of college when he found his 'core-desire' and pursued it with whole heart, mind and soul. Though Bill Gates called his desire, a 'love'. Whatever name people call it, it doesn't matter; what matters is the discovery of one's ultimate longing and passion.

Wright Brohters faced a lot of opposition and discouragement from people who thought they could never succeed in flying an object heavier than air, but those detractors didn't know what those two brothers had. Wright brothers knew their core-desires and it was pure 100% desire. They invested all their skills, time, energy, experiences and mind. Seeing the birds fly in the sky, it was an intense desire to fly in the sky and see for the first time how and what one felt and observed. It was the 'core - desire' that led them to realize their dreams. The 'core-desires' will never fail people if they only follow and take the necessary actions.

If you ask what is wrong with people today, then it is right to say that people don't seek to know their 'core-desires' and if they do know their core-desires they don't make sure that their desires are fully 100% pure emerging from within.

The 5% of people seem to have the "magic touch," everything they touch becomes gold. These people know their core-desires that become their ultimate goals in life and thus they succeed because people with goals succeed as they know where they are going.

Rollo May, a distinguished psychiatrist says in his book, Man's Search for Himself: "The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity."

The majority who don't make the grade fall into a disease of conformity. They conform to the standard and values of those who seem to go nowhere. They are in a rat race. They get up in the morning and go to work for their employers in exchange of their precious time, energy and talents making their employers richer and richer.

This is another reason why many fail to become successful in their chosen field. They conform to the crowd. They don't become individuals. They don't know their individual DNA and they believe their self is less talented or capable.

People who succeed are those who get up in the morning and go to work for themselves, they invest their time, energy, mind and money in the development of their expertise and capacity. Earl Nightingale gave the best definition of success: "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal." The ideal here is the 'core-desire' that becomes so worthy of pursuit that an individual has no choice other than to realize it by making a constant progress. When an individual progresses towards realizing his ideal there is a growth and that progressive growth promises one a success.

What is the simple requirements of yours, if you are looking for a success or abundance in life? What you need to do is very simple. You must search and find your 'core-desires', the things that you want and the things that you love to have, do and be. Once you realize your core-desires, make sure that your desires are 100 percent strong and make it your definite life purpose or direction by taking persistent action.

When you know your core-desires, you will definitely achieve your ideals and dreams.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor