Your Success

There are two things you should know about your success.

1. You've had success before.
2. You'll have success again.

We tend to downplay what has gone right in our lives while we focus in excruciating detail over what has gone wrong, what hasn't happened or what we could have done differently. The fact remains that we have done some things right and those things should be acknowledge. You graduated from high school, some cities have a 50% drop-out rate, so that is an accomplishment. If you graduated from college, that is another accomplishment. You've gotten and kept a job. You've married. You've raised great kids.

You might have won trophies or prizes. Maybe you have a reputation for being the best at something. There are things you do well and that you take pride in. These are successes. The key is not just to acknowledge them but investigate them in detail to discover how you made those successes happen. What did you do, think or say that made them possible.

How did you motivate yourself to study? What are you thinking when you get ready for work, or when you are at work handling a crisis? Looking back over your successes what characteristics and behaviors did you exhibit? Were you more focused or disciplined? Did you delay gratification? What sacrifices did you make?

Since you have ad success before, there is every possibility that you will have it again. If you want success in a specific area: weight loss, financial management, smoking cessation, etc., then look at what you did to achieve your past successes and apply those same characteristics.

You can be successful in your way on your terms. Use what you have at your disposal and you will get what you want.