I recently read an article about Canfield and his new book, the Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be, which the author recently expounded at a seminar. He illustrated some interesting points to ponder upon (numbered in red and my personal take on the points he made):
1. Take 100% responsibility for your life and your results (often when things go wrong, we tend to push blame on others, when we should have taken responsibility for our own actions)
2. Be clear why you are here (here we ask ourselves what is my life purpose; make that purpose as clear as possible)
3. Decide what you want (we want so many things, it's hard to pinpoint. sometimes what we need is more important than what we want)
4. Believe in yourself (like many people out there, I too forget this vital ingredient to success as an individual)
5. Unleash the power of goal-setting (always set measurable goals and specific time lines to achieve such goals...it's like the SMART objective in PR..hehehe..)
6. Chunk it down (often our task seems huge but by breaking them into manageable ones, we would be able to take action step by step)
7. Release the brakes (this sounds like learning to drive for the 1st time...but it's actually forming a habit of using affirmations or positive statements to help you be in a state of accomplishing goals)
8. Use the power of visualisation (this is very much my thing - learned in NLP...visualise all your goals and results and run through the feeling of having already completed them)
9. Take action (nothing happenss..without actually taking action...you want something..make an effort to get it)
10. Experience your fear and take action anyway (this one is all about taking risks in life..cos you just never know!!)
11. Ask, ask, ask (this one I strongly believe in...God said: Ask and you will receive)
12. Reject rejection (a pretty hard one to do if you ask me..)
13. Network (a pretty important thing in the working world...)
14. Develop four new success habits a year (an interesting statement...something I should think about though I've never thought about it..)
15. Pay yourself first (it's all about saving money - at least 10% of what you earn and investing in it...something I'm learning...cos I just love spending everything on travelling and seeing the world)
16. Ask for and respond to (always give people feedback so as to clarify yourself)
17. Practice uncommon appreciation (this is something KDU and many other organisations need to learn to do...appreciate their staff with an understanding attitude...it's not always about the money)
18. Exceed expectations (always trived to exceed your expectation in life...reach for the stars)
19. Keep your agreements (this one I totally hold on to...my word is my bond..I never make promises I can't live up to)
20. Mastermind your way to success (this means working with the right people with the right attitude who have the similar goals of success...often hard to locate these people)
21. Practise persistence (I am a patience person..often too patient for my own good..but persistence is way harder)
This is my take on Canfield's 21 Key success principles...what's your?
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