How do you define success? Success means different things to everybody. Therefore, there is only one true "personal success" in the world – and that is when you live your own way with your own inner truth. You must define what "personal success" means to you. Does it mean "achieving financial freedom", raising a healthy family, attaining an education, or reaching the top of the corporate ladder? Then, there is also only one failure; and that is when you QUIT trying to realize your dreams.

Where you are right now-- is the result of all the choices you have made in your past. Yeah, I know that you may not want to hear that, but it is the truth. And, we must take personal responsibility for our past choices. Living a "life on purpose" begins with your understanding how to use your powers of personal choice to make the decisions that will turn your dreams into reality and make it a "life changing opportunity". Here are 5 steps to "personal success".

1. DEFINE YOUR GOALS First of all, to transform your dream into a reachable goal YOU MUST BE CLEAR ON WHAT YOU WANT! A dream may be the guiding light of your life, but without a clear definition you’ll never actualize it. Ancient Japanese Proverb says this very well and is absolutely true:

"Vision without ACTION is a daydream. Action without VISION is a nightmare."

Make your goals so clear you can see and feel them. Follow the images that come to you. Ask yourself if they fit with what you want and work with them until the picture in your mind is totally clear. Write them down and keep a copy of this in front of you every day. After you have defined your goals specifically, use affirmations to keep the images clear and focused in your mind. Affirmations are extremely powerful and can help you shift your focus from "I can’t" or "I’m afraid" to "I can" and "I will". Be intentional when stating your affirmations. Use words or phrases that help you picture what it is you want to achieve.

Be specific; keep your words in the first person, and STAY POSITIVE. Example: "I am surrounded by people who value, and respect me for who I am and what I do." By affirming your goals clearly in your mind, you are sending your subconscious a message that will support and encourage you. You become attuned to whatever is relevant to your goal, and you begin to notice a new "life changing opportunity".

2. FOCUS Studies show that people tend to stay focused on a particular activity IF that activity has the following components: -There is a way to measure results or keep score. -They have control over the situation. -It is a specific goal. -There are rewards for achieving the goal.

Successful people are often passionate about their goals and are confident that they will contribute to their "personal success". They are people who are motivated to keep focused on their goals. They are constantly in front of them as they take specific, measurable steps to attain them every day. What you focus on--- you attract. Thomas Leonard, the father of personal coaching has called this principle "irresistible attraction."

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