Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Wealth of Information, Road to Success

I went to a seminar today and I have learned some more valuable wealth of information, courtesy of the Academy. It's really great to be able to learn a lot of things. It makes me feel good. It makes me feel positive. I want to put down into writing some of the things that I learned so I can go back to it later on and also, just in case someone stumbles on my weblog, they might learn something and benefit from what I have learned myself.

Two questions were asked: Why are some people more successful than others? What should I do differently to be successful than others? Hmmm, interesting!

I have learned that least productive people in society wasted their most valuable resource - TIME. Successful people use their time wisely. They maximise it and optimize it. "Time is gold." Isn't that what we have been taught many years ago?

Next is planning. Planning is very important. I once heard someone said:"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Tis true, tis true. The older we get, the faster time seems to go. By planning our time wisely, we can distort time. We can expand life to fit more into it.

If we want to have more in our life, we should focus on the results we want to accomplish. We should look into the purpose of the things that we are doing.

We should focus on the positive than on the negative. For instance, if you are a worker, focus on the benefit that your job has for you. Your job brings food to your table. You job helps you pay your bills. Instead of focusing on "Oh no, I have to get up early to go to work."

Do not spend too much time on things that you cannot control. Rather, focus on the things you can control.

Last of all, be happy. If you are not happy being poor, what makes you think you will be happy when you are rich? You have to be happy in whatever circumstances you are in. Happiness is being happy with what you have regardless of the circumstances you are in.

If you follow these guidelines, you are on your road to success.



Friday, January 19, 2007

Having the Right Mindset is Wealth in its Own.

Lately I have been reading much about having the right mindset. I have learned that the key to success is to have the right mindset in th first place. I have read that eighty percent of your success depends on it. Only twenty percent can be attributed to your strategies.

So, in order for us to be successful, we must work hard on having the right mindset. We must be open to learn new things and think like a winner. In order to reach our dreams and aspirations, we must master two things. First we must work on our mindset and then on our strategies.

I have been going into seminars lately and I notice that more often than not, these seminars have motivational speakers talking first before the main presentor. Why? Because it's all about the mindset. The motivational speakers gets you into the right mindset for learning new things. When you are motivated, your mind is opened and you are more prone to learning.

Sadly, a lot of people take their mindset for granted. I was actually one of those people before. I often times was skeptical about learning new things and sometimes closed my mind to new ideas until I read this book "What I Didn't Learn in School But Wish I Had." It's really a great book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who woould like to work on their mindset. In this book, it has the chapter on "Developing the Mindset of a Millionaire." You can download the free ebook from Wealth Creation Academy.

I have just come home from a seminar today so I want to share with you one other thing that I learned. "Successful people are inter-dependent with others." It means that we must not work alone. No man is an island. We have to join others, learn from them and work together so we can achieve success.