“One day at a time – this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone: and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.”
Ida Scott Taylor
1820-1915, Author
One of the most important things you need to become successful is a positive attitude.
Below is an excerpt from Nine Essential Laws for Becoming Influential by Dr. Tony Zeiss P14 to P21
THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW FOR BECOMING INFLUENTIAL IS HAVING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Yes, the most important attribute for becoming influential is a positive attitude. And guess who has absolute control over your attitude? You are correct! You alone determine how you will face each day, react to each circumstance, and behave toward others. People want to be associated with positive, happy, “Can Do” people. Read more »
Time management
One thing that always amazes me is that a poor person has 24 hours in a day. And a rich person also has 24 hours in each day. What makes the difference, why can a rich person use that time to become rich?
On one of his CDs John Maxwell said: “Imagine you have only one week left to live. Make three lists. List No 1 is about all the things you have to do. List No 2 is about all the things you want to do. And list No 3 is about all the things you neither have to do nor want to do. Then scrap list No 3.”
This is excellent advice. I implemented it in my daily schedule and suddenly I have an hour or two extra each day.
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It is amazing to see how many people try to become successful without having their goals in place. How can you achieve success if you do not know what you want to achieve? In order to hit a target you must have a target.
There is no use using a map to find your way to a certain destination if you do not know where you are going to.
Without goals you will just be running around getting frustrated and achieving very little success.
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