Success is 15% Knowledge & 85% People Skills

“If you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you are right.” Henry Ford

Secrets of Success

1. Discover what you love – “The secret of success in life, and subsequently of making money, is to enjoy your work. If you do, nothing is hard work – no matter how many hours you put in.” – Sir Billy Butlin

2. Set a goal – “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel

3. Write it down & make it visable – “What you can conceive you can achieve.”

4. Get excited about it – “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing our enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

5. Think on that goal the first 15 mins after you wake up & the last 15 mins before you sleep

6. Create a plan – “A plan that takes you to the next step is as valuable as a plan that takes you to then end just so long as you keep making them and following through.” Sarah Harrison

7. Talk about it & Share it – “If you hold a thought, it begins to form. If you speak the word, it draws ever near. and if you walk the talk, this is exactly how worlds are born, miracles are performed and dreams come true.” – The Universe

8. Take steps towards it. – “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

9. Get a mentor – “I’m worth over $300 million and I talk to my mentor everyday” A. Powell

10. Surround your self with inspiring and great people – “A man that achieves great success is always surrounded by men greater then he.” Napolean Hill

Examples:
Lucille Ball – Dismissed from Drama school, she was told she was to shy to put her best foot forward.
The Beatles – Turned down by Deca Recording company “Guitar is old”
Ulysses S Grant – Failed farmer, soldier and realestate agent went to work for his father at age 38 as a handy man.
Micheal Jordan – cut from high school basketball team.
Einstein – Recieved a “D” in grade school math
Thomas Edison – His teacher told him he was to stupid to learn anything and that he should go into a field in which he might suceed by virtue of his pleasant personality
Walt Disney – Fired from a newpaper job because he lacked imaginantion and turned down by over 100 lenders for his vision of Disney land.
Abraham Lincoln – fiance died, failed in business 2 times and lost 8 elections.
Henry Ford – was reguarded as a mad man who wasted his time tinkering in a dirty garage.