8 Secrets for Success (Part 1)

1. Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life – In a societywhere people blame everything from their parents to the governmentfor failure, successful people are those who don't buy into thismentality or succumb to the "victim" thinking succeed. To blame something or somebody outside yourself is saying they have control of your life and not you. Someone else's opinion of you doesn't have to become your reality.

2. Live Your Life On Purpose - What separates motivationalthinkers from the unsuccessful is that they believe they'redoing what they were put here to do. Just living is just getting through the week with the least problems. But when you live your life on purpose, your main concern is doing the job right. For the entrepreneur this means finding a cause you believe in andbuilding your business around it. Like for Wendy, her purpose is to touch and inspire at least one million people's lives before leaving this world.

3. Be Willing to Pay the Price - Be willing to pay the pricefor your dreams. Wanting a big house, a luxury car, and a milliondollars in the bank is all very nice, and everyone wants thesethings – but are you willing to pay the price to get them? This is one of the major differences between the successful andunsuccessful.

4. Stay Focused – Every day we're bombarded with hundredsof tasks, phone calls, messages, and everyone competing for ourtime. Focusing requires giving up something in the presentbecause you are investing your time in something that will payoff big-time down the road. Jack Canfield and Mark Hanson wereturned down by 30 publishers when they submitted the first"Chicken Soup for the Soul" book. Instead of giving up, they stayed focused on their goal and did four or five interviews per day for radio, TV, and newspapers, for five days a week for a whole year. Eventually, a small publisher decided to take a chance on their book, and of course now it's a best-sellerthat has spawned an entire series that have sold more than 10 million copies.



Catch the other 4 secrets in Part 2...