A Secret Method For Success

A successful life is developed and accomplished by building one success upon another. What if a very simple method for success existed? What if this method was easy enough to use every single day in order to build success?For some people, the word "success" sounds just too intimidating. In other words, they see themselves as someone who could never really be successful.Far too many people give up on their dreams because they feel that they are a failure. They just don't see any success in their life.

The problem is that they have built failure into their lives. They have actually developed a failure life. They even fail to realize that they have a choice.Here's a simple method to develop success. It will give you success momentum! It's very easy, anyone can do it, and it works. If you consistently apply it, you can develop and build a successful life.Pick five things to do tomorrow, and write them down. Here's the secret: make the list very, very easy, but decide and determine that you will do each thing, no matter what.

Make this list a priority for the next day. Decide that those five things are the most important things you need to do tomorrow!For example, if you're trying to eat healthier, one of your five things could be to eat a piece of fruit. The mistake so many people make is that they decide to eat healthier and then start out the next day trying to cut out everything that's unhealthy all at once. (That usually lasts only about a day or two.) Then, they are back to eating like they did before and they feel like they have failed again.It is very important to make sure that you come up with five things that you know you can do.

That is the secret to this method!The next morning, look at your list and simply do the five things. Check them off the list, and, then tell yourself that you did all five, successfully! You may have eaten some junk food, but you did eat a piece of fruit. You were successful! You accomplished exactly what you set out to do.Now this may seem to be very small and insignificant, but you are trying to build success, not climb an entire mountain in one day.Now, the next day, you can do the same five things again if you like. Or, you can make one of the five things just a little bit harder. Perhaps decide to eat a piece of fruit, and a salad. Again, write down all 5, and decide that these 5 things are a priority for tomorrow.As you continue to do this simple exercise, day by day, you will build and develop a pattern for success in your life. You will also develop confidence in attaining things you may have never tried before.You may get to a point as your list continues to get more challenging, ending up one day doing only four things on the list instead of all five.
That doesn't mean that you are a failure. Quite the contrary, you have already been successful day after day after day!That's why when you first start this method, be sure that you make the five things as easy as possible so that you can have one successful day after another. You will be proving to yourself that you are a successful person.After you do this for several days, you will find that you are not afraid of failing, and you will have the confidence to add things to your list that you never would have considered before.You can develop a habit pattern for success. A successful life is developed and accomplished by building one success upon another success. This very simple method can help you to build a successful life.

Wealth and Happiness

Happiness is a personal journey but when you watch television you would think the good life is a new car, skinny body, or winning the lottery. If you were to look at surveys, most Americans say more money would make them happier. But what if you were to look inside at what really gives you joy?You may ask yourself... what really makes me feel good inside?
Is it what the American Dream promises? Individual wealth? Does money buy happiness? Some of you would most likely say yes. Some would assume there is a connection between more wealth and feeling happy, an assumption that many scholars have called the "cycle of work and spend"-working more to buy more. According to one Gallup Poll, four in five people earning more than $75,000 a year say they would like to be richer.But does being richer really bring about permanent changes in your overall level of happiness? Does it really bring you the consistent level of joy we all so desperately attempt to achieve.

Does being well off make for well being? Rich people to a certain extent are happier, especially in poor countries such as India where being well off enhances the sense of well being. But if you were to take a look in the "richer" societies, more money doesn't necessarily mean more happiness or well being. More money often results in the law of diminishing returns.David Lykken observes in his own studies of happiness, "People who go to work in their overalls and on the bus are just as happy, on the average, as those in suits who drive to work in their own Mercedes". So whats the end result of all of this? Since the 1950's we have become twice as rich as a nation and no happier. The divorce rate has doubled, the teen suicide rate has more than doubled, and teens increasingly are troubled with depression.Social Psychologist

David Myersthe calls this the American paradox. He says "More than ever, we at the end of the last century were finding ourselves with big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility. We were excelling at making a living but too often failing at making a life. We celebrated our prosperity but yearned for purpose. We cherished our freedoms but longed for connection. In an age of plenty, we were feeling spiritual hunger."So what can we do on an individual level? If being surrounded by the trappings of wealth, or lack thereof, ultimately does not make us feel happy then what will? Those things that make for a genuinely good life such as close relationships, showing gratitude and feeling appreciation for what we already have achieved in life is a good start. If material wealth is not the most important ingredient for a happy life, what is? Research has offered the following three suggestions:

1. Positive Characteristics - People who are optimistic, kind, forgiving, and grateful tend to have an abundance of happy experiences and happy lives.

2. Being in the Flow - Work and leisure activities that engage an individuals skill tend to lead a happier life. The area that lies between stress and the apathy of being bored, is a zone in which people experience being in the flow... an optimal state of mind in which, absorbed in an activity, they lose consciousness of self and time.

3. Close Relationships - We all have a deep need to belong. Those individuals who are supported by intimate friendships or a committed relationship are much likelier to declare themselves "very happy."Ultimately, if you want to be happy, then recognize that happiness is a product of the way you think and behave and not your finances. Choosing to focus on what you desire in life while at the same time being grateful and appreciating what you already have is a good start. We are the captains of our ship. We write the book that is our life. Focus to make it happen.