TOOLS FOR SUCCESS

Success takes work and good work requires the right tools. No one ever achieved lasting success by accident or luck. Every successful person uses reliable methods of increasing the probability of success in life. You, too, can use those same tools in your life to forge a successful outcome to your endeavors.
Persistence and will power are the most important tools to have. Many of us have come from a disadvantaged background, lack a positive mental attitude, don't have a plan for the future and may be surrounded by negative people, influences and failures.
None of that matters if you use your power of will and persist in improving yourself! Start from where you are with what you have at hand. Do not wait for things to get better. Do not put off making an effort because you lack some part or thing that you think you need. Begin NOW to take action and change your circumstances.
Assume a positive mental attitude. Treat yourself well. Fill your mind with a positive vision of the future. Banish negative, hateful thinking from your mind. Cut out all the negative influences in your life by either avoiding them or removing them altogether. Prevent your mind from being affected by the negative influence of other people.
Make a written plan for success. Pick goals to reach and set a date for reaching them. Read your plan aloud every day. Revise your plan as you reach your intermediate goals. Review your plan and improve it as you grow in confidence and ability. Never abandon your plan. Commit yourself to finishing everything you begin.
Surround yourself with successful, like-minded people. Befriend them and create harmony with them. Find ways of providing good service to them, without thinking of how you will be repaid. Serve willingly and in full. By serving others, you become worthy of being served.
Get excited about your life. True happiness comes from doing what is exciting for you. No one else can tell you what is exciting for you. Dare to dream big dreams and begin now to reach out and grasp those dreams.
Accept every temporary failure as the seed of an equivalent or greater success. Temporary failure may be just what you need to prevent you from following a path or course that will prevent you from reaching true success. Instead of quitting, revise your plans. Take new actions. JUST DON'T QUIT!