THE 10 SECRETS OF SUCCESS

1. THINK SUCCESS: To attain the kind of success that you want, you need to dream big. Every success story starts with big dreams. You need to have big dreams for yourself- which you want to be somebody rich, famous or fulfilled. You need to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve. But it doesn't stop in dreaming​ alone. You should actively visualize success in your mind that you can almost feel it, touch it or it is within your reach. Play this image back at every opportunity. What does it feel to triple your current income? How will your life change? What will your business look like if you achieved the million-dollar mark?
2. BE PASSIONATE WITH WHAT YOU DO: You start a business to change any or all part of your life. To attain this change, you need to develop or uncover an intense, personal passion to change the way things are and to live life to the fullest. Success comes easily if you love what you do. Why? Because we are more relentless in our pursuit of goals about things that we love. If you hate your job right now, do you think you will ever be successful at it? Not in a million years! You may plod along, even become competent at the tasks, but you will never be a great success at it. You will achieve peak performance and do what you have to do to succeed only if you are doing something that interests you or something that you care about.
3. FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTH: Let's face it; you cannot be everything to everybody. Each of us has our own strengths and weaknesses. To be effective, you need to identify your strengths and concentrate on it. You will become more successful if you are able to channel your efforts to areas that you do best.
4. NEVER CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE: Ayn Rand, in her novel The Fountainhead, wrote, "It is not in the nature of man - nor of any living entity, to start out by giving up." You need to fully believe in your goals, and that you can do it. Think that what you are doing will contribute to the betterment of your environment and your personal self. You should have a strong faith in your idea, your capabilities and yourself. You must believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have the ability to recognize and fulfill them. The more you can develop faith in your ability to achieve your goals, the more rapidly you can attain it. However, your confidence should be balanced with calculated risks that you need to take to achieve greater rewards. Successful people are those who analyze and minimize risk in the pursuit of profit. As they always say, " no guts, no glory."
5. PLAN ACCORDINGLY: You have a vision, and you have enough faith in yourself to believe that you can achieve your vision. But do you know how to get to your vision? To achieve your vision, you need to have concrete goals that will provide the stepping-stones towards your ultimate vision. Put your goals in writing; not doing so just makes them as intangible fantasies. You need to plan each day in such a way that your every action contributes to the attainment of your vision. Intense goal orientation is the characteristic of every successful person. They have a vision, and they know how to get there. Your ability to set goals and make plans for your accomplishment is the skill required to succeed. Plan, plan and plan - because without which failure is guaranteed.
6. WORK HARD! EVERY SUCCESSFUL PERSON WORKS HARD, HARD AND HARD: No one achieves success just by sitting and staring at the wall every single day. Brian Tracy puts it out this way, "You work eight hours per day for survival; everything over eight hours per day is for success." Ask any successful person and they will tell you immediately that they had to work more than 60 hours per week. Be prepared to say goodbye to after-office drinks every day, or a regular weekend get-away trip. If you are in a start-up phase, you will have to breathe, eat and drink your business until it can stand on its own. Working hard will be easy if you have a vision, clear goals, and are passionate with what you do.
7. CONSTANTLY LOOK FOR WAYS TO NETWORK: You are judged by the company you keep - from your management team, board of directors, and strategic partners. It is important to form alliances​ with people who can help you, and whom you can help in return. To succeed, you need to possess good networking skills and always be alert to opportunities to expand your contracts.
8. WILLINGNESS TO LEARN: You do need to be a MBA degree holder or PHD graduate to succeed. In fact, there area lot of persons who did not even finish secondary education. Studies shows that most self-made millionaires have average intelligence. Nonetheless, these people reached their full potentials, and achieved their financial and personal goals because they are willing to learn. To succeed, you must be willing to ask questions, remain curious, interested and open​ to new knowledge.
9. PERSEVERE AND HAVE FAITH: No one said that the road to success is easy. Despite your good intentions and hard work, sometimes you will fail. Some successful people suffered setbacks and resounding defeats, even bankruptcy, yet managed to quickly stand up to make it big in their fields. Your courage to persist in the face of adversity and ability to bounce back after a temporary disappointment will assure your success. You must learn to pick yourself up and start all over again. Your persistence is the measure of the belief in yourself. Remember, if you persevere, nothing can stop you.
10. DISCIPLINE YOURSELF:  Thomas Huxley once said, "Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you like it or not." Self-discipline is the key to success. The strength of will to force yourself to pay the price of success - doing what others don't like to do, going the extra mile, fighting and winning the lonely battle with yourself....

Put the above listed techniques to practice, and you will see yourself into success.

Keep living gracefully and successfully..