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SUCCESS
PRINCIPLE #1
Don’t focus on problems—focus
on Goals and Solutions.
This is one of the most important
success principles in existence. Consequently, I have spent
much more time on it than others.
I write not only
about the principle, itself, but how and why it was so instrumental in the
creation of the Solutions Network.
You can and will
succeed, in anything, providing you can focus on
your goal and not dwell on the obstacles.
"Obstacles
are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal".
Cavitt Robert.
Everyone—everyday can find a reason
to not do the things that they need to do
in order to be
successful in their chosen endeavor. Whether it’s ASN or any
other business, the easiest thing in the
world is to make excuses. Want success? Get rid
of excuses!
If you focus on doing the
things that you know need to be done, eventually you will have
the positive outcome you are after. When you focus on
your objective, obstacles simply become stepping stones. When
you focus on obstacles, they become brick walls and the
objectives that should serve to motivate and inspire you, become
invisible. It bears repeating…
Obstacles are those things you
see, when you take your eyes off the goal.
Don’t focus on problems—focus
on Goals and Solutions.
I’m not saying
ignore problems. What I’m saying is give them only the weight
and concern they deserve and only when they deserve it.
Do you have to go to court? The day of court, go! But don’t
worry about it for the prior 2 weeks.
Worrying accomplishes
nothing other than to create constant anxiety that diminishes
your performance on productive endeavors by sucking your energy and focus away from
productive thoughts and activities. Worrying about finances?
Don’t worry about it… DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Every moment that you spend simply
worrying, is a moment that you are not working on and focusing
on fixing it.
PLAN! DO!
ACT!... but Don't Worry.
Time spent
worrying NEVER accomplishes anything! It’s the time
spent finding the solution that matters. There is always a
solution. It’s up to you to find it.
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Don’t dwell on
the problems, concentrate on the goals, the things you have to
do. Then when you must deal with
the obstacles, do it- but not until it is necessary,
once it's dealt with? Get right back to work achieving your objective.
Get back to the big picture.
No Excuses—don’t let anything
stop you!
HOW THIS
PRINCIPLE CREATED ASN
WITHOUT MY PERSONAL ADHERENCE TO THIS PRINCIPLE...
ASN WOULD NOT EXIST.
This story is absolutely true with
no embellishments whatsoever.
Success Principle...
"Great
ideas are useless without positive action".
ASN
didn’t always exist. It was once only an idea that required an
enormous amount of work, perseverance and absolute commitment in
the face of many obstacles and much adversity. That meant
focusing on the goal, not the obstacles.
In 2000, the solutions network was
little other than the germ of an idea; an assortment of notes on
scratch paper and a couple of html pages residing on my
computer. I already had my law degree but hated the practice of
law.
As I was one of the top students, I
had the honor of clerking for the dean of the law school.
It provided me the opportunity to see the complete practice of
law, up close and personal. It wasn't nearly as much like
my favorite television shows as I had imagined or hoped.
I had found that no matter how you
tried to practice, no matter how much integrity you had, a major
key to success in law was not to solve problems, but rather to
create them by creating billable hours. Think about it, if
you are working on an hourly basis, as soon as you prevail, that
"job" is concluded; you are unemployed! On the other hand, if you are clever
enough to interject a new issue into the legal mix, the other attorney
has an obligation to respond, you, then, have to respond to the
response, they then respond to your response... This is what's
known as creating billable hours. It is often a never
ending cycle of income, in which, doing a truly good job for your
client, is often bad for your pocket book.
Even if you try to stay out of this
despicable money grabbing game, you are forced to participate,
because as soon as the opposing attorney, creates a new issue,
you have no choice but to address it, or lose on the issue by
default. All the while you and the opposing attorney are
racking up billable hours at the rate of, at least, $200 to $500
per hour. Great money, but I like being able to look
in the mirror. I have always been about solving
problems, not creating or participating in their continuance.
Consequently, I decided not to
practice. I decided that I was not going to participate in what
I see as system that is often little more than legal theft.
So, I did nothing other than an occasional
Bankruptcy here
and there and handled a few legal issues for a select group of
friends and acquaintances. I was also performing as a professional musician
who played local clubs a couple of weekends a month.
Consequently, money was the thing that I needed the most but had
the least. I wanted and needed money, but I insisted that
I earn it on my own terms.
Oh yes, I also had a wife who was
about 7 months pregnant, could not work, and I, like many, had
no insurance (couldn’t afford it). Oh, and to top it off...
my home was in foreclosure. (as God
is my witness, this was my life)
I didn’t have much, but I did have a
goal. I was going to create the solutions network and reach out
nationwide and even worldwide to provide the kinds of services
and opportunities that everyone needed. I wanted to create a
system that would allow anyone, no
matter their circumstances or education to join with us and
improve their lives by helping others improve theirs.
Many friends
thought I was suffering from delusions of grandeur :-)
I didn't feel I had any delusions. I
simply believed in the idea and was
absolutely committed to making it happen. (friends and family
thought I should simply be committed) In spite
of my financial situation I continued on,
focusing on my long
term objective rather than my short term issues. I was totally
convinced that my idea would work and that everything would be
alright. If I could actually create the system, I couldn't
even imagine how or why it wouldn't work... But there was a
caveat... I would be
alright only as long as I continued to do and concentrate on the
things that I knew I needed to do-- rather than
concentrate on all the reasons that I should be doing something
else.
Things were tough, my wife
wasn’t happy with many of the choices I was making, and
even though, on balance, my friends thought I was a reasonably
intelligent guy, they just couldn’t understand how I could
not be taking advantage of my legal education to rake in the
big bucks and instead chose to live on the brink of losing
everything while continuing to pursue a dream that was no where in
site. No one understood. But it didn’t
matter. I UNDERSTOOD and that was enough! I was committed to making this happen. I
chose to concentrate on my objectives rather than obstacles
and the opinions of others.
THEN IT
GOT WORSE
As I mentioned, I’m also a musician
and during this time music actually generated a large portion
of my income. One Friday night as I left a performance at about
2:00 am, I was convinced to take “one shot for the road”.
I
had been drinking already, but not at all to excess. But
since I hadn’t eaten since about 10:00 am, there wasn’t anything
to absorb my last “harmless” little shot.
The club was a quaint little
bar in the mountains and the road home wound round and round
through the hills and cliffs. That “one for the road” was not
one of my better life’s choices.
While driving home, all of a sudden
the alcohol hit me like a ton of bricks. I saw 3 roads as I
rounded a curve and totally lost control. I ended up, upside
down in a ditch, (if I had gone on the other side, I’d have been
off a cliff and certainly died). The car was totaled, my
shoulder had been slammed through the side window, cut up
horribly, (the crash bag didn’t inflate), I was knocked
unconscious, etc…
Then the police showed up. They
took me to the hospital where I was bandaged up and then carted
off to jail. It turned out that my blood alcohol level was .18
so now I was looking at some uncomfortable legal issues…
My brother came to pick me up (my
wife couldn’t do it because I only had one car... and that was now
totaled).
So now
my life had just gotten even worse. I had no job
to speak of, No money, A big DUI, Fines on the way, Hospital
bills, A license that I was about to lose because of the DUI, an unhappy wife, a
baby on the way, No car, a home in foreclosure, etc…
But I did have one important thing
left. My Goal. My Dream... and I would not, could
not, let it go.
The dream was bigger than any obstacle.
I had a dream to create a company that would allow me to earn by
creating a worldwide opportunity
that would allow anyone to earn by helping others to earn.
Years ago I had heard a statement by
Zig Ziglar that
always stuck with me. “You can get
anything in life you want… if you help enough others get what
they want”. This is the fundamental precept
of the solutions network. It is the idea that permeates every
aspect of it. That was my dream and I would not let it go, for
anything.
My circumstances were now such that
anyone in their right mind would have changed directions.
Remember, I had a law degree. I could have given up the dream
and gone out the next day and gotten a great job and solved all
of my money problems by simply suing people. But I just didn’t
find that very exciting or fulfilling.
Most sane people would have re examined
their life, their situation and changed paths. What did I
do? The moment I walked into the house
after returning from jail at about 9:00 am, I sat down
in front of the computer and went to work creating ASN!
After spending a night in jail and the hospital;
after totaling my car, knowing that I would lose my license,
face huge fines, etc… knowing that it had just become even more
difficult to improve my financial circumstances… instead of
giving up the dream and taking the path that “made more sense”
i.e. getting a job, I rededicated
myself to my goal.
I could have curled up in a ball in
the fetal position. I could have given up, I dare say many
people might have done just that. But I had this one
thought that wouldn't leave me.
"Bruce, you know this is a great
idea. There is no way this can't work. If you just
do, what you know needs to be done; if you make the right
choices, you will get the right results". It became my
manta... "Do the right thing, get the right result".
I could so easily have just
gotten a job like everyone else. Instead...
The moment I got home from my
hospital and jail visit (around 9 am), I literally
walked into my house (that I was losing) and sat down in front
of the computer and begin transforming my notes and ideas into
an actual website. I worked 18 hours a day for about 4 weeks
straight, not letting ANYTHING distract me. My
pregnant wife was furious (why didn’t I get a job?), my friends
perplexed (they "knew" I had better options), within one month
I had the first incarnation of the solutions network.
WE ARE NOW WORLDWIDE AND about 200,000 MEMBERS STRONG
Since then
our network of members has helped thousands become
homeowners, become debt free, perfect their credit, increase
their incomes, improve their lives… all without investment.
This all happened
because I focused on the goal... NOT THE PROBLEMS.
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Following are
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they earn you.
I’ve never looked back since.
That’s not to say there haven’t been more issues, more
obstacles, setbacks… I've had a massive heart
attack, in one span of 4 months around 2007, my mother in law and then father
in law, passed away in our home, I then had to help my wife and
children get through the horrible emotional trauma this caused,
not to mention the fact that I had cared deeply for both of them
and had my own sorrow to deal with... then, if that wasn't
enough, during this time of distraction, someone I would have
trusted with my life, stole everything, that wasn't nailed
down... Unfortunately, things happen... If I had
to bet, I’d guess I'll have to deal with more issues and more setbacks.
It's not fair, but
guess what—that’s life.
We all have set backs. Some are big, some
are small, some are HUGE! But we have no choice.
We either overcome them... or
they overcome us!
see No Excuses
For me,
when they occur, I will do what I’ve always done.
Focus on the objective, not the
obstacle. Whatever the issue, I'll deal with it when it's
time to do so and not one second sooner. Then, after I've
dealt with it, I'll move
on. That's the
trick... don't worry about problems before hand. When it's
time to solve them, solve them... and then don't dwell on
them afterwards.
There's a time
to grieve, a time to plan and a time to work.
DON'T GET THEM
CONFUSED
I don’t care what you do, who you
are, what you want to accomplish… I assure you, there is no
business concept that is more important to success.
Focus on your objectives
not your obstacles.
It's impossible
to effectively move forward
if you are always looking in the rear view mirror.
WHATEVER YOUR DREAM YOU CAN DO IT
If you have a dream, don’t give up.
Don’t let anyone steal it or diminish it in your mind. If
you’ve analyzed it and know that it is sound, workable and
worthwhile for yourself and for the public, focus on it and
don’t let anything stop you. YOU CAN DO IT!
But realize… that doesn’t mean that
there won’t be obstacles. THERE WILL BE. It doesn’t mean that there won’t be
set backs even temporary failures. THERE WILL BE! No
matter what you do, things will not always go your way. It just means that you
have to deal with them as best you can. But
don’t worry about them before necessary and don’t dwell on them
afterwards. What’s done is done. What will be, will be.
You can substantially control your destiny, providing you keep
your eyes on the prize. Focus on the objective and deal with
the obstacles when you must but not one second longer...
and never take your eyes off the dream.
I truly believe that the
Solutions Network is the ultimate opportunity; the most
potential, no risk of any type, no investment required,
ever. A unique opportunity that is all wrapped up in the
philosophy that the more people you help get what they want,
the more successful you become.
That was my
objective and I truly that we've accomplished that.
If you want to work with us in our
objective to help others we will help you in any way that we
can.
But whatever your
dream is, whatever you choose to pursue, realize that with
persistence and proper focus you can achieve it.
THE HAPPY ENDING???
Remember the house that I was
losing? I wish I could say that I was so brilliant and quick
that I fixed everything at light speed and saved my home and
didn’t have to move my family. That would be the fairy tale
ending, but it would also be inaccurate.
I couldn’t save my home.
No matter what you do, things do not always work out. But
I was able to use the techniques that we teach for
FREE on your website, to
find another home; a home that we moved into with nothing down.
It was larger, nicer and a much better fit for our growing
family.
See How to purchase a home with no money and no credit.
The moral to that story? Even if
you don’t get exactly what you are after or accomplish
exactly your goal, as long as you keep your head up and
your eyes open things will still work out…
If you are reaching for
the stars, you will never come up with a handful of mud!
It all worked out for the best, but
only because I looked for, pursued and
expected the best. If I had, instead, buried my head in
the sand and asked "why me, why is this happening to me" I and
my family could have ended up in the street.
As Napoleon Hill said in his classic
book “Think and Grow Rich”, “Every
adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater
benefit”. If I hadn’t been in the process of losing
my existing home, I’d have never purchased the home that ended
up being so much better for my family.
Each of us has our own destiny in our own hands.
But it is up to each of us to grab it and mold it to our
choosing.
Success is within
the grasp of each of us. It always has been and always
will be. However, it always requires that we focus so that
we can see it and then reach out to grab it. |
SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #2
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There is never any
shame in falling
down... the shame is
in not getting back
up.--Socrates.
In life, we
experience failure,
setbacks, obstacles,
etc... That's part
of the human
condition. What's
important is not
that we avoid
mistakes. We
can't. If
we aren't making
occasional mistakes
and experiencing, at
least, some
failures... we
aren't trying hard
enough!
The key is that
we always get back
up. We dust
ourselves off and
learn what we can
from the experience
and then, more
intelligently
start again!
Remember, repeated
attempts will
eventually
accomplish any
worthwhile endeavor. |
see more success principles
below...
Vital Success
Principle
Never Stop Learning!
Always be learning!
Even if you are lucky enough
to know EVERYTHING about
success or anything else, it
is always beneficial to be
reminded of what you know,
or to even hear the same
thing again, but in a
slightly different way.
To this day, I use my "dead"
time to continue to learn.
And I do it every day.
But I don't have time to
read. but I do shower,
shave and drive...
When I shower, I'm listening
to my Ipod, when I'm shaving
I'm listening to my Ipod...
When I'm driving I'm
studying... everything from
economics, to success
principles, religion and everything
else.
The constant input of
positive and educational
information is a never
ending source of
inspiration, information and
unquestionably a big part of
the any success that I have
achieved. It is very
simple... without the
principles that I learned
and internalized from these
incredible books, I could
never have successfully
gotten through many of the
trials that life has given
me.
See the article to the left.
If you want more, more
success or just more out of
life, the ability to get
through anything... attitude
and knowledge is the key.
As I said, I simply do not
have time to read, but
I do have time to listen.
I have subscribed to
audible. The subscription
that I use provides 2
books of my choice per month.
You can subscribe, or you
can get virtually any book,
individually.
Understand, I am not writing
this article in order to
make a sale, I'm writing it
to give people another path
to the knowledge that can
improve your life.
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The Best Business Books
I've Read
Note:
Every book
that I list below, I have
either actually read or
studied via audio download.
They are all great and these
principles work.
If you want more out of
life... If you want a
happier, more fulfilled life
read or listen to these...
First, a few
classics that we
have all heard
about.
-
Think
and Grow Rich,
Napoleon Hill.
-
The
Magic of Thinking Big,
Dr David Schwartz
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7
Habits of Highly
Successful People,
Steven Covey
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How to
Win Friends and
Influence People,
Dale Carnegie
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The
Millionaire Next Door,
Thomas Stanley
The following are
much more recent
books that I believe
will soon be
considered classics.
There are, of
course, hundreds of
additional great,
informative,
motivational books,
but these are some
of the best.
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The
Success Principles,
Jack Canfield.
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Mindset,
Carol Dweck
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Failing Forward,
John Maxwell
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Outliers, the Story
of Success,
Malcolm Gladwell
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The
Winner's Brain, Jeff
Brown
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Brain
Rules, Robin Sharma
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No
Excuses, Brian Tracy
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Real
Leadership, John C.
Maxwell
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Yes,
50 Proven ways to be
Persuasive, Noah J.
Goldstein
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How to
Stay Motivated, Zig
Ziglar
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50
Success Classics,
Tom Butler-Bowden
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Attitude is Everything,
Keith Harrel
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Eat that Frog,
Brian Tracy
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It's
Called Work for a
Reason!, Larry
Winget
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Success Mastery Academy,
Brian Tracy
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Lucky
or Smart, Bo Peabody
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21
Indispensable Qualities
of a Leader, John
Maxwell
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Talent
is Overrated, Geoff
Colvin
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Today
Matters, John
Maxwell
A few other books on
miscellaneous subjects
that I felt were
superb...
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The
Happiness Advantage,
Shawn Achor
-
A
Short History of Nearly
Everything, Bill
Bryson
-
The PI
Guide to American
History
-
The
Case for a Creator,
Lee Strobel
-
PI
Guide to Capitalism,
Robert P. Murphy
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Culture Warrior,
Bill O'Reillly
-
A
Briefer History of Time,
Stephen Hawking
SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #3
"If you always do what
you've always done... you'll always get what you always got".
Jack Canfield
We
are each the sum total of our life's actions and choices.
If we are not happy with our circumstances, something has to change.
We can't do the same thing we've always done and expect different results. If
you are not completely satisfied with your circumstances
try something different. But the key is to actually
try. Great ideas and great
intentions are worthless... unless accompanied by positive action.
Do something that has a proven market, doesn't
take too much time and doesn't require monetary investment.
see
why ASN works.
Universal Key to Success...
"Find what they want and give it to them"
Your ASN business has everything that
anyone could want. Home loans, insurance, mortgage negotiation,
gifts, health products, etc... and you make money
from everyone of them... PLUS, it never costs you a penny
to join or market your business. We give you everything from free
advertising sites, to free traffic exchanges (that also earn you money),
to professional banners and pre-written ad copy.
And it's all free!
ASN is not for
everyone. It has done great things for many people.
(every
testimonial
you see is real), having said that, ASN may not be
right for you. But the only way to
really know is to really try. No company provides
more ways to earn, easier marketing methods, all FREE. Just
try see what happens. You have everything to gain...
and because we never ask you for a dime, you have absolutely
nothing to lose. See
10 Reasons Why
ASN is Better.
SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #4
"Great
Ideas and Great Opportunities are useless... Unless combined with
positive action!". B. Castro
No matter how great the opportunity or
idea is...
Doing nothing
will always equal earning nothing.
Success is not an
accident. Many
people look at their doctor,
their realtor, their lawyer, the
internet guru and say "he's so lucky". or "He's so smart, I wish I
could have done that", etc...
It's not
about Luck, Ideas, or
Intelligence. It's about Action!
WHAT YOU DO is infinitely more important
that WHAT YOU KNOW.
Action is always the key.
IT'S A FACT: SUCCESSFUL
people are those who are willing to
actually do the things that UNSUCCESSFUL
people are
unwilling
to do.
Are good
ideas important? Of course. Are opportunities important?
Of course. But without action they are useless. If
you don't try... You Can't Succeed.
see
why ASN works.
Your ASN business has everything that
any consumer could want or need. As a way to make money, it
doesn't get better or easier. No company provides more ways to earn,
easier marketing methods, all FREE. But like any other
business... You have to, at least,
try. You have everything to gain...
and because we never ask you for a dime, you have absolutely nothing to
lose. Even if you've done nothing but "claim
your check", you know ASN works. If you haven't? Don't
invest a penny. Just go "claim
your check". See what happens.
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"We
are each
the sum
total of
our
actions
and
decisions
to this
point in
our
lives.
If we
are not
satisfied
with our
circumstances,
it is
within
our
power to
change
them.
New
choices
and new
decisions
always
achieve
new
results".
B.
Castro |
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The
true measure of a man is not
determined not by
what he has… but rather by what
he gives.
B. Castro
You
can get everything in life you
want... if you just help enough
other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar
In the end, what we have and
achieve in life is simply a
reflection of the service we
gave. Whether it is what
you gave in the way of your
service in sales... The
benefit that your products gave
to the consumer, the lives you
saved as a physician. The
lives you enriched and shaped as
a teacher. The more we give and
the better we give, the more we
have.
When the focus of your
activities are on the money you
will earn, it diminishes
the service you provide and the
outcomes you achieve.
On the other hand, if you focus
on providing the best options
and services to your clients...
when your heart is in doing the
best job possible for your
customer, they know it.
And soon, the world knows
it and they will be beating a
path to your door and money
worries become a thing of the
past. It all starts with
focusing on service.
No where is this more true than
with ASN. You don't earn
by taking, by high pressure
sales, or
by anything other than
giving. Concentrate
on the services that you are
offering to the public.
You, literally have the ability
to change people's lives.
With ASN it is simple, the more
you give, the more you earn.
The more opportunity you give
away, the more you will achieve.
If
you are not consistently placing
yourself in a position to fail,
you are not putting yourself in
a position to succeed.
B
Castro
One of the biggest obstacles
to success is the fear of
failure. Most people would
rather wallow in mediocrity than
take the chance of experiencing
rejection or failure. This
is the bane of sales people and
business entrepreneurs.
But the truth is, if you don't
put yourself in a position to
possibly fail, your are avoiding
any possibility of success.
If you are not occasionally experiencing
failure... You Are Not Trying
Hard Enough!
Fear of rejection makes us avoid
the sales call that can catapult
our careers. Fear of
failure keeps us from trying the
business that could have changed
our lives. Fear of failure
and rejection always serves to
paralyze and limit every aspect
of our lives.
If we want to succeed, we
must be willing to FAIL!
Every time we fail, we learn and
we make progress, (providing
we have the healthy
understanding that failure is an
integral part of the success
process).
Babe
Ruth struck out more
than almost any player in
history... was he a failure?
Thomas
Edison had over
10,000 FAILED
attempts at creating the light
bulb before he succeeded...
was he a failure?
Failure and success go hand in
hand and are a part of each
other. You just can't have
one without experiencing the
other.
No one ever has
only successes and no failures.
Similarly, no one ever has only
failures and no successes.
Unless, they quit!
Once you quit, the game is over.
Don't Ever Give Up!
Remember, just as with Babe Ruth
and Thomas Edison... Failures
are forgotten. What is
remembered are the
accomplishments that resulted
from your perseverance.
Failures are nothing but the
stepping stones to your success.
But you
can't get to the success if you
stop taking the steps!
One
of the most important keys to
your future success in any
endeavor is DON'T BE
AFRAID TO FAIL!
Welcome it, relish in it.
Never forget that failure is but
a stepping stone, as Henry Ford
said... "an
opportunity to more
intelligently begin again"
A
Vital Key to Success...
Fail Often!
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"The
will to win
is
worthless...
without the
will to
prepare".
Louis
Pasteur
Everyone
wants
success.
And most
would be
willing to
step in
tomorrow and
do the
professional’s
job and take
home the
professional’s
pay check.
But life and
success,
never work
that way.
Without
preparation
it’s
impossible.
Without
preparation
we can't
cure the
patient or
win the
court case.
Success
never comes
over night…
and it
doesn’t come
just because
you’ve
entered the
right
business or
joined the
right
opportunity.
It
happens only
when we take
the time to
do the
preparation
that’s
necessary to
become
successful
in that
field.
The doctor
spends about
8 years in
med school.
The attorney
2 to 4 years
in law
school.
ASN has
gives you
the
potential to
earn a
professional’s
income.
But like any
real
business or
opportunity,
ASN also
takes
preparation
and yes, it
takes time.
You
don't join
today and
get rich by
tomorrow.
But, instead
of years of
education,
it requires
the reading
and
absorbing of
about
4 pages
and then
actually,
consistently
applying the
principles
contained,
therein.
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Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t
swallow it.
Ted
Engstrom
It
is better to have a good life
than a great moment.
B
Castro
Small attempts repeated will
complete any undertaking.
Og
Mandino
It’s
hard to move ahead if you are
always looking behind.
B
Castro
TAKE CHANCES
Behold the turtle—who makes
progress only when he sticks his
neck out.
Unknown
We
have to take chances. The
only thing in life that is
absolutely certain is that if
you don't try, you don't
succeed. You don't score a
touchdown by trying to punt.
You'll never hit a home run,
trying to bunt. Obviously,
making one attempt never
guarantees, success... but
making NO attempts
always guarantees NO
accomplishment!
As
the great hockey player Wayne
Gretzky once said "You miss
EVERY shot that you DON'T take".
You
have to stick your neck out.
To succeed, you have to risk
failure, and if in that attempt
you fail... so what? You just
try again. As Socrates
said, "there is no shame in
falling down, the shame is in
not getting back up"
Babe
Ruth, is remembered as the home
run king, not the
strike out king, but in 1923, he
not only broke the single season
home run record, he also broke
the strike out record. He
also held the record for career
strikeouts until it was broken
by the great Mickey Mantle.
How
many home runs do you think he
would have hit if he were
worried about the failure of a
strikeout?
We
all want to hit homeruns.
But we are also afraid of
striking out. The reality
of like is this...
you can't have one without the
other.
Simply put, do you want to be
successful? Do you want a
life full of home runs?
Then you must swing that bat!
You have to go for the fences
and be willing to strike out.
Remember, you will never hit a
home run by trying to bunt.
Swing that bat. You have
to be willing to fail. You
have to be willing to fail,
OFTEN! If you miss, don't
worry about it. Be like
Babe Ruth, just keep on
swinging!
It
is more important to have a good
life, than it is to have a good
day.
B
Castro
Concentrate on those things that
are goal achieving, not stress
relieving.
Tom Hopkins.
One
who fears failure
limits his
activities and limits his
accomplishments. Failure is
only the opportunity to more
intelligently begin again.
Henry Ford
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