June 2, 2014 Focus Point

2 Things That Will Ramp Up Your Success In Life!

"The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chamber of our own soul." ~Stephen R. Covey

"Every choice you make has an end result." ~Zig Ziglar

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." ~Mark Twain

"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress." ~Kofi Annan

Here they are, two powerful things that anyone can do and every successful person does do.

First, have a high willingness to learn new information. Information has such power and influence in your life and my life. The right information will actually start to give shape and direction to our daily circumstances. Information leads to knowledge, knowledge leads to wisdom, wisdom implies the proper use of knowledge. The right idea will change your life, if you let it. Success in life is a balance of holding on and letting go, the trick is knowing what things to hold on to and what things to let go of.

The question to consider is: What can you begin to do on a daily basis that will produce fresh ideas, more information, better skills, and higher knowledge? Maybe it is listen to positive audio messages from successful leaders in your field or industry. Maybe it is read good books that compliment your line of work or areas of interest. For some maybe it will require getting off the "plug in drug" such as TV and other electronics in order to buy back lost time for something more productive.

The second thing that will ramp up success in life is having a high willingness to accept change. Change will always be required in order to put new information into practice. Without changing aspects in life to grow in potential, we will most certainly stagnate and live life, maybe even live and die with untapped potential. Like the saying goes: "Don't die with your music still in you".

On a scale of 1-10 what is both your willingness to learn new information and your willingness to accept change? Most people are in a routine in life with many habits that do not serve them. Successful people are able to take a step back and examine what new information they need and what changes will move them forward. These two areas of willingness I call the training balance scale. We need to work in both areas and we need proper balance.