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 uccessful
people think like winners. They approach life with the confident
expectation that they can solve any problem that arises, turn any
situation into a positive advantage and achieve any goal that is important
to their success. Winners share some general attitudes that are basic to
success.
With practice, anyone can incorporate these attitudes:
 Winners
think positively. Winners habitually face the
work of the
day with the purpose of discovering what can be done instead
of worrying
about what cannot be done. They always expect to
succeed because they have
detailed plans for overcoming
obstacles. When they do meet roadblocks, they know
instantly
how to react.
Winners
are willing to pay the price. Winners do not
expect to get
something for nothing. They are willing to give the time, effort,
creativity and money necessary to achieve their purposes.
Winners
are willing to make a personal commitment. When
winners undertake the achievement of a goal, they immediately
commit to
success. They know they will stick to their purpose
until it is realized. Winners
will not try a course of action for a few
weeks with the intention of abandoning it if it
turns out to be
difficult. They make a definite choice and then commit
themselves
unalterably to following it. They make it work.
Winners
accept responsibility. Winners exercise
initiative; they do
what is needed because they are personally responsible. They
acknowledge their mistakes or failures and learn from them.
Winners
expect to succeed. They live with positive
expectancy.
They understand that their attitudes constitute self-fulfilling
prophecies.
The powerful goal-seeking activity of winners
transforms expectations into reality.
Winners
use their creative abilities. Everyone is born
with the
ability to be creative. Winners cultivate their creativity, exercise it
and
trust it.
Winners
never quit. When winners choose a goal, their
commitment to achieving it is firm. They pursue it persistently
until they
succeed.
Winners give thoughtful attention to the attitudes they choose because
they know that attitudes produce behavior, and behavior determines
results. Adopt a winning attitude and take a giant step closer to
achieving personal success!
Paul J. Meyer is an entrepreneur (owner of more than
40 companies) and author of more than 20 full-length personal and
professional improvement programs and courses translated into 21 languages
and marketed in more than 60 countries.
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