Based on experience and with a little
help from Paul McKenna
1. You
are the expert on you.
You don't
need anyone to tell you what you're like or what your are
capable of. Nobody else knows you as well as you do.
Therefore, you are the only person who can and should
decided what is right for you. No-one else's opinion
matters.
2. You
are not broken; you do not need to be fixed.
This may
come as a shock to your friends and family who never tire
of listing your faults and reminding you of your
failures!
You have a
God given right to be exactly who you are, and decide
what you do with your life. You must embrace all of the
qualities you possess, good and bad. It is your job to
enhance those qualities and use them to your and everyone
else's advantage - it's what makes your way unique.
3. You
already have all the resources you need to succeed.
Even if you
don't have the necessary skills required, you know how
you can get them. You know what you have to do to acquire
them. What matters is that you understand this about
yourself. There is nothing that you cannot achieve if you
are sufficiently motivated.
4. You
can achieve anything if you break down the task into
small enough chunks.
As a
writer, you'll be aware of this one. Nobody writes a big
book all in one go. You have to break it down, building
it one word at a time if necessary. That's how all great
people achieve anything - consistent, even if sometimes
only minimal action.
5. If
what you're doing isn't working, you will do something
else.
Only a fool
keeps banging their head against a brick wall when it's
clear they're not knocking the thing down. A wise person,
like yourself, will change tack and try a different
method for bringing down the wall - or simply climb over
it.
6.There is no such thing as failure, only
feedback.
Successful
people are not lucky. They just got used to failing more
than most. That's how it works. You try lots of things,
lots of new ventures and projects. Some work out, some
don't. It's a fact of life. You just need to go with the
ones that work.
7. You
are creating your future NOW!
Everything
you are doing in the moment is creating an inevitable
future. If you wany to be successful in the future, you
must start behaving like a successful person now, this
minute, and make the kinds of decisions about your time
and efforts that will bring about the future you want.
