Paths to success
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Forms of success
- Success
- Achievement
- Victory
- Winning
- Triumph
- Living your purpose
- Making your dreams a reality
- Reaching your goals
- Happiness
- Fulfilment
- Making a difference
- Leaving a legacy
- Contribution
- Being all you can be
- Being fully alive
- Doing what you love
- Inspiration
- Creative expression
- Fame
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Paths to true success
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Embrace a life of growth and learning
- Learn from your mistakes
- Learn from failure
- Recognise that wonderful things lie within you
- Realise you have the power to transform yourself and your life
- To change your outer world, you must first change your inner world
- Dedicate yourself to learning throughout your life
- See life as a teacher and the world as an arena for growth
- Reasons to grow
- Approach your growth as a journey that you take step by step
- Grow your strengths, not your weaknesses
- Grow by stretching your comfort zone
- Grow by adopting a growth mind-set
- Develop and hone your skills and talents
- Practice, practice, practice
- Plant seeds today to reap a harvest tomorrow
- Adopt a beginner’s mind by emptying yourself of old knowledge
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Love yourself
- Love yourself
- Accept yourself (including your body)
- Forgive yourself
- Have self-compassion
- Respect yourself
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Know yourself
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Be yourself and live your own life
- Be truly, authentically yourself
- Be assertive when you need to be
- Ask for what you want
- Follow your own path
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Live a conscious and proactive life
- Be the author of your own life story
- Take control of your life by living consciously
- Take control of your life by being proactive
- Be conscious of your choices
- Be conscious of what you say
- Be impeccable with your word
- Realise you can choose how you interpret events in your life
- Be aware that all your thoughts, actions and choices have consequences
- Realise you can choose how to respond to events in your life
- Realise that some things in life are within your control while others are not
- Let go of what you cannot control
- Capitalise on opportunities
- Be prepared
- Take responsibility by letting go of blame and excuses
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Live a principled, ethical life
- Live your life by timeless principles
- Live your values
- Build your character
- Build your integrity
- Live an ethical life
- Be guided by your conscience
- Nurture the inherent goodness in yourself and others
- Be motivated and guided by ideals
- Anchor yourself in virtue
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Create a vision and direction for your life’s journey
- Become clear what you want out of life
- Become clear how you want to feel
- Let your dreams inspire you
- Find and follow your life purpose
- Follow your passion by doing what you love
- Identify your deepest values and let them direct you
- Envision clearly the person you want to become
- Use your imagination to create a vision of your ideal life
- Develop a personal mission statement
- Intend the future but let go of your attachment to results
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Turn your vision into goals and actions
- Use goals as your roadmaps to where you want to go…
- … but enjoy the process of getting there, not just the attainment
- Not everyone advocates the need for goals
- Select a goal and create an action plan
- Harness the power of planning
- Harness the power of making a start
- Harness the power of small, consistent action steps
- Harness the power of action
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Be effective in your implementation
- Be effective and be productive
- Combine outer effectiveness with inner tranquility
- Learn to manage time effectively
- Try David Allen’s methodology for getting things done
- Begin with the end in mind
- Plan and manage your week and day
- Put first things first
- Dump the unimportant things
- Get organised
- Immerse yourself completely in what you do
- Manage your projects
- Simplify and unclutter your life
- Harness the power of focus and concentration
- Learn to deal with procrastination
- Create routines and rituals
- Make time for rest and renewal
- Learn to manage your energy
- Experiment with personal outsourcing
- Live a balanced life
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Strengthen your ability to stick to your intended path
- Get clarity on what you want and where you’re going
- Harness the power of determination
- Harness the power of resilience
- Harness the power of desire
- Harness the power of commitment
- Build your self-discipline and will power
- Harness the power of self-control
- Harness the power of perseverance
- Harness the power of motivation
- Develop positive habits
- Be prepared to work hard – but work smart too
- Harness the power of courage and boldness
- Use failure as a stepping stone
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Face the challenges of life and don’t let them stop you
- Approach life as a challenge
- Face things; don’t deny or avoid them
- Appreciate that life is difficult but worthwhile
- See failure as a stepping stone
- Feel the fear and do it anyway
- Learn from failure and mistakes
- Don’t let criticism stop you
- Accept obstacles as part of life
- Learn to deal with rejection
- See adversity as an opportunity to grow
- Face and solve your problems
- Stop worrying for it wastes energy
- Be adaptable and flexible
- Embrace the paradox that life can be
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Adopt a positive mind-set
- Embrace life and experience being fully alive
- Express gratitude
- Savour life’s simple joys
- Adopt a positive attitude
- Cultivate optimism
- Transform your thinking
- Surround yourself with positive people
- Find role models who inspire you
- Seize today and don’t put off living
- Stop complaining
- Assign positive meaning to events in your life
- Be willing to take risks
- Embrace change
- Build self confidence
- Believe you can and you’ll be right
- Do your best
- Realise life is an ebb and a flow, sunshine and storm
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Adopt a positive approach to life
- Approach life as an exciting adventure
- Approach life and success as a journey, not a destination
- Approach life as a work of art
- Approach life as a university
- Approach life as an opportunity to explore and discover
- Approach life as a celebration
- Approach life as a gift that you share with others
- Approach life as an experiment
- Approach life as farming and gardening
- Approach life as a wondrous miracle and mystery
- Approach life as song
- Approach life as a game
- Approach life as a race
- Approach life as a climb
- Approach life as a tapestry
- Approach life as a movie or book
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Harness the power of the mind
- Harness the power of intention
- Harness The Law of Attraction
- Utilise the power of expectation
- Set aside dedicated time to think
- Learn to think creatively
- Tap into your intuition
- Learn to make effective decisions
- Tap into sources of inspiration
- Choose empowering beliefs
- Ask empowering questions
- Use powerful affirmations
- Learn to use reason
- Learn to use logic
- Harness your subconscious mind
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Appreciate the limitations of the mind
- False beliefs and assumptions
- Ignorance and illusion
- Taking things personally
- Projection
- Perception and interpretation verse reality and truth
- Incessant thinking
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Laugh, play and stay young
- Awaken the genius of your inner child
- Laugh more
- Play more
- Realise that life is meant to be fun and enjoyed
- Always remain young at heart
- Grow old gracefully
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Explore life and the world with fascination
- Travel widely
- Read widely
- Nurture your curiosity
- Explore new approaches
- Explore the familiar with new eyes
- Explore new ideas and perspectives
- Search out new knowledge
- Embrace new experiences
- Embrace the unknown
- Be open minded
- Adopt beginner’s mind
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Develop wisdom
- Develop knowledge and wisdom
- Tap into inner wisdom
- Search for truth
- Develop good judgement and common sense
- Believe only what resonates within
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Explore your emotions and learn how to feel
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Deal with emotional pain and overcome suffering
- Know that while pain life is inevitable, suffering is optional
- Realise that even suffering has gifts to offer
- Loosen the grip of suffering in your life
- Let go of negative emotions through mindfulness
- Learn to manage physical pain
- Let go of guilt and shame
- Let go of anxiety and fear
- Let go of attachments
- Let go of craving
- Let go of addiction
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Find harmony between your heart, mind and soul
- Realise the mind, body and soul are deeply connected
- Nurture and listen to your body
- Harness your mind – and take care of it
- Live from your heart and let it guide you
- Nourish and enrich your soul
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Harness the power of calm
- Practice calmness and relaxation
- Slow down
- Learn to relax
- Harness the power of yawning
- Let go of your constant thinking
- Practice patience
- Practice equanimity
- Practice meditation
- Practice mindfulness
- Use your breath as an anchor
- Live in the moment
- Let go of worry
- Follow the path to inner peace
- Learn to go with the flow
- Let go of striving and end-goaling
- Practice effortlessness
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Nurture healthy relationships with others
- Be loving
- Be a good listener
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood
- Communicate clearly and lovingly
- Nurture trust in your relationships
- Treat everyone with respect
- Treat others as you want to be treated
- Accept people, don’t judge them
- Don’t take anything personally
- Ask for what you want
- Learn to forgive
- Apologise when you need to
- Let go of the need to be right
- Beware of making assumptions
- Let go of the need to compare yourself with others
- Let go of envy
- Let go of jealousy
- Manage conflict in a healthy way
- Hug a lot
- Think win-win
- Live and let live
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Nurture a healthy relationship with yourself
- Self-love
- Self-respect
- Self-forgiveness
- Self-compassion
- Self-acceptance
- Self-belief
- Self-worth
- Self-esteem
- Self-awareness
- Self-talk
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Work closely with others
- Realise the power of teamwork
- Find opportunities for collaboration and co-operation
- Create synergy by valuing differences
- Find a mentor to help guide you
- Be open to advice from others and follow your own advice
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Spread joy to others through giving, serving and being kind
- Smile more
- Practice acts of kindness
- Give generously
- Encourage and affirm people
- Find ways to serve
- Making a difference
- Help others
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Nurture vibrant health
- Take care of your health
- Eat nutritious food
- Exercise regularly
- Embrace the joy of walking
- Manage stress
- Make time for rest and renewal
- Get a good night’s sleep
- Harness your body’s power to heal itself
- Practice meditation
- Practice yoga
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Attract and create wealth
- Develop a prosperity consciousness
- Learn to create and manage financial wealth
- Learn how to invest wisely
- There is far more to wealth than money
- Realise that having more is not a sure ticket to happiness
- Live rich rather than die rich
- Realise that another way to become richer is to need less
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Awaken yourself spiritually
- Know that spiritual wealth is true wealth
- Embrace only those truths that resonate within
- Don’t drown your soul in ideology and dogma
- Choose to believe in a benevolent universe
- Believe in the divine gift of unconditional love
- Know you are a sacred spirit
- Know that love, peace and joy are at your core
- Realise you are on a sacred journey
- Awaken to who you really are
- Allow your consciousness to awaken and flower
- Trust in the divine order of the universe and your life as it unfolds
- Realise you are inseparable from all
- Realise all is one
- Harness the power of stillness in your life
- Practice mindfulness
- Celebrate wonder
- Develop awareness
- Pay attention
- Celebrate mystery
- Get close to nature
- Practice equanimity
- Open your eyes to beauty
- Tap into your inner wisdom
- Harness the power of prayer
- Practice compassion
- Contemplate the fleetingness of life and the impermanence of things
- Make peace with death
- Put spiritual principles into daily practice
- Dedicate yourself again and again to your spiritual path
- Learn to let go
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Live in the moment
- Realise that this moment is a priceless gift
- Live in the moment
- Realise this moment is perfect as it is
- Accept this moment exactly as it is
- Learn to become intensely present
- Learn to be
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Enemies of success
- Complacency
- Laziness
- Idleness
- Self-doubt
- Success without fulfilment is failure
- Excuses
- Blaming
- Cowardice
- Foolishness
- Excessive busyness
- Ignorance
- Illusion
- Negativity
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
- Pessimism
- Fear
