This series is going to be a bit more challenging than I thought. The reason is the book is packed with so much valuable information. Since I only intend to give my reflections and not a book review I have to attempt to restrain my commentary. :-)
The title of Chapter 1 is "Success and How to Have It." There are so many opinions on how to attain success. There are countless resources that provide a "proven" success formula. Many of them are motivational. This was also mentioned by another blogger in Encouraging Words... Mindset of the Prosperous. The path to true success begins with a renewing of the mind. The renewing of the mind begins with understanding the will of God as it relates to success. Success is not measured by the money or material things that we acquire as a result.
In order to be success or to achieve those things that others deem impossible we must know what our limits are. Amazingly, we are only limited by what we believe God can do through us. We have what we believe we have. Everything as been stored up in the spiritual realm and we must apply pressure to the word and exert our faith in order to bring it into manifestation in the natural realm.
We have to define what success means to us. That is the only way we will know when we have attained our true success. Dr. Hilliard says "the power to define is the power to determine or influence destiny."
As I embarked on this new journey into real estate I begin to prepare myself by seeking knowledge from those who have succeeded. While this knowledge will be useful in formulating a plan for my own success I know that the way they did it will not necessarily work for me. I must glean from their experiences and chart a course for myself.
I realized that the first step in our plan has to be identifying our purpose. Once that has been done we can properly align our success goals with our purpose as we begin to execute our plans.
Dr. Hilliard lists the "major symptoms," or traits of successful people in his book. He expounds on each but I will just list them here.
- A strong sense of direction
- A keen sense of understanding
- A bold courageous attitude
- A knowledge of how to handle frustrations
- A knowledge of how to handle rejection
- A knowledge of how to handle financial pressures
- A positive self-image
- A balance motivation
- A charitable attitude
How many of these traits do you possess? Which ones do you believe are important to success? How do you define YOUR success?
Success scriptures for meditation:
III John 2
Joshua 1:8
Psalm 1:1-3
Psalm 35:27
Job 36:11
Until next time.
Reference: Mental Toughness for Success, Dr. I.V. Hilliard (1996, 1999)
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