The powers of success

The Nine Powers

1. Taking charge and being conscious of your thoughts and how they impact your life.

2. Acquiring specific self-knowledge, resulting in understanding your BIG purpose in life.

3. Using creativity and imagination to simulate success until it really happens (visualisation and affirmation).

4. Creating actionable steps towards your big purpose every single day. Linking what you are doing now to your big purpose.

5. Using past achievements to help you now, and displaying gratitude for the good things you already have in your life.

6. Being in tune with and understanding what drives other people who help you achieve your goals.

7. Giving value to and getting it from others, and improving things around you, unconditionally.

8. Creating positive habits and eliminating bad ones, making the best of 24 hours.

9. Overcoming the inevitable obstacles - bouncebackability. (Source)

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Is it enough your doing?

It's fantastic that you've identified your interests, made goals, made plans to fulfill those goals, and even taken some action. But are you really taking massive action? Are you doing all you can to reach your goals?Anything than your best in moving toward your core desire is not worthy of you. Only 100% commitment to learn all you can and to do what is before you will create the results that you desire.You must summon up an extraordinary energy to change from where you are now to where you want to be. You have to blast through inertia, ignorance, and inferiority feelings. You have to go for it with all your heart. Review what you are doing and ask yourself, "Is this enough?" [source]

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People exhibiting the fixed mindset tend to overestimate their skills, and they focus a great deal of energy to protecting their own self-esteem and hiding any deficiencies and "proving themselves" to others. They tend to shy away from challenges and instead focus on repeating what they already do well. And when things go wrong, they tend to search for places to put the blame.
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For a career: Follow your heart

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