Category Archives: success principles

7 Categories to Help Clarify Your Vision

The second part to Success Principle 3 is determining your vision. We determined what we wanted earlier with the “I want” lists; clarifying your vision expands on that with detailed descriptions of what the destination looks like. There are seven categories to use to help clarify your vision:

30 Things… to be, to do, to have

The third principle of success is to decide what you want. You can’t get from where you are to where you want to be without knowing where you want to be. The instructions: make an I want list. 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have and 30 things you want to be before you die. One of the reasons people don’t get what they want is because they haven’t defined what they want. Define what you want in clear detail.

I want to do…

Success Principle 1 – Taking 100% Responsibility (Rehashed)

In Success Principle 1: Taking 100% Responsibility For Your Life, I identified two actions to implement:

1. Paying attention to what I’m doing, not doing and trying new behaviors, approaches and strategies with things
2. Requesting more feedback – specifically from five people.

How have I fared?

Success Principle 2: Be Clear Why You’re Here

Principle 2 is all about developing your personal purpose statement. Staying “on purpose” is important in life because “you are doing what you love to do, doing what you’re good at and accomplishing what’s important.”

Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it. – Brian Tracy

I’m convinced that knowing your purpose is an important part of succeeding in life. If you are doing what you love and what you’re good at, the end result is far superior than when you’re doing things that are not “on purpose.” Pay attention to the things you do…

Principle 1: Take 100% Responsibility For Your Life

No more excuses. I am 100% responsible for everything that does, or does not happen to me. If something doesn’t turn out as expected, I have a series of questions to ask:

1. How did I create that?
2. What was I thinking?
3. What were my beliefs?