Success breeds Success Tip #1: Carpe Diem… and DREAM™

Continuing with my “Success Breeds Success” blog series, remember there are 7 Obsessions that Super Successful People have, whether they are super successful in business, sport or life.  They are:

1. Sense of Purpose
2. Self Belief
3. Serving Others
4. Supreme Excellence
5. Self Discipline
6. Sacrosanct Priorities (there are 5 of them)
7. Self Improvement

The first of the 7 Obsessions to consider is Sense of Purpose.

All over the world, many people have a dream, a deep feeling that they are meant to make a difference somewhere and to someone, whether that be at a macro level (around the world) or more modestly, at the micro level – closer to home base.  That dream represents our desires for our life.

But what happens to the dream?  Life gets full.  Often the dream gets forgotten in the busy-ness of everyday life.  And with that, often those dreams are not achieved.  They are shelved for another time.

So what does having a ‘sense of purpose’ actually means?  Sense of purpose means having complete clarity of and ownership towards what it is we want to be and have in life.  It is about having such a strong emotional connection to our sense of purpose that we can’t let it go.  It is being unafraid to envision what our life might look like; what we might achieve in it; who we might serve; how wealthy we might be; our level of health, wellbeing and fitness; our community connections and more.  It is about having a yearning so strong that it is personally captivating and distracting – that we can’t think of anything else but to realise that sense of purpose.  In action a sense of purpose is about having a laser like focus on achieving the vision for life.

It is about having a DREAM™.  DREAM™ for me means: our Destiny Represented Evocatively, Actively and Magnetically™.  TO DREAM™ is to visualise what we want out of life – personally and professionally, regardless of how silly and grandiose those thoughts and ideas might feel in the moment.

The world is filled with very successful people.  Think about those whom you know or know of. It didn’t just happen that they were successful; they created their DREAM™, and notwithstanding the challenges, uncertainties and failures, they went for it; they became laser focused and created massive action, massive momentum towards the achievement of their DREAM™.

Robert Schuller said, “If it is going to be, it is up to me”.  In the first instance, it is our personal responsibility to decide what it is we want in life.  It is our responsibility to create the DREAM™ that matters to us.  Later, it takes a community and collaboration to make the DREAM™ a reality.

Our DREAM™ only becomes our reality if we have total emotional connection to it; if we understand WHY we want to achieve it.  Will we move heaven and earth to achieve our DREAM?  Will we keep going when the going gets tough?  Will we stand up again when we fall?  Will we push through the hard times, the failures, knowing that in doing so, we are a step closer to achieving our DREAM™?

What’s your DREAM™?  Do you have one?  If you haven’t, take time out to DREAM™.  Imagine something BIG, an insanely big one.  Achieving your DREAM™ is not your focus yet.  Just create it.  Are you delirious with excitement about it?  If not, I can almost guarantee that you won’t achieve it.  I like to use these headings when creating and updating my DREAM™.  Perhaps they are helpful for you too.

• Business/Career
• Personal Financial Freedom
• Health, Fitness, Wellbeing
• Relationships – love, family and friends
• Spirituality – whatever that means for you
• Community – contributing to others
• Recreation and ‘Reckless Abandon’ – the things you want to have and do.

Carpe Diem and DREAM™... dream big and beautiful.  Make your DREAM™ matter to you.  Have fun and laughter.  Be joyful and excited. Be brave and grateful.  The work on achieving your DREAM™ starts tomorrow.

Success Breeds Success! Focus on achieving your own success and along the way, pay it forward and help someone else create and achieve their DREAM™.  Doesn’t that sound like a wonderful thing to do?

Would you like to be part of my success community?  Each week I interview successful people and ‘subject matter experts’ on topics related to success. Join us and be inspired towards achieving your own successful life.  Here’s the link to join us.  I look forward to welcoming you to my community of people who are creating success in their lives – as they define it!

Could some guidance from me be helpful to you?  If so, please arrange a free 30 mins Skype strategy meeting with me.  Here’s my calendar to book a meeting.  I’d love to support you in some way to gain ‘seductive clarity’ in any aspect of your business or life.

Other articles on What Creates Success in Business and Life:

Success Breeds Success!
Success Secrets of Successful People
Adèle in a Nutshell – ‘To Give is to Live’
Reflect, Smile and Smell the Christmas Lilies!
The Beauty of the Last Hours in Life
What’s Stopping You?  FEAR?
Savour the Journey
What’s all this Gratitude ‘stuff’?
The 7 Traits of High Achievers
What’s Your Excuse? No Arms? No Legs?

Does success breed success? That is a question that many have tried to answer for time immemorial. There many psychology articles that will argue both ways… I’ll leave it to you to hunt them out and contemplate some of the arguments.

I believe if we teach someone how to be successful, hopefully they will become successful and, in a ‘pay it back’ or ‘pay it forward’ kind of way, will teach others to become successful. Therefore with my definition, there is merit in the argument that Success Breeds Success.

As a Mega Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, my goal is to help entrepreneurs to achieve the success they are seeking in their business and life. In doing that, I hope that they will become successful and in turn will help others to succeed, therefore creating a better world, a nicer, kinder world in which everyone who has the drive to success, whether they be a child or a grandparent, gets the opportunity to succeed as they define it.

What creates success in the first instance? I have studied successful people for almost 30 years and as a result have come to the conclusion that there are 7 Obsessions that Super Successful People have, whether that super success is in business, sport or life. Briefly, they are:

1.   Sense of Purpose
Successful people have a big dream. They have a clear vision and direction in which they want the whole of their life to go, and they focus on achieving it.

2.   Self Belief
Successful people have unwavering self belief, even when life is difficult. Success is not a straight road. It is filled with twists and turns, ups and downs, successes and failures. Successful people remain resolute throughout the journey, as with each step, they are getting closer to realising their sense of purpose, their dream.

3.   Serve Others
Successful people believe that it is important to focus on serving others – in their professional and personal lives. As Eleanor Roosevelt said: “If you cease to make a contribution you begin to die”. I like to say, “To Give Is To Live”. Successful people understand that they can only be successful by serving others.

4.   Supreme Excellence
Successful people strive to achieve excellence in all that they do. They focus on self mastery. They persist. They practise their developing skills. There are many who believe that we only achieve excellence and mastery with +10,000 hours of practise in our desired area of pursuit. Successful people accept they have to work hard on achieving supreme excellence. As well, they always expect the best, and in expecting it, that outcome is achieved in all that they do and all that they are in life.

5.   Self-Disciplined
Successful people are incredibly self-disciplined and determined. They have the stamina to go the distance. They also recognise that failure is part of the journey, and is a gift, a learning experience on the path to mastery and success.

6.   Sacrosanct Priorities
Successful people have sacrosanct priorities in their life. There are 5 of these.
a.  Phenomenal time management – they recognise the value of time.
b.  Intense focus on their health and wellbeing, as they need a strong body and good health to carry them along.
c.  Relationships are key – their life partner, their children and wider family, friends and business associates.
d.  Community connection – giving to the communities of which they are a part.
e.  Exuding a ‘zest for life’ – joy; love; happiness.

7.   Self Improvement
Successful people recognise that life is about ongoing learning. They seek wisdom. They reflect. They develop a spiritual connection. The only way in which they will achieve Supreme Excellence is if they constantly focus on self improvement, learning and mastery.

So, how about going on the journey of Success Breeds Success? Achieve your own success in life and pay it forward. Help someone else to achieve success too. Wouldn’t that feel great!?!

This is the first in a series of articles on the topic of Success Breeds Success. Check out the others as I write them in my weekly blog.

Would you like to be part of my success community? Each week I interview successful people, and ‘subject matter experts’ on topics related to success. Join us and be inspired towards achieving your own successful life. Here’s the link to join us. I look forward to welcoming you to my community of people who are creating success in their lives – as they define it!

Could some guidance from me be helpful to you?  If so, please arrange a free 30 mins Skype strategy meeting with me.  Here’s my calendar to book a meeting.  I’d love to support you in some way to gain ‘seductive clarity’ in any aspect of your business or life.

Other articles on What Creates Success in Business and Life:

Success Breeds Success – Tip #1
Success Secrets of Successful People
Adèle in a Nutshell – ‘To Give is to Live’
Reflect, Smile and Smell the Christmas Lilies!
The Beauty of the Last Hours in Life
What’s Stopping You?  FEAR?
Savour the Journey
What’s all this Gratitude ‘stuff’?
The 7 Traits of High Achievers
What’s Your Excuse? No Arms? No Legs?