The Ten Step Blueprint Of Successful People!

I came across an interesting entry on Gary Vurnum’s blog which I just had to share….

(Gary’s site can be found at…http://www.oursuccesspartnership.com)

A professor at the University of Wales grilled ten top athletes in order to come up with a definition of mental toughness.

By pinning this down so precisely…he also produced a blueprint for the elite businessman or woman.

Here it is…

1) You have to have unshakeable self-belief.
2) You bounce back from setbacks with increased determination to succeed.
3) You know that you are better than your opponents.
4) Your desire for success is overpowering.
5) You are fully focused on the task in hand.


6) You regain psychological control after unexpected events.
7) You ignore others’ performances and focus on your own.
8) You thrive on the pressure of competition.
9) You can block out personal problems.
10) You can switch your professional focus on and off.

Now…I don’t know about you..but isn’t this a fantastic blueprint (with a few changes in wording, of courses) for living an ‘elite’ life?

It certainly got me looking at how I deal with things both in a business and personal sense.

What about you?

Opportunity Knocks!?

“What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking.

Guy running at the door of opportunity!

None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live / with your self-respect alive and growing.” – Maxwell Maltz quotes (US plastic surgeon, motivational author, and creator of the Psycho-Cybernetics, 1927-2003)

Remember: Motive plus Action = Motivation

I receive a daily email motivator from Elle at…

http://www.motivateme.info

Today’s reminded me of an A-Z of cartoon motivators that I started a few years ago and got to about ‘h’ …I think.

'A' is for Action

Action is perhaps the most important key to getting more out of life. Dreams are important, but you can’t spend your entire life “dreaming” about how good things will be when….. (you can fill in your own blanks).

Ask – what can I do today? Then do it. And yes it can be that simple if you’ve done your planning.

Don’t let doubt cloud your thinking. Don’t let the naysayers put you off doing what you know you should be doing. Show, don’t tell – how good your life will be when …

And it all comes down to Action….well when you know what you want and why you want “it” of course.

Remember: Motive plus Action = Motivation

Here’s another cartoon I did for a ‘His N Hers’ calendar a few years ago….

We're going to see some tremendous action here tonight.(TV presenter)

We

The BIGGEST room in the World!?

Hi,

We all know where the smallest room is – but what about the biggest room in the World?

I came a cross this quote somewhere on my travels through cyberspace, but can’t remember where now.

It inspired this cartoon…

Room For Improvement cartoon