What is the Secret to Success?

What are the pitfalls, fallacies and misconceptions that have to be overcome? In other words, what is the secret to success? There are literally hundreds of books that purport to provide the secret to success, however, when you analyze these books you will find that they are in one way or another stressing three points. They may emphasize one over the other. They may present them in different order and provide various explanations, but in one way or another they are saying:

1) You must know what you want.
2) You must design a plan to get what you want
3) You must have the consistency and persistence to see the plan through.

One writer may say that it is necessary to know exactly what you want and see it so clearly you can taste it. One may talk about where to go to develop the plan and another may tell marvelous stories of how someone has overcome astronomical difficulties to eventually prevail. These points are absolutely correct regardless of what they put into their illustrations, but there is something that comes before these three points.
Some people think that the most difficult thing is to stay the course and see the plan through. They believe this is the cause of most failures. Others think that coming up with a practical, workable and cutting edge plan is the really hard part. My experience working with entrepreneurs in the development and funding of their businesses has shown me that the most difficult thing is to really know what you want. Most of us only know what we want through the process of establishing what we don’t want. Through this deductive process we finally begin to develop some concept of what we want and only then find the focus to hone in on exactly what we want.

There is computer travel software where you can tell the computer exactly where you want to go. You can even specify how you want to get there by secondary roads or the best possible root by interstate. There are many parameters you can feed into the computer and it will do many things for you but try doing it without telling the computer where you are! You will get nothing! In order to determine what you want you must determine exactly who you are. All the great masters have said that we must know ourselves.

You can start with simple questions that must be answered such as; do I have the patience and skills to give this project or business the time to develop properly? Do I have the support of family and friends? Do I have the cash and management skills? Do I love what I will be doing more than anything else? To truly know one’s self takes some serious self-observation and contemplation, but when you are satisfied that this is something you really want to do, you will develop the plan and you will see it through to completion. You are on the path to the real secret to success.

Developing a business is a process that begins and ends with the thinking of the entrepreneur. Some new business owners are propelled by a vision and a great deal of enthusiasm, but these good things are often matched by an equal amount of ignorance. It is not enough to like the sound of being a business owner. It is important to be able to see yourself in this successful business about which you are thinking. The key is to know enough to properly craft your vision of success?

Franchises and networking companies provide a proven track to run on if you can find the right one for you. There are many books that teach one formula or another. There is, however, a fundamental need for right thinking before you take steps to establish or buy a business. How do you proceed with determining whether or not to go into business? Where do you find the list of questions necessary for you to contemplate the answers?

You can be the best mechanic in the world but that does not mean you have any concept of what it means to run a business. Being able to fix cars is not enough to realize a successful business. It does not even matter that there will be a lot of people seeking you out if you are good at fixing cars at a reasonable price. Do you know how to make it known that you are in business? Do you know how to keep the books, pay your bills, file your taxes and everything that goes with conducting a business? Do you know where to find the people and money you will require for the successful development of the business? Do you even know yourself well enough to stick with the development of the business over a number of years?

In my comprehensive study program called The Laws of Material Wealth I endeavor to provide assistance for the reader to make informed decisions. What is the reason for the large numbers of people who are opting to start their own business? What is the missing ingredient that causes such a high rate of business failures within the first five years?

What are the laws of material wealth? Where do they come from? How can we know they are real and not just somebody’s made up and home grown ideas that they decided to market to the gullible? Are these Laws – these secrets to success available only from business gurus? Do I have to pay thousands of dollars to Internet Business Gurus or go to high dollar success conferences to get what I need to guarantee success?

This prosperity program introduces a way our students and members can get into business with whatever time and funds they have available. Do not immediately start chasing the capital you will require. Think, think, and think some more. Paint a mental picture of where you see yourself with this new business. See it in detail and let the details take on a life of their own. The image you create in thought will begin to attract the people and material you will require to create your dream.