FIFTEEN STEPS TO SUCCESS
FIFTEEN STEPS TO SUCCESS
1. SELF ASSESSMENT
Health, Job, Income, Community, Education, Personal Relationships, Social Life, Attitude
2. UNDERSTAND PEOPLE’S NEEDS.
Basic
Safety
Social
Ego Status
Self-Actualization
Major Growth occurs at the top levels
3. BE LIKEABLE
PEOPLE DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE THEY LIKE.
Be happy for others successes. Like what you do so that you can achieve success as well.
4. BE AWARE OF YOUR NEGATIVE BODY LANGUAGE.
Self-deprivation
Averted eyes
“I can’t do this.”
5. RAISE YOUR SELF ESTEEM
Do you have low energy?
Are you un-open?
Do you over identify with others?
Do you give in to others?
6. KNOW WHAT SUCCESS IS
Success is defined only by you
Success is a feeling
Success occurs in steps
Success is a balancing act
Success is honesty about abilities
7. KNOW WHAT SUCCESS IS NOT…….
Intelligence
Formal education
Family background
Money
Luck
8. GET RID OF THE “IF ONLY‘S”
I had not married him/her
I had finished school
My parents had not divorced
The company did not change
My boss was not so bad
I had chosen another job
I had rich parents
I had his/her money
9. DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Internal, External, Emotional
10. AVOID ARGUMENTS
Never say “You are wrong.”
Admit if you are
Let the other person talk
See the other side
Be sympathetic
11. BE A LEADER
Praise, Ask questions, Let others save face, Encourage, Make people glad to help
12. LEARN DR. JOYCE’S SUCCESS FORMULA
Take risks
Join groups that promote
Demand respect
Throw away judgments
Have your own values
Give yourself credit
Never gossip unless you have something nice to say
Accept who you are
Understand weaknesses
Have empathy for the handicapped, however minimal
Understand Strengths
Turn Setbacks into Successes
13. HELP OTHERS
Sharing means caring
Win-win situation
Feeling of accomplishment
14. CONTRIBUTE TO AN ORGANIZATION or TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Time
Effort
Professionalism
Feeling that you gave
15. BE AN ORIGINAL
You were born and original and unless you stay that way, you will only be a copy of someone else.
Themocracy
Hi Joyce,
I enjoyed reading your “Fifteen Steps to Success”. I especially found your #12 Learn Dr. Joyce’s Success Formula” a good one to note. Throw away judgments and have your own values can provide a large amount of movement toward continued success in anything undertaken. Those inner critics can sure be a pain sometimes.
#13 Help Others and #15 are also personal favorites of mine. I think that we cannot expect to be much of a success ourselves if we are not willing to help others to succeed right along with us. I feel that those that are not willing to move others up the same ladder are short changing themselves of valuable resources and support as the rungs of the ladder get steeper. I always have believed that a team effort can get us much further than trying to do it all alone.
“Being An Original” is easy if we stay true to ourselves and listen to our “instincts”. We each have a unique contribution to make, we just have to not be afraid to let it shine!
Thanks for the nice list. I found it very helpful to reflect upon.
D.