Here is Michael Martine’s guest post to the Success Factors blog series.
“The secret to success is … and for a few bucks it can be yours.”
Sound familiar?
People claim to know the secret and they try to sell it. Other people buy it because they want a shortcut, but it never works. Success is about hard work, but there is more. There are five other essential traits of successful people and in the remaining part of this article, I will show you all five of them.
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Here is Jun Loayza’s contribution to the Success Factors blog series. Check back daily for more updates in January 2009.
The concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy refers to a false statement that changes your behavior so that the statement comes true. Suppose, for example, that you thought you would fail your upcoming test so you neglected to study. Your self-fulling prophecy made you ignore test preparation and ignoring test preparation fulfilled your self-fulfilling prophecy. But psychology aside, in the remaining part of this article I will show you how the self-fulfilling prophecy can help you and your business.
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Do you want to become successful? Here is my Personal Development contribution to the Success Factors blog series.
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Tim Ferris, the author of the 4-hour workweek, struck the perfect chord with people because he offered to help you:
With promises like that, who could resist?
Now let me show you the great Mark Twain quote that Tim Ferris used to start his book:
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
Newsflash: the majority wants to escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich. So let us pause and reflect.
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