Today’s Topic:  “Strength Grows Out Of Struggle”

Struggles, conflicts, issues, problems.  Whatever you may call it these are the moments in our lives that create the opportunity for growth; the opportunity for success.

The question for you this week is whether or not you take this view when faced with struggle.  Do you see it as an opportunity for growth or do you see it as just another moment in life designed to break you.

There is no success without struggle and there is not a single successful person that has not endured their fair share.  To find success and riches one must endure the challenges of struggle.

Emerson said, “Do the thing and you shall have the power.”

Meet struggle and master it.  As you grow and learn and uncover your dreams it isn’t that struggle doesn’t find you anymore; it is that now, more than ever, you know that this struggle ultimately serves you.

It isn’t the oak tree that is buried in the forest protected by the other trees that is the strongest.  It is the oak tree alone; vulnerable to the elements that has grown the deepest, strongest roots.  It has had to withstand the force of nature and it has ultimately stood the test of struggle to gain its strength and resilience.

Finding your true self and your ever-lasting success is not easy.  If it were everyone would be happy, fulfilled and rich.  What is your true desire in this life- time?  Is it to be happy, fulfilled and rich?  If that is your desire, which I believe is ultimately the truth for all human beings, then you must learn to embrace the struggle that you must face in your life.

But more than just embrace it.  Master it.  See it for exactly what it is.  The seeds of your awakening.  The seeds of your success.

This is a series of posts based on Napoleon Hill’s book, A Year Of Growing Rich.  This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation and is designed to help move you from inspiration to application — putting skills into action to succeed in life!

Today’s topic:  “Some Succeed Others Fail…Why?”

A question for the ages no doubt.  I am sure everyone out there has some opinion on this question.  This is however answered quite simply by pointing out major differences in a successful person and a failure.

Success:  Knows exactly what her purpose is and has a plan.

Failure: Has no definite purpose and believes that luck plays a part in her success.

Success:  Understands the power of relationships and utilizes that power to help carry out plans and purpose.

Failure:  Find fault in people and makes it quite clear to everyone this is how she feels.

Success:  He thinks before he speaks and understands the power of his words.

Failure:  Speaks before he thinks and has no regard for the negativity that spews from his mouth.

Success:  Is mindful of time, income, expenditures.  Lives within his means.

Failure:  No regard for any of these and lives far beyond his means.

Success:  She is open-minded and tolerant.

Failure:  She believes her way is the only way and shuts herself off from the opportunity of others experience and knowledge.

Success:  He keeps an upbeat and positive attitude and has a keen understanding of the connection between self and success.

Failure:  Looks for “something for nothing” and has an attitude of expectation with little or no effort.

Success:  She has a deep understanding of her connection with her creator and finds appreciation in all things.

Failure:  She is only concerned for herself and her immediate needs being met often at the expense of others.

These are just a few of the vast differences between the Success and the Failure.  Where do you fall?  When your loved ones are giving your eulogy will the words they speak describe a Successful Life or a Failed one?

All you have to remember is that no matter where you are today it is ultimately up to you to DECIDE where you want to be tomorrow.

Attitude is EVERYTHING!!

This is a series of posts based on Napoleon Hill’s book, A Year Of Growing Rich.  This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation and is designed to help move you from inspiration to application — putting skills into action to succeed in life!

This week’s lesson is “Motivate Yourself to Achieve Success”

What do all the winners in life; the REAL success stories know?  What do they do that the average individual doesn’t do?

They all understand that the motivation for success comes from a burning desire to achieve a certain goal…a certain dream.

Have you decided on your goal?  Without the clear picture of your desires; of your life dreams how will you have the ability to move yourself forward when everything in your life is trying to hold you back.

Attaining true success is not easy.  You will come across many obstacles.  You will come across many nay-sayers. What is the only thing that will keep you moving forward when everyone and everything is telling you to quit?

Your own burning desire to achieve success.  It is not enough to merely want something.  You must desire something to such a degree that it will get you up early in the morning and keep you up late into the evening.  A burning desire that will not flinch in the face of those that you love questioning or ridiculing.

Remember, there is a big difference between wishing for something and deciding definitely that you WILL have it.

Napoleon Hill gives us this; “Set yourself a definite goal in life.  Write it down.  Commit it to memory.  Direct every thought and all your energy to making it come true.  Instead of letting momentary setbacks throw you off course, search in them for the seed of an equivalent benefit which can help you get back on track to attaining your goal.”

It doesn’t matter where you are right now in your life.  Start right here and right now!  Don’t wait another day, another moment to discover your own burning desire.  You deserve it!

This is a series of posts based on Napoleon Hill’s book, A Year Of Growing Rich.  This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation and is designed to help move you from inspiration to application — putting skills into action to succeed in life!

This week’s lesson is “Learn How to Live Your Own Life”.

“You will never find peace of mind by allowing other people to live your life for you”- Napoleon Hill

There is only one person in this world that can determine your success.  This same person can just as easily walk you down the path of destruction incrementally day by day.  Of course, this one person is YOU.  You are in the driver’s seat of your life.  Mapping out your future journey will ensure you reach your destination.

We’ve all heard the stories of people who turn their struggles into a success story.  Certain people just don’t take “no” for an answer and continue to persevere until they conquer.  These same people seem to thrive when life throws them curve balls.

Olympians, top athletes, and famous actors usually fit this role of tenacity.  They don’t act this way because they are elite, they are elite because they act this way.

The simple fact is that these people don’t have anything special about them.  They weren’t born with anything different than you.  The world’s elite stand out simply because they take action and have a solid belief in themselves.  Any temporary stumbling blocks become stepping stones.

What are your stumbling blocks?  Are they financial?  Mental?  Are they stumbling blocks that you’ve created or that others have placed before you?  And what are you going to do about them?

Write down the 5 biggest stumbling blocks that are between you and your dreams.

Let’s pretend for a minute that I am going to write you a check for $1 million.  In order to cash this check, you must first resolve these 5 stumbling blocks.  What action would you take today to ensure these stumbling blocks became solid stepping stones toward that $1 million?

If you are unwilling to let challenges stand in your way, you WILL have million dollar checks waiting to be cashed.  Start thinking like a champion and don’t let anything or anyone convince you otherwise!

“When the ties that bind a human mind are broken and a man is introduced to himself- the real self that has no limitations- I fancy that the gates of hell shake with fear and the bells of heaven ring with joy!”

This is a series of posts based on Napoleon Hill’s book, A Year Of Growing Rich.  This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation and is designed to help move you from inspiration to application — putting skills into action to succeed in life!

This week’s lesson is “No One Drifts to Success”.

There is a simple question that you can ask any successful person and there is no doubt they will have a quick, decisive answer.

“What is your one definite purpose in life – and what plans have you made to attain it?”

I have no doubt that every single successful person that you encounter with that question will gladly give you their answer.  Why, because they have spent years, months, days, hours, minutes refining that simple question.  And it is the answer to that question that drives them.

So I ask you.  What is your one definite purpose in life?  This is the first week in your 52 Steps to Achieving Life’s Rewards.

The answer to this question will define your success.  I don’t want to hear, “I’d like to make a good living and be happy.”  Everyone wants that!

I want you to dig deep.  I want you to ask yourself this week, “why do I do what I do?”

Why do you want to make more money?  Why do you want to have more time?  What do you REALLY want to be doing?  After you have answered these questions make a goal that defines your success.

In the words of Napoleon Hill, “If you want to achieve success, make today the day you stop drifting.  Decide upon a definite goal.  Write it down.  Commit it to memory.  Decide exactly how you plan to achieve it.  then begin by putting the plan into action immediately.”

No one drifts to success!  Stop drifting…start planning.

This is a series of posts based on Napoleon Hill’s book, A Year Of Growing Rich.  This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation and is designed to help move you from inspiration to application — putting skills into action to succeed in life!

So what are you doing for the next 52 weeks?

Well, I REALLY hope you will stick with me and the Automatic Wealth Team so together we can explore “52 Weeks To Achieving Life’s Rewards.”

This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation, and it’s based on Napoleon Hill’s A Year Of Growing Rich.

Millions of ambitious, success-seeking individuals read the original Think and Grow Rich, but many struggled to put the skills into action.

This 52 Week Program is designed to help you move from inspiration to application. The Automatic Wealth Team is dedicated to your personal growth, and we understand it is impossible to experience true success without it. It is our #1 goal to develop leaders who will help us build a larger, stronger team in the months and years to come.  However, it doesn’t matter whether or not you ever join our team we are going to invite you along for the ride!

Will you join us on this journey? Will you be our next success story? Will you commit to making 2010 a different kind of year?  You don’t have to do anything except read the emails that will come once per week with guidance on what you an do to implement the lesson and work on yourself.

This is YOUR YEAR!

This is the first in a series of posts based on Napoleon Hill’s book, A Year Of Growing Rich.  This exercise is all about personal development and wealth creation and is designed to help move you from inspiration to application — putting skills into action to succeed in life!