LIFE Sentences: Focus on Success

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Author, Speaker and Consultant Mark Johns shares 33 thoughts on success, achievement and personal fulfillment. Excerpted from his ebook, LIFE Sentences: Focus On Success.

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Mark JohnsAuthor • Speaker

Consultant

LIFESentences

Focus On Success

Mark JohnsAuthor • Speaker

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Life is like Christmas.You're more likely to getwhat you expect than what you want.

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It is good to learn fromothers' experience.Just be sure to learn fromthe successful ones!

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Ask and you shall receive. Sometimes.Don't ask and you receive bupkis. Everytime.So, ask!

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Dwell on your victories, not your defeats.Remember what you didright, not wrong. You get more of what you focus on.

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Distractions are powersucks.Remember what happened when you focused sunlight through a magnifier onto a leaf? Focus.

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The most important factor in your success is you. Work on improving you.

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The human brain can handle

2 complicated tasks at once.Any more have to go on a To Do list.

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With money in your pocket, you are wise, you are handsomeand you sing well, too.

– Yiddish Proverb

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Your success results from your actions.Not your competitor’s.Not the government's.Not your mama’s.Yours.

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Never say things can’t get any worse. That’s about the time theraccoon in the back seatwakes up.

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One key to high achievement: put yourself in the companyof achievers.Hang out with winners.Run with the leaders.

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Today is a day to risk.Dare to be different andgo against the crowd, which often is willing to settle for the mundane.

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The Best have masteredvital skills and they havean attitude of positive expectation. It’s a winning combination.

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A whole new day ofopportunities lies ahead.Life is good.

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If you want things to change, the first thing that must change is your mind. Then your attitude.Then your actions.

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Commit yourself to success. Don’t allow others to disract or discourage you. Gather a group of smart people who want to help you.

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The first 5 minutes afterwaking up may be the most important of the day. That’s when you decide what kind of day it will be.

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In any situation, anytime,with any job to do, you will accomplish more with a positive attitude and positive expectations. Practice it!

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Begin your day withgratitude for the people you love and those who love you. Or like you.They matter.

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Success is blind to age, sex, race, national origin, education and your past.Do what it takes to succeed and you will succeed.

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Want to be happy?How about happier?It starts with a decision.Decide to be happy.Or happier.Practice it.

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They can argue with your facts, but not with your story, your adventure, how you overcame.Tell your story.

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Seekers may not know what they seek until they see it and how it will help them get what they want. Who will showthem, if not you?

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The most important,first step in achievingyour goals is to decide what they are and write them down.

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Stay out of the clubs, likethe Poor Me Club. Avoid losers and those who bring you down.

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Don't starve to death doing what you know how to do. Learn to do what it will take to succeed tomorrow.

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Confidence comes from preparation and repetition.Practice what you have learned to do well.

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Whom did you praise today? Who got an "attaboy" from you? Everybody needs one and there is still time left in today.

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Most people shouldtake a giant breathand mellow out.

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No one will help you? Then do it yourself! Educate yourself, set your goals, write your own plan, hold yourself accountable.Then help someone else.

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Take nothing for granted: your family, friends, co-workers, boss or customers. Things change. Stuff happens.

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Someone will have their best day ever today. Why not you?Expect to win.

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LIFE Sentences Focus On Success

www.MarkJohns-ebooks.com

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Mark Johns512-795-2931

spintl@yahoo.com@MarkJohnsBDC

www.MarkJohns-ebooks.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/markjohnsbdc/

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