“The Strangest Secret”

Conn-Selmer Providence Public School DistrictAugust 4-7, 2009

Providence, Rhode Island

Dr. Frank TraczDirector of Bands

Kansas State University

“The Strangest Secret”

• Facts:• YOU: 19 - 22 years old

• 5%:Will achieve “their” success!

• 95%: Will fail!

Success

• Definition:– “Success is the progressive realization

of a worthy ideal.”– Earl Nightingale

– “The opposite of courage in our societyis not cowardice…it is conformity.”

– Rocco May

Successful People Are…

• …the schoolteacher who is teaching school because that’s what she wanted to do.

• …the woman who’s a wife and mother becauseshe wanted to become a wife and motherand is doing a good job of it.

• …the man who runs the corner gas station because that’s what he wanted to do.

Successful People Are…

• …the successful salesman who wants to become a topnotch salesman and grow and build with his organization.

• …anyone who is doing deliberately a pre-determined job, because that’s what he decided to do - deliberately.

• 1 in 20 does this!!!!!!!!!

• What is the key?????

Goals!

• Some have them.

• Some do not.

• Why do some succeed? Fail?

Keys to Success and Failure

• “We become what we think about.”• “Your life is what your thoughts make of

it.”• “You are what you think about all day

long!”

“The greatest discovery of every generationis that human beings can alter their lives

by altering their attitudes of mind.”– William James

““ If you only careIf you only care enough for a result,enough for a result,you wil l almost certainly at tain it. Ifyou wil l almost certainly at tain it. Ifyou wish to be rich, you wil l be rich.you wish to be rich, you wil l be rich.If you wish to be learned, you wil l beIf you wish to be learned, you wil l belearned. If you wish to be good, youlearned. If you wish to be good, you

will be good. Only you mustwill be good. Only you must thenthenreal ly wish these things, and wishreal ly wish these things, and wish

them exclusively, and not wishthem exclusively, and not wish at theat thesame a hundred other incompatiblesame a hundred other incompatible

thing just as strongly.thing just as strongly.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peelsaid this:

“This one of the greatest laws in the universe.Fervently do I wish I had discovered it as very

young man. It dawned upon me much later inlife, and I found it to be one of the greatest, if

not my greatest discovery outside of myrelationship to God. And the great law briefly

and simply stated is that if you think in negativeterms, you get negative results. If you think in

positive terms, you will achieve positive results.”

That is a simple fact which is at the basis of anastonishing law of prosperity and success.

In 3 words: “Believe, and succeed.”

“People are always blaming theircircumstances for what theyare. I don’t believe incircumstances. The people whoget on in this world are thepeople who get up and look forthe circumstances they want,and if they can’t find them,make them.”

-George Bernard Shaw

“How” Does it Work?

• The mind:Garbage in, Garbage out.

• Most of us only use 10% of ourabilities.

Decide Now!

• What is “IT” you want

• Control your thinking to get “IT.”

• Use Your talents.

“We Become What WeThink About”

• What do you think about?

– When?

– Why?

Action Ideas to Make itWork for You!

1. Control your thoughts and controlyour life.

2. Realize your limitations are selfimposed.

3. Be courageous, imaginative, andruthless in pursuit of your goals.

4. Save 10% of what you earn, realizethe potential of your tomorrow.

Work Sheet

• Each of us wants something and isafraid of something.

• Write down what you want more thananything else.

• Work to NOT think about what we areafraid of.

The Secret?

PurposeandFaith

Simply Put…

Think about…“Past” = Guilt!

“Future” = Worry!

“Present” = PASSION!!

You don’t MAKE success…

…You EARN it!

Dr. Frank Tracz, Ph.D.Director of Bands

Kansas State University

Ftracz@ksu.edu(785) 532-3816