http://www.wiggmanscoaching.com/rules- for-success/ March 23, 2013

Your Rules For Success

There are an unlimited number of personal successstories in the world and I would bet every single one ofthem would sound dif ferent.

So if each one of those stories is dif ferent how are yougoing to learn to create your own success?

You could pick one story and simply try to copyeverything they did and you may achieve some successbut I am guessing it would be short lived. Learning fromthese stories is smart but trying to be something you arenot isn’t .

It is not so much about what they did to achieve their success but who they choseto be to get it .

If we dug deeper into those stories you would start to f ind each person hasdeveloped a set of internal success rules that they bounce all of their decisionsoff of.

Rules that they believe in to the point they act on them subconsciously.

These rules need to be f lexible as successful people know they need to bemodif ied as they grow as individuals.

It is important to know that successful people did not f igure out their rulesovernight. They took years of trial and error to ref ine and art iculate their rules in away that resonated with them.

A key piece in their success is that they were in a constant act ion of clarif icat ion. They focused on def ining what success meant to them and set the rules theyneeded to ensure they would achieve that success.

Rules for Success

The following rules for success are just a guideline and mean something to me butyou will need to customize these success rules to have them emotionallyresonate with you.

Live Your Passion

Your passion is what allows you to persevere. If I am not passionate aboutsomething why would I invest my precious energy into it? It takes t ime todiscover your passion but you must be relent less in f inding it .

Trust Yourself

Listen to your gut and trust your inst incts. You may not always make theright decisions but that is how you learn and grow. Your body will tell youwhat you really need to do if you just listen to it . Silence the inner voice ofself-doubt and trust yourself .

Don’t Be Afraid To Fail

If you live life afraid to fail you will never live life. Do not plan to fail but beprepared to learn from what failure teaches you. When we spend life tryingto look good out of fear of failure we actually end up not doing anything atall. Doing nothing due to the fear of failure is failing.

Don’t Listen To The Naysayers

Never let someone tell you that you cannot do something. If you have adream you need to protect it . When people believe they can’t do somethingthemselves they will t ry to tell you that you can’t do it . When you want to livea life you love you have to go get it .

Think Big

Thinking big leads to accomplishing big things in life. Thinking small leads toa life of mediocrity. Take chances because without risk there is no reward. Limit less thinking is a skill that can be pract iced and ref ined to get you wantyou want out of life.

Be YOU

Even if the you that you want to be is dif ferent than everyone else please beit . You need to know who you are and what you believe in to be capable ofcreat ing success. Do not follow what you are supposed to be according toothers as that will lead you to unhappiness.

Stay Focused

You need to stay focused on what you truly want and work your butt off toget it . Being intensely focused will give you the determination to do the workneeded to create your success. Anything worth having in life is worth workinghard for.

Unlimited personal success starts with creat ing your own rules for successfoundation.

Let me know what some of your rules for success are? The rules you havealready def ined and use for guidance whenever you need it .

Take Action Request:

Define what you believe your current rules for success are by ref lect ing on a t imewhen you achieved the success you desired. What did you have to do and whodid you need to be in order to get that success?

Your Life Your Choice Your Design

Darrin Wiggins

“Don’t be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and startagain.” – Richard Branson