25 Principals of Enduring Success

People are often confused and confounded about why they aren't further ahead in some aspect of their life.  We tend to think of 'success' as something elusive or something for someone more talented, richer, better-looking or lucky than ourselves.   As if 'success' was handed out by life like a lottery.  'Oh, you're talented, I'll give success to you'.  In real life there are a great many talented, rich, great looking and 'lucky' people who are in the exact same boat at least in some aspect of their lives. 

Success is achieved through certain specific mindsets and actions.  There's no magic to it, only a matter of determining what those mindsets and actions are and then adhering to them religiously.

Here are 25 principals that are foundational in achieving and maintaining the lifestyle you want.  We will look at them all in depth over the coming weeks but for now lets just do a quick overview.

Made Perfect in Weakness

I was listening to an inspirational audio recording yesterday with my wife when I heard something that really resonated.  It's not a particularly new idea and in fact I've blogged on this here already but simply the way the speaker put it struck a cord.

The idea is fairly simple.   We get too caught up in trying to be perfect when it's our imperfections that give us character.  

He gave the examples of wood, marble, and jade.   You don't look at the lines on a wooden surface and think 'Oh, those should be straighter' or that the lines on a marble counter should be more equally spaced.   Of course not!  There's beauty in it's imperfection.  

Your Time is Worth Money

By Preston Squire 2012

Yesterday my wife, Cathy Morenzie, had one of her clients cancel (she's a personal trainer) so she did what any number of women would do - went shopping!

Initially she went for a necessary specific item but then got to browsing.   She felt bad afterwards, as her time could have been better spent but she did find an awesome deal - classy napkin holders for a mere $.59! Only problem is the store didn't have enough to complete a set.

So, knowing I work near another location of the same store chain, she asked if I'd mind taking a look for more to complete the set.  Always happy to please my wife, I agreed.

So there I am on my lunch going through a store that encompasses an entire city block looking fruitlessly for these napkin holders and a thought comes into my mind.

'This is not a good investment of my time.'