My All-Time Daily 13 Success Tips

1. Attitude is everything.
"Success begins with an attitude. Winners habitually face the work of the day with the purpose of discovering what can be done instead of worrying about what cannot be done." Paul J. Meyer. Think like a winner, approach life with the confident expectation that you can overcome any problem. When you believe in yourself, others believe in you.

2. Set specific goals and action steps, and write them down.
Zig Ziglar tells us that we will hit our target every time if we don’t have one. The single most important step in getting somewhere is knowing where you're going and having a plan for getting there. Your goals have to be written out, and so does your plan. Be specific, date each goal and each step on your action plan. Then follow it.

3. Read and review your goals daily.
This one could change your life. Keep your goals in front of you. Always know what you plan to do next, and always take the action your plan calls for. Write your goals out on 3x5 cards and carry them where ever you go. Review your goals, review your plan, change them as necessary, and stay with it. It only takes two or three minutes each morning to read your goals and glance over your plans. You're going to spend the next 24 hours that day doing something; you might as well be doing something that counts.

4. Set daily priorities.
Your goals and action plan will tell you what to do. Next, put your priorities in order. Crystalize your thinking, set up a daily priority list the night before and follow it to its completion. Develop a dogged determination to follow through on your plan, regardless of obstacles, criticism or what others say, think or do.

5. Winners are willing to accept responsibility and be creative.
Learn to exercise initiative. Do what it takes, what is needed and become personally responsible. Never make excuses. Acknowledge mistakes or failures and learn from them. Pursue your responsibility to do and be your best. Winners cultivate their creativity, trust it and exercise it. Do not give any recognition of the possibility of defeat. Eliminate it from your mind.

6. Turn off the television.
The less television you watch, the more successful you will be. Most television wastes your time, while it programs your mind with the wrong input to be successful. Do your future and your family a favor. As much as you can, break the habit, spend your time doing something of value, and turn the television off. Cut the cable, watch positive and success oriented DVD's.

7. Believe in yourself.
Winners are willing to pay the price of success. Never listen to the negative opinions of others, and make the choice to eliminate negativity from your life - completely. A good attitude is not an accident; it is a habit and a skill that you have to build for yourself. Practice going through life with your success switches being turned "on." Develop a no-limitations belief in yourself.

8. Associate with people who are more successful than you are.
You may have to change your friend-base. We become most like the people we spend our time with most. Seek out the successful people; people of quality, honor, integrity, and achievement. Spend time with them in person. Listen to them on CD. Make your car your own "rolling university." Or read their stories in books. We get the most from the people who have the most to give.

9. Live your life based on "values."
Your values are the pages on which the story of your life will be written. Practice the values of honesty, integrity, trust, determination, compassion, patience, personal responsibility, the willingness to work, and the courage to endure. All lasting success is built on positive values. Your values will determine the "dash" or what others will remember you by.

10. Practice your faith.
In the lives of people who are truly successful in every way, you will always find a foundation of faith. If you want to live your life at your best, practice your faith. Not just an hour a week bur every hour of every day. Let your light shine. Develop a no-limitations belief in your Creator.

11. Make the choice to believe in yourself and in your future.
Believing in yourself is a choice. The people who are the most successful learn to tell themselves they can do it. Practice believing in yourself. Practice telling yourself you can do it; no matter how difficult, no matter what it takes. You've got what it takes. You can do it! You are capable of more than you have ever imagined! Now tell yourself that.

12. Do at least two things each day to improve yourself.
This is one of the top ideas on every achiever's list of how to be successful. If you want to get more successful, you have to learn more. Each day, think of two things you can do to improve yourself that day. Take small steps. Read something. Listen to something new. Learn something. If you want your life to get better, you have to start by improving yourself, first. Start slow if you aren’t doing it already. Read five pages per day or spend 15 minutes each day in personal development. It will change your life.

13. Never quit. Never Stop. Never give up!
If you want to be successful at anything, make it your passion! Be determined, persevere, stay with it, refuse to give in, don't hesitate, don't hold back, and don't quit until the job is done. If it hasn't worked yet, try harder. If you haven't reached your goal, refocus your sights. Visualize the outcome, recommit to making it. Start again. Take action, stay with it, and never, ever, give up!

Opportunities never come to those who wait, they are captured by those who are ready and dare to attack.

How Are Your Goals Coming Along?

Tomorrow is April 1, the holiday of fools and jokers, a holiday that I choose not to participate in. April 1 is also the start of the Second Quarter of the year, how did the First Quarter treat you? Did your preset goals keep you on track through uncertain times? Or did you cast them aside and fail to follow through?

If you did indeed falter, you are not alone. Here are some tips for getting back in the saddle and forging ahead. First, find your list - Um, I am assuming that you have a list, you did write them down, right? Well, if you didn't, do it now. Most experts agree on this one, writing them down is the most important step. Write your goals on 3x5 note cards to enable you to take them along with you to review from time to time like during your breaks or down time.

You have permission to dream. Some have forgotten how or have given up on dreaming. As we are battered endlessly about how bad it is, dreams just don't seem so important anymore. Don't buy into that line of thought - DREAM! Let yourself think big, imagine success, imagine prosperity and understand that change, if necessary, is up to you. If you have to, ad "Dream" to you list of goals and follow through on it.

Turn off the TV. That one might be difficult for some of you, I understand, but it is extremely important. Reconnect with your family, read, talk to your spouse or partner or friend, go for a walk or exercise. Acquire additional skills or education to improve your abilities, write a blog, watch an athletic event or participate in one. The point is, any of these ideas will get you away from the tube, the "Boob Tube," they call it that for a reason.

Limit your participation in Social Media. Another tough one, sorry. If you Twitter, use facebook, ning, or whatever, assign one to a specific day and spend 15 minutes on it. Carrie Wilkerson of The Barefoot Executive uses Twitter for "communication, credibility, connections, content creation, and cash and compensation." The same could be said for facebook and the others. The point is, do not allow any of them to waste your day or your opportunities. You can do it!

Above all, think positively. I'll not sugar coat this, I know these are tough times but if you dwell on the darkness, you will be consumed by it. Take each day as it comes and focus on your goals and beliefs. Find a Mentor and watch what he or she does to create success and stay positive. Read those note cards, read positive personal development materials or listen to positive CD's in your vehicle. If you are Spiritual, refocus you time to get closer to your belief and if you're not, maybe take another look.

Dream and dream big. A little refocus today will make for a big change tomorrow.