Jack Canfield's Top Strategies for Success
The founder of 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' explains how you can create the life you want. Click to see the first success tip... Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
1. Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life
1. Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life
One of the greatest myths in our culture today is that you are entitled to a great life--that somehow, somewhere, someone is responsible for filling your life with continual happiness, exciting career options, and blissful relationships. But the real truth is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live. That person is YOU.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
2. Pursue Your Passion
2. Pursue Your Passion
I believe each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying,
acknowledging, and honoring this purpose is the most important action
successful people take. They make the effort to understand what they're
here to do--and then they pursue that with passion and enthusiasm.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
3. Be Clear Why You're Here
4. Believe It's Possible
4. Believe It's Possible
Scientists used to believe that humans responded to information flowing
into the brain from the outside world. But today they're learning
instead that we respond to what the brain, based on previous
experience, expects to happen next. In fact, the mind is such a
powerful instrument, it can guide you to everything you want. But you
have to believe that what you want is in fact possible.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
5. Believe in Yourself
5. Believe in Yourself
If you are going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams,
you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen. Whether
you call it self-esteem, self-confidence, or self-assurance, it is a
deep-seated belief that you have what it takes--the abilities, inner
resources, talents, and skills to create your desired results.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
6. Act 'As If'
6. Act 'As If'
Start acting as if you already have everything you want. If you begin
by creating an inner state of happiness and abundance, and then do the
things you are inspired to do from that state of being, you will end up
having what you ultimately desire. When you focus on being grateful for
what you do have, you attract more abundance to your life. If you focus
on what is missing, you will attract more lack.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
7. Unleash the Power of Goal Setting
7. Unleash the Power of Goal Setting
Experts on the science of success know the brain is a goal-seeking
organism. Whatever goal you give to your subconscious mind, it will
work day and night to achieve. To engage your subconscious mind, a goal
has to be measurable. When there are no criteria for measurement, it
remains simply a vague wish, a good idea. Write down specific goals,
and your mind will make them happen.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
8. Be of Service to Others
8. Be of Service to Others
When your goal incorporates some aspect that contributes to the
well-being of others, it accelerates the accomplishment of that goal.
People you meet will want to be part of an endeavor that makes a
difference, and they will assist you to achieve your dreams.Adapted from The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be , by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer (HarperResource).
