When you're in trouble, what do you wish for, an exit or the way to the exit? When you visit a temple or church, and pray for something, you pray for the thing that you want or way to achieve it? Today, let try it this way. Ask for the way to your success instead of success itself.

There's no value in success that comes easily. Let imagine driving a car that you've worked hard for it and achieved it with your abilities and a car that you ask your parents to buy for you. Which one do you feel proud when driving? Sure, asking for an object or result is easy, but if you have to rely on someone else all the time, do you call yourself successful?

Good thing about asking for the way to success is that you've to work to get to your destination. Why is it good that you have to work? It's good because you'll feel proud t hat you get it with your own hand. It's also good because you will be able to achieve your destination any number of times you want.

When you ask for the way to success, you'll learn the 'how to' of success and be able to achieve it again and again. This alone is invaluable. If you ask for a car from your parents, you'll get only one car. On the other hand, if you pray for the way to earn money enough to buy a car, you'll be able to get the same amount of money again and again.

Think into the future. People do not satisfy with something for long because they dream. To be able to achieve your dream with your own hand is the greatest joy of a leader.

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There was a saying that I've heard long ago. "Enjoy your work and you won't have to work a day." I believed in the saying since when I was a student. However, when I graduated and ready for works, I was so disappointed. The saying was a total lie to me. But, in the end, it's true when I understand it with experience.

The saying, "Enjoy your work and you won't have to work a day." means that when you enjoy your work, you'll not feel like working at all. Imagine yourself playing a game you like or doing something you enjoy. If you can be working with that feeling, you'll be the most productive person in the world. Also, if you work happily, it's guarantee that your work will be good.

When I said that it was a total lie, I mean it. There was a time that I really don't like what I was doing. I worked so hard but I didn't have any feeling for it. I was forcing myself to wake up every morning. For sure, my result was not good at all. It had to do with my attitude toward the job. It was not the fault of anyone or anything but me.

It's just a matter of attitude. Whether the work is good or bad, it's up to you to look at it the way you want. I was blaming on all kind of reasons that the job was not suited for me. In reality, it was me that's not suited to any job with my attitude like that. It may sound hard, but it's true. Choose it yourself. Be happy with your work and success will come so near that you can feel it.

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When you hear that your work colleague is getting a promotion, how do you feel? When you hear that your friend's business is going so well, what are you thinking? Do you feel jealous? Do you feel that he does not deserve it or you feel happy for him? We've talked about 'The law of attraction' before. We've also talked about the power of 'Thank you'. Today, we're going into another part of the law.

When you hear about other people's successes, you should feel positive about them. If you feel negative about good fortunes of others, you are sending signal to your subconscious that the things that have happened are also negative. You are making your subconscious try to avoid receiving the good fortunes because you feel that the good fortunes are negative. In short, jealousy brings misfortune to anyone who has it.

On the other hand, if you feel positive about success of others, your subconscious will receive the signal that the situations are good and you should get some too. From the 'law of attraction' point of view, when you feel happy for the others, you are attracting the same happiness to yourself at much greater power than when sending negative signals out. To amplify the result, successful people will always be happy when they hear about other people's successes and eager to learn how they've done it. They always think that "If he or she can do it, I can do it too.".

To be able to feel happy with other is not hard. For some, you may have to change yourself. To some, it's just a natural thing to do. The secret to making you feel happy about other people's successes is 'Love them'. It's so easy to be happy for someone you love. So, it goes back to the basic of 'love'. You just have to love people all around you and you'll think good of them naturally. Start today, think good about people around you, the love will come back to you, multiplied.

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I just heard a scoop on radio. It was talking about an article on Forbes.com. The article was about celebrities who are under 30 years old and making the most income last year. The winner is Beyonce. She made about $87 millions last year. When I heard the scoop, I was thinking that if there are people who are making $30,000 a year while there are some that make almost a hundred million a year, there is something to think about here.

From the above paragraph, I think that there are 2 issues here that we need to think about. The first one is "Have we work hard enough?” The second is "If we work hard enough, have we put our effort in the right job?" And when we can answer both questions, we will have used our full potential.

I think that both questions are equally important. Winners do work hard and work in a smart way. They'll the most result out of their effort. On the other hands, losers take the second question as an excuse for the first question. If you don't get it, think about the following sentence. "I will not put my effort into it unless I know that it's worth it."

The sentence sounds good and reasonable. However, if you think about it carefully, it's like saying that "I will not plant this seed unless I know that it will grow into a tree". For sure, you know that if you plant some seeds, they'll grow. But, you cannot know which seed will grow and which will not, unless you grow it. If you don't put your effort into anything, how will you know that anything will work?

Sure, we don't want to waste our effort and we can never be too careful. But, don't let it go to over thinking and prevent you from pursuing your dream.

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Looking at the topic may make you wonder what I'm going to talk about today. I just want to share the inspiration to achieve higher success. Many times, people just need a drive to achieve great things. Everyone has the skills and talents to do big things. It's just the heart that's not enough, yet. 'Love' is the key.

People tend to work better and achieve better result when they're doing something for others people, with love. Think about this, a person in love is so strong that he can do anything for the one he love. Parents love their children selflessly that they, sometime, can achieve something only true heroes can. Any parents, if given a choice, will protect their children over themselves.

Let take some light example. Last week, I had to travel from my home to the other side of town. I drove for about 1 hour through the traffic. I felt tired a bit when I reached the destination. Looking back, I drove the same road and distance when I was trying to please my spouse when I first met her. You know what, when I reached the destination, I felt so refreshing that I was going to see her. How are they differing?

The different were the reasons. I could do anything for my loved one, but not for my boss (Ha ha ha, hope he's not reading). If you remember the feeling, I believe that it's quite the same between us. You know that for love, you can do anything. That's the most positive drive for you to achieve something better for the life of someone you love. Whether it be your children, spouse or parents, do something for them that you'll be proud you did.

Don't forget the love. You can spare some time to spend with the one you love. Enjoy it. Make them the most special people in the world because you love them.

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It's really a long time since the last time I share a video clip with all of you. Today, I found an easy to understand clip on the word 'Impossible'. This is quite nice and worth sharing, so here it is.

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Continued from yesterday, the main topic that will decide how you look at yourself is whether you do it or let other people do it for you. Should 'Self Image' be something that you decide for yourself? I think the answer is 'yes' or it'll not be called 'Self Image' but rather 'Others Image of Me'. It easy to understand that way but is it that way for you?

Most of the people let the others decide who they are. If you know what you're doing and know that you are doing the right thing, you should not let others judge you. The key to strong 'Self Image' is 'Love'. Do you love yourself? Do you care yourself? If you don't even love yourself, how can you love other people? Unless you know in your heart that you have enough value to be loved, 'Self Image' won't be there.

Many people in the society can't have their own stand point because they tend to go with the flow and lose themselves in the process. However, successful people are not people who go with the flow. They are the people who create that flow. They're called 'Leaders'. Now, why do people have to go with the flow?

People will try to blend in with other people. That's the way of human. It's good because there're less conflicts but it's the best to be differentiated without conflicts. You don't have to be exactly the same as others t get accepted. As long as you are kind and understanding, people will be attracted to you. Be yourself!

When you're able to stand on your feet and can ignore others ideas of you, you are on the road to becoming another successful person. Lead your life the way you want and people will follow. That's the way it works. People with self-esteem have good characteristic and make people around them feel that they're reliable.

In summary, be confident of yourself. Don't let others' ideas of you change you. Each person will have different idea of you, but none of them are responsible for your life. Only you are responsible, so take control and be proud that you are you. People will know and they'll follow you in no time.

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Have you ever noticed that successful people always have good traits about them? For a person to be successful, he or she must have at least one good point that makes them special. Is it true? In fact, may be not. You may have noticed that successful people really have a reason to be successful, but many of them will tell you that they're just normal people.

My opinion on this matter is that everyone has many reasons to be successful. I mean everyone because everyone is unique. There are no two persons that are exactly the same, not even twins. Why doesn't everyone be successful then? That's because not everyone has a good self image.

People with good self image have high self-esteem. They treat themselves with respect. They know that they have reasons to be successful and reasons to be proud of. Unless you feel that you are good and deserve to be successful, nobody will think that you deserve to be successful. It shows through your actions, but originates from your attitude of yourself.

Self image is a result of your attitude toward yourself. People with good self image will never be moved by others people's comments. They will take the comments, observe themselves, and able to identify the fake from true comments. The topic is very interesting yet takes time to explain in details. Before I leave you for the day, take the following paragraph to your consideration and we'll talk about it tomorrow.

I am not what I think I am.
I am not what you think I am.
I am what I think you think I am.

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Today, we will learn more about techniques to build leaders. The name of the technique today is "A fine name to live up to". You may be able to make something out from the name. Trust me, it's easy to understand but deeper than you might think. This technique utilizes the law of attraction or better called "The law of expectation" in this case.

There was a very well-known experiment on 'expectation'. In the experiment, two teachers were given a group of students each to teach for a semester. Before the experiment began, the teachers were told that the first group of students is better-than-average group and the second group is lower-than-average group in term of study. The students did not know anything about this experiment, so they studied normally.

After a semester, the result came out. The teacher who was responsible for the first group was so happy that his group was able to perform very well academically. On the other hand, another group did not perform so well and the teacher was saying that it's inevitable because the students were below average. They were revealed that the grouping was random. There were no such things as better or below average groups.

What happened was the expectation of teachers that influence the students to act the way they acted. This is applicable in building leader in a sense that your leader will perform so well depends on how you think and expect from them. And, I don't mean that you should be expecting and forcing them to do as good as you want. It does not work that way.

To apply this technique, you have to believe it from your heart that the persons you want to use this technique on is truly a great leader that can develop much further than present. You'll show your feeling to them without knowing and they'll also receive that expectation subtly. To your amaze, they will be acting the way you think they will after a period of time.

Looking the other way, you can use this technique on yourself by believing that you are a great person. Instead, this is called "Self-Image." It means your attitude toward yourself. Tomorrow, we will talk more about 'Self-image'.

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Have you ever heard of the term 'Leadership Pull'? This is a technique that is used widely to build leaders. The Essence of this technique is to make a person want to improve himself. With this technique, you don't have to force someone to improve himself. He will do it on his own to achieve something higher.

Let me explain this technique through an example. If you have a friend that you usually go with him everywhere. One day he visits a very nice sport club that celebrities like to attend. However, there's a condition that only allow people with more than $10,000 monthly income to join. Now, if you want to join and you're making something close to $9,000 monthly income. What would you do? Try to achieve it, right?

This technique is applicable to determined leader who always get thing done. People are built this way by giving them inspiration to achieve something higher. It does not work on the faint of heart, but for true leader it's quite fun. Determined leaders like to set goal. So, this technique is very applicable to them. They’ll do it on their own without having to tell them in the face.

The logic behind this technique is based upon the personality of leaders. It's somehow like throwing a challenge to them. True leaders don't back down from a beneficial challenge. This means that the challenge in itself is beneficial not necessarily the reward. Tomorrow, we will talk about another technique I call "name to live up to".

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