How to be a success in your life

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Some people seem to be always happy and successful, while others seem sad, lonely and struggling along from one day to the next.

Look around at people who seem really happy and you will notice that if you go through the following list, they would be able to tick most of the points.

What Successful People Do

1. They work out the kind of person they are

Have you ever had thoughts like, "Why are we here?", "Why is life like this?", " Why do bad things happen to some people?" or "Why are some people so lucky and others so unlucky?" These are really difficult questions to find answers to. If you find out the answers please let me know!

But there are some simpler questions you can ask yourself about what kind of person you are.

Would you like to be someone who:

• tries hard all the time
• wants to learn new things every day
• wants to help others
• wants to be happy and help make others feel happy
• wants to be a positive person and help others to be more positive
• enjoys life and the natural beauty of the world
• wants to make a difference to the lives of others?

There are lots more that I'm sure you will think of once you get down to it.

Grab a piece of paper or start a new page on your computer and start getting your ideas down. If you work these out, then you have taken the first steps to success.

2. They respect themselves and others

• They have good habits, and change their bad habits.
• They look after their bodies by eating healthy food and exercising every day.
• They don't listen to gossip or gossip about others.
• They follow the rules and respect people in authority.
• They are truthful and honest.
• They know that good manners and behaviour are more important than good clothes and 'looking cool'.
• They show other people that they love and care for them.
• They live their word, which means they do what they say they are going to do.
• They really listen to others and show that they are listening.

3. They set goals, and work to get the life they want

• They try to improve themselves.
• They don't give up easily and they are always ready to keep on trying.
• They are all set to work for what they want.
• They concentrate on what they are doing at the time and don't let themselves be distracted.
• They stick to their decisions and don't keep changing their minds.

4. They enjoy life

• They learn things they are interested in.
• They have a positive attitude and always look for the good in life.
• They learn how to save money for what they really want.
• They get excited and feel passionate about the things they are doing.
• They do what they feel is right and don't take notice of what others say.

Evaluate you Assets

The most important asset you have is yourself, rather than what you have got or what you own.

• What are you good at?
• What are you very good at?

Look in the areas of:

• Your character
  • What are you like as a person?
  • What are all your good qualities? Are you kind, a good listener, confident, happy, patient, affectionate, ambitious?
• Your personal assets. This is about your body, eg. good eyesight and hearing, having a nice smile.
• Your skills and talents - all the things you can do, eg. cook, run, draw, swim, play ball sports, play an instrument, read well, help your parents.

You don't have to be world class in anything, just be honest and positive.

There's Success and .... Success

Magazines, newspapers and TV are full of 'successful' people. We read about them or see them all the time.

• Some are shown as successful because they have a lot of money. So does having money mean that your whole life is a success?
• Some are shown as successful because they have become a star or even superstar! Does stardom mean that your whole life is a success?
• Some people are really clever at passing exams? Does passing exams mean that your whole life is a success?

Many of these stories seem to suggest that if you are rich enough, or clever enough or thin enough, everything will be great. But really! None of these will lead to someone's whole life being a success.

If your whole life is to be a success then the first thing to realise is that life has a lot of different parts:

• relationships with family, friends and authority figures like teachers, police and your boss
• learning and building skills for what you want or need to do
• learning to know, like and respect yourself so that you can learn to do the same for others
• caring for and contributing to your community
• caring for and helping to look after the environment you live in
• caring for your physical and spiritual health and well-being
• getting the most out of your life.

Once you have identified all the areas of your life you want to change, then it's time to start targeting the two or three which you want to work on first.

To do this you need to set some goals and then work out how you are going to reach them.