Success Tips

l. TAKE A SELF ASSESSMENT
Health, Job, Income, Community, Education, Personal Relationships, Social Life, Attitude

2. UNDERSTAND PEOPLE’S NEEDS.
Basic
Safety
Social
Ego Status
Self-Actualization
Major Growth occurs at the top levels

3. BE LIKEABLE

PEOPLE DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE THEY LIKE.
Be happy for others successes. Like what you do so that you can achieve success as well.

4. BE AWARE OF YOUR NEGATIVE BODY LANGUAGE.
Self-deprivation
Averted eyes
“I can’t do this.”

5. RAISE YOUR SELF ESTEEM
Do you have low energy?
Are you closed and stay within yourself
Do you over identify with others?
Do you give in to others?

6. KNOW WHAT SUCCESS IS
Success is defined only by you
Success is a feeling
Success occurs in steps
Success is a balancing act
Success is honesty about abilities

7. KNOW WHAT SUCCESS IS NOT…….
Intelligence
Formal education
Family background
Money
Luck

8. GET RID OF THE “IF ONLY‘S”
I had not married him/her
I had finished school
My parents had not divorced
The company did not change
My boss was not so bad
I had chosen another job
I had rich parents
I had his/her money

9. DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Internal, External, Emotional

10. AVOID ARGUMENTS
Never say “You are wrong.”
Admit if you are
Let the other person talk
See the other side
Be sympathetic

11. BE A LEADER

Praise, Ask questions.
Let others save face
Encourage
Make people glad to help

12. LEARN DR. JOYCE’S SUCCESS FORMULA

Take risks
Join groups that promote
Demand respect
Throw away judgments
Have your own values
Give yourself credit
Never gossip unless you have something nice to say
Accept who you are
Understand weaknesses
Have empathy for the handicapped, however minimal
Understand Strengths
Turn Setbacks into Successes

13. HELP OTHERS
Sharing means caring
Win-win situation
Feeling of accomplishment

14. CONTRIBUTE TO AN ORGANIZATION or TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Time
Effort
Professionalism
Feeling that you gave

15. BE AN ORIGINAL
You were born and original and unless you stay that way, you will only be a copy of someone else.