Becoming successful

Becoming successful has absolutely nothing to do with luck or chance. It has almost nothing to do with the resources you have in this moment. It has been said that luck is nothing more than opportunity meeting up with preparation. I believe this with all my heart.


As for resources, they do play a factor; however, you have the resources you need to be successful already, if you are able to read this blog. It really is not so much a matter of what resources you have as it is how you use them. This is the message I would like to convey to you.


You can begin right now in this moment to build upon what you have and your opportunities will increase with every step forward. But you do have to begin taking those steps. Take account of what you have going for you in this moment and decide right now to begin using what you have.


Be bold and step out of your comfort zone. You cannot expect to grow if you are not willing to stretch. If you feel uncomfortable or even fearful to try something, so what? Do it anyway. What if you fail in your attempt? So what? Do it anyway. Decide right now that failure is simply a price you are willing to pay in order to learn the correct path.


Life is meant to be lived, not simply contemplated. To live means to experience. Experience only comes to those who are willing to try. You cannot write a book without writing! This sounds very obvious, but you wouldn't believe the number of people who have told me they wanted to write a book, but have not yet written anything.


The same goes for getting a business off the ground. It will never happen until you actually do it yourself. Dreaming is a wonderful thing to do. But a dream is only the beginning. Take your dream whatever it may be, get on it, and ride.


Look around and find what resources you have to use now. Don't worry if you don't see much that you can do in this moment. Do whatever you can. I guarantee that if you do, more resources will then make themselves available to you, but you will not see them until you first use the ones you now have.


This is the way it works. There really is no secret. If you remember in the film, The Secret, Jack Canfield used the analogy of driving from Los Angeles to New York in the night. Your headlights only reveal the next 150 feet or so at a time, but this is sufficient. As you move forward, more will be revealed to you, and you progress.


This has been my own personal experience and it is the same experience I have seen described by every successful person I know. Everybody has dreams, but few have the courage to make them happen. I believe this is because people want to see the whole path laid out in front of them.


The word faith comes to mind. Have the faith and take that first action. Really what do you have to lose? You won't be any worse off than you are now. With your new experience, you will be able to make a wiser choice next. One step at a time you will begin to walk. You have to walk before you can run. When you run fast enough, you will be able to fly.


You have much to offer the world, and I want you to begin expressing this truth. You do so through your actions. I am here to help and I look forward to doing so.



I want YOU to succeed!!



Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way.






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