zzapper’s Top-Ten Success and Self Improvement Tips This is the Short Version of the well-known Ebook Although a naturally lazy person, I’ve always sought to improve myself, to work smarter, fortunately I’m a tips-aholic!! 1 3 Steps to Starting your Success There are three things that need to happen before you can achieve success, • Firstly you have to transform yourself so that you make every second count, and become highly efficient at everything you undertake • Secondly you need to find a business about which you are passionate 1 • Thirdly you just have to get going! • Positive Thinking Only accept positive views on life, people and projects. Stop reading gloomy newspapers etc, try and mix with positive go-getters. Choose success. • Improve your Decision Making Get used to making decisions quicker, avoid delaying decisions. Make a decision immediately or tell people at what time you’ll make a decision (and stick to it). Decision making becomes easier with practice. • Study your Weaknesses and Attack them Aggressively You don’t usually don’t need to worry about your strengths they take care of themselves. You’ll get more satisfaction from attacking your weaknesses. If you read the stories of successful people you’ll notice they often made their breakthrough when the conquered one blocking weakness. • The Devil’s in the Details Remember you are usually punished in a micro or macro way for any sloppiness, not emptying/refilling your sports bag as soon as you get back from the gym. Letting paperwork slip. Not putting a tool back in its exact spot, not having spare printer and computer media. The trick is to be tougher on yourself to be kinder to yourself in the longterm. • Breaking Down Unpleasant Jobs into Manageable Pieces Breakdown difficult jobs (jobs you keep putting off) into microtasks, eg say I will just prepare the tools to do a DIY job, that’s all, I will just collect all the paperwork required for my Tax Return etc (THIS IS REALLY GOOD way of getting HORRID JOBS STARTED/DONE) • Every Second Counts You must become aware that life is short and every day is precious. That’s one of the reasons why second chancers like Lance Armstrong become super-successful because they treat every day as a gift. 2 • Use your Dead Time (Believe me you have lots) While waiting for the kettle to boil etc get something else done (even something very small) (This one surprised me, it’s kind of fun to see what you can get done in that short time), in a traffic jam arrange a few papers in your briefcase. If you can’t do anything practice relaxing. • Bouncing Try to always keep busy I call this bouncing (even if what you are doing is ”unimportant”), always do something tidying, rearranging, take things out to the car so you don’t forget them, the more you do the MORE energy you will have. This is the reverse of the couch-potato who is always tired. • Be Early Train yourself to be early/on time for everything business and pleasure, you’ll get the best welcome, have chance to meet and analyse the others as they arrive. • Deal with Paperwork Immediately Always keep ahead of your paperwork both important and unimpor- tant. It weighs down your spirit to know it’s lurking in the background. Use your some of your deadtime. • Be Prepared When you have a have a meeting, business trip or holiday coming up, you will bring to mind items that you will need. You should/must act immediately fetch the item and place it in your briefcase, suitcase or car. Why? when people prepare to leave some kind of amnesia occurs which means they forget to pack one or more of the things they meant to bring. • Projecting Confidence Before entering a meeting room/party etc, mentally prepare yourself to project openness, be prepared to react immediately to any greeting. This is mega-important as people often interpret timidity as unfriend- liness. (THIS WORKS) 3 • Rehearsing When arriving at an appointment, repeat/rehearse the names of your hosts, their company name, products. When going into any situation mentally rehearse different scenarios. When going into a meeting realise that your opposite is going to negotiate at some stage, don’t be caught off-guard. Rehearse two or three outcomes/counter arguments • Listening When meeting people however casually try to let them talk, learn something from them, ask their advice. Don’t entertain them with your brilliance. See other people, however unlikely, as opportunities to be ”mined” THEY WILL KNOW SOMETHING that is USEFUL to YOU! • Mentoring/Coaching If you unprepared to pay for coaching then consider Peer Mentoring try to find a colleague (perhaps not a friend) you then tutor each other on whether you are achieving your goals, the idea is that you feel em- barassed if you haven’t mey your own targets. • Success/Self Improvement Tapes Try to buy audio tapes/CDs whenever possible as you can listem to them frequently in the car etc • Finding the Golden Goose A Salary never brings Riches well for most people anyway, no, you have find something with a multiplier factor, a franchise, or better create multiple income streams. Selling Information Products on the Internet has been called the best business ever, no stock, no staff, no premises, no postage costs. So what can you sell/resell? • Research Yourself Lots of people go blank here, thinking they’ve got no special passion. That’s just part of our inate inability to know ourselves. Start writing lists of hobbies, skills, sports and interests, something always appears. • Get Focussed 4 It is an excellent idea to keep an ideas bank, where you write down all your ideas. That said however the penultimate stage of your stage will require you to get ”focussed”. That means you pick your strongest idea and go with it! • Get Going There’s never a right time, better time there’s only today only now. The number one rule for success is to get going, get anything going!! • Summary Make every second of your life count, work harder, play harder, spend more time with your family. Find your main business idea, get focussed and then get going! c SuccessTheory.com Ltd 28Oct05 5 . zzapper’s Top-Ten Success and Self Improvement Tips This is the Short Version of the well-known Ebook Although. person, I’ve always sought to improve myself, to work smarter, fortunately I’m a tips- aholic!! 1 3 Steps to Starting your Success There are three things that