Keys to Business Success and Life Happiness – Ignite Your Passion, Optimism and Self Belief.

October 24, 2009 by kutenk · 1 Comment
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Ignite Your Passion, Optimism and Self Belief.

MISTAKE #1: Losing Your Excitement
Passion is the great equalizer. It can make up for a lack of experience and knowledge. I am not suggesting that you should not develop your knowledge or experience, however, because they will only enhance and further empower your passion—your strong belief in yourself, your mission, and your purpose.
Passion is different than enthusiasm. The cliche says, “Act enthusiastic and you will become enthusiastic.” I have never subscribed to this philosophy Why? Because if enthusiasm is an act that you use when things are going well, how do you behave when your life is falling apart? Are you just as enthusiastic about failure, about more problems than you deserve, and any number of disappointments, frustrations, and adversities?
Passion is not an act. It is a way of believing. It is woven into your cellular structure just as much as your DNA. Passion—real passion—for who you are, who you are becoming, where you are and where you are going, and what you believe in, stand for, and would die for shouts to the world, “I am here to stay, I am here to make a difference, I will leave mv mark in this world. It may take me my entire life, but I will not give up until my purpose and destiny are realized.”
Who do you know that is passionate about something? You can see it in their eyes, hear it in their voice, and sense it in their behavior. How are you doing? Are you in love with where you are, where you are going, who you are becoming, and what you are contributing? Or are you living like over 85 percent of the population with the attitude: “Same stuff, different day”?
If you have lost or are losing your passion for your sales career, do whatever is necessary to get it back.

If you are Losing Your Excitement, you need to Turn It Around.
Keep the passion alive in your career and life.




MISTAKE #2: Being Pessimistic
Is the glass half full or half empty? Will this product, policy, or strategy work or foil? Can I really achieve my dreams or am I living in fantasyland? These and hundreds of other questions are asked every day by well-meaning and hardworking salespeople.
In his great book Optimism, the Biology of Hope, written over forty years ago, Lionel Tiger discusses how optimism impacts a person’s attitudes, outlook-success, and health. He suggests that people who artless optimistic about life, the present, and the future tend to get sick more frequently and often die sooner. In his book Learned Optimism, Martin Seligman discusses how each of us begins every project, activity, task, relationship, career, etc., with either a yes or a no—a yes, I can and I will, or no, I can’t and I won’t—in our heart.
You can’t measure optimism. You can’t bottle it, regulate it, run out of it, or manufacture it, but you can learn to develop it if you will only take the time and effort. Some people feel it is better to be realistic than optimistic—why set yourself up for disappointment? Tell me what is realistic. Looking back over the past one hundred years, where would we be if Edison, Bell, Gates, Ford, Land, and Disney had been realistic? If their attitude had been: “It hasn’t been done yet, so I guess it can’t be done”?
There are numerous benefits to having an optimistic outlook, and just as many pitfalls in not having one.
Here are a few of the benefits: you will achieve more, you will have more fun, you will be happier, you will have more friends, you will enjoy life more, and you will be healthier.

If you are Being Pessimistic, you need to Turn It Around.
Be optimistic. You have nothing to lose.




MISTAKE #3: Not Believing in Yourself
Do you believe in, trust, and accept yourself? This is one of the keys to success and happiness.
Belief in yourself is the knowledge that no matter what crosses your path, you can handle it. No matter how hard you fall, how long you are down, or who is kicking you while you’re down there, this too will pass and you can learn from the experience.
There are two types of people in the world: those who whine and those who act. Those who believe in a better tomorrow and those who don’t. Those who blame and those who take responsibility. Those who resist the pull of life into the future and those who flow with it.
Self-belief says: “Throw it: at me, life. I will handle it, overcome it, and I will survive and succeed.”
A lack of self-belief says: “I quit. I can’t do it. It’s too much for me.”
What is your approach to adversity, trouble, failure, problems, challenges, or any negative circumstances? Do you have a yes or no in your heart?
As you begin each new day, are you poised to go for it? To tackle whatever life throws in your path? To never give in or give up?
We won’t do it all, have it all, learn it all in life. It just isn’t that kind of world. But you have nothing to lose and a great deal to gain by pushing the edges and your limits. Trust the process of your life and the opportunities that cross your path and give it all you’ve got.

If you are Not Believing in Yourself, you need to Turn It Around.
Believe in yourself even when no one else does.

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