Owning Your Success
Ever notice that some people always have
an excuse for their failures? The economy is bad, the weather isn’t
cooperating, or there isn’t enough time.
Whatever
the challenge and however things turn out, they always have an excuse. The
problem with this kind of thinking is that if you never own your failures, you
can never truly own your successes.
Understanding
our failures is important. It’s how we
grow. Having an excuse for our failures only keeps us stuck.
In the
same vein, acknowledging and affirming your successes helps you to succeed even
more.
Think
about a time when you were successful - at the “top of your game.”
Perhaps
you won a buckle at the county rodeo, or topped the charts in the fifth grade
spelling bee. You may have run a 5K race in your personal best time, or helped
a senior citizen apply for assistance.
What
made you successful? What skills and talents did you use? How can you apply
those same principles or use those same talents in other areas of your life?
Our
actions, beliefs and behaviors are the key to success and to failure. Some
people stare at the high jump bar and think, “That’s too high for me.” Others
stare at the same bar and think, “I wonder if I could jump higher?”
How can YOU jump a
little higher TODAY?
