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How to Make Life Work in Your Favor

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Daniel Wood | CATEGORIES: self improvement, success

Thomas A. Edison failed 10 000 times before he invented the light bulb.

Henry Ford had to overcome many obstacles before he could succeed, for one he had only had up to 6th grade schooling in his life and still he become one of the most successful men of his time.

Napoleon Bonaparte met with temporary setbacks time and time again, but each time he was able to turn it into a benefit earning him more love from his followers.

People often forget the path that successful people have taken, forget all of the temporary setbacks that they have had to overcome.

As you can see, no success is made over night; no success is a straight arrow. Time and time again we fall. The question is, do we have the courage to pick ourselves up again?

You control your destiny

Just like these famous men, you control your destiny.

Every attempt you make to succeed will most likely begin in failure, but if you press on, your trip will end in success.

Each obstacle is a gift in disguise

In sports we say that you learn the most from loosing.
In loosing you learn what it takes to win. After each game the coach will gather the players and analyze what went wrong, what went right and what can be done differently.

If we only did this in life!

Every time we hit a failure; if we asked ourselves;

“Why?

What can I do better?

What can I do differently?

And what should I not do at all?”

By losing, you learn what went wrong and how to do it right. You learn how to turn challenges into successes.

Use this in your everyday life

Some days go by quickly, easily, everything goes your way.

Other days are tough. You have to fight for every step.

Learn to practice persistence in your everyday life and you will quickly find that your minimum output level quickly improves, making you one of the top people in your industry.

3 steps to improving your persistence

1. Face your Fears
Facing your fears takes a lot of courage, the brother of persistence, and by overcoming your fears you will make yourself a much stronger person.

2. Repeat to yourself “Back to work, Back to work, Back to work”
The sister of persistence is discipline, everyday do your best. Do more than your peers and stick with it. This will train your ability to face hard times and will help you produce much better results.

3. Be objective
In every failure, try to be objective;

“Why did you fail? Is this a bad idea to continue with? “

If it is a bad idea, give up on it, have the courage to start on something new.

If it is a good idea though and the only reason it failed was because of mistakes you made, keep on. Learn, improve and adapt. Use your new found knowledge and make your venture a success.

Conclusion

Just like the most famous men in the world, you can decide to be successful.

Take charge of your life and don’t let anything get you down. Press on, until you reach your goals and before you know it, you will have accomplished the impossible.

This was a guest post by Daniel M. Wood a well-known speaker and writer on Personal Development, Sales Technique and Motivation. Visit his blog Lookingtobusiness.com and download your copy of his free e-book, Double Your Income.

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  • http://www.planetnaveen.com Winning Ideas For A Wonderful Life

    That was really good post Daniel ! Yes , failing is the first step for success ! What determines our real success at anything is our self belief and consistency in trying and a rock solid heart for facing challenges ! Thanks for sharing !

  • http://www.transformationalmotivation.com/ M. A. Tohami

    “There is no failure except in no longer trying.” – Elbert Hubbard

    You decide when to fail. It is when you decide to quit the game.

  • L

    Yea, yea…

    All this steps and abcd’s… I’m tired of this shit. There’s too much of it! Do you know something about Edison – his motivation for the bulb was that the workers could work longer, not to benefit humanity (whatever that is). But to make more profit. And look now.. Ppl can’t sleep at night, so we would be better without the light bulb – so to speak.

    What we all need is prayer, meditation, contemplation,… Wisdom, Holiness, Spiritual Practices,… for the sake of Holiness, not for the sake of material comfort or success in the world.

    Read Bible, read Ramakrishna, read Vivekananda, read Malachi Martin,…. In such and similar ppl lies the solution, no where else.. all else will lead you into deeper degradation – without you knowing it….

  • http://grapefruitjuicyfruit.blogspot.com MAIR

    GREAT GREAT GREAT ARTICLE!!! Thanks for sharing this!!!

  • http://dosomethingcool.net Steve

    Nobody wins every time on the first try. That’s why it is important to see what setbacks really are: opportunities to learn. And while I think it is ok to be disappointed if you encounter failure, you can’t let it get you down. Get feedback on what happened, learn from it and try again. Eventually you’ll get it right and succeed.

  • http://livingthebalancedlife.com Living the Balanced Life

    Great words and a great reminder. We will not be successful at most of what we do. We must keep pressing on until we hit the one thing that is!
    Bernice
    The world really IS at our fingertips!

  • http://www.balancedworklife.com/blog Bryce Christiansen

    Good pointers here. There are really two ways to live your life. The first is to let things happen and hope it works out. The second is to do what you say, “make life work in your favor”

    I wrote on this topic as well a few weeks ago if you want some additional tips.
    http://bit.ly/eu5XgB

  • http://letgoandflow.com David

    Willing to experience failure is crucial to success.

    Deepak Chopra said it best – “The number of mistakes you make is directly proportional to the amount of success you’ll have in the future – assuming you don’t repeat the same mistakes”.

  • http://www.theleadershipdr.com The Leadership Dr

    Great post. I have had to use many of these same strategies to keep going. It doesn’t matter how many times you fail, as long as you get up more. I feel like I have failed too many times, but so far I have picked myself up more times than that! That is what is important. Thanks for the article Daniel.

  • http://positivemindwealth.com/bob-proctor-11-forgotten-laws-review/ Bob Laws

    In the main I agree with the article, of course remaining positive is going to help, never giving up and so on but that’s really hard to do if you are pursuing something you are not innately passionate about. I feel if you embrace your passion then you can be persistent and display the ‘never give-up’ attitude much more easily. Edison was passionate about inventing and that enabled him to be persistent..IMHO!

  • http://www.thereflectiveself.com Dandy

    Hi Daniel,
    Wonderful post. I didn’t know Henry Ford only had a 6th grade education. Sometimes when we have all the reasons in the world to fail, there is something inside ourselves that says, NO. We need to listen to that voice and let it guide us. By focusing on what we are doing right we can keep doing it and even expand on it. Thanks for this article Daniel!

  • Dendu A

    Loosing should be spelled as losing. Sorry just had to point it out.

  • http://www.carrotheadandapplemint.blogspot.com/ Moon

    Great article! Sometimes when people have too good a life, they forget that difficulties are the way to go..

  • http://www.goalsontrack.com Harry @ GoalsOnTrack

    Love this post!

    “The sister of persistence is discipline, everyday do your best”. Self-control, discipline are probably most important things for achieving anything worthwhile.

  • http://mathews-imeandmyself mathews

    every time we had a failure ,if we had asked ourselves
    these questions…….
    oh an eyeopener

  • http://mathews-imeandmyselfblogs.com mathews

    Every time we hit a failure; if we asked ourselves;
    those questions……..
    In every failure, try to be objective;
    an eye opener

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    Ok….I agree with you,I salute your efforts, hopefully I can be like you.

    Thanks a lot….:)

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