How to Change Ourselves and Succeed

By Mark Bowser

Sales Training Expert, Motivational Business Speaker, & Author

Have you wondered why you make some of the same mistakes over and over again? Have you ever struggled with becoming successful?  Have you ever wanted to know if there are some  tips and  secrets that can help you go completely over-the-top?

It was the great Jim Rohn who said that,  Unless you change how you are,  you will always have what you’ve got.” Today we are going to talk about how we can change ourselves in order to become more successful.  There are three strategies that we need to do in order to make this happen.  One, set goals.  Two, be proactive, and number three, have a personal development program.  If you put this in action, you will be able to overcome your challenges and become more successful. 

 Let’s get started.  One, set goals.

Did you know that 90% of all people have no set goals?  5% of all people have set goals but aren’t reaching them which creates a lot of frustration. And the last 5% goes to those people who have set goals, write them down, and lives their dreams. Most every motivational speaker on the planet talks about goal setting.. Goals are what make it happen. Goals are what help you reach your success. Without them, you will struggle to be mediocre at best.

Now, I am not going to talk about how to set goals today. There are many good goal setting programs, including my own. But today, I just want to emphasize the importance of setting goals. Set your goals and write them down. There’s a power when you write it down.  Writing it down makes it real, makes it tangible, and can increase your chances of success.  In fact, it goes from chance to reality.

That leads us to our second step which is to be proactive. In his wonderful book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey talks about the importance of being proactive.  In fact, being proactive is Dr. Covey’s number one habit. Dr. Covey says that being proactive is the foundational habit. Of all the seven habits, this is the primary one. All the others stem on this one right here.

To be proactive means to choose how to respond. We are given choices. We can choose to be positive or we can choose to be negative. The choice is ours.  Have you ever noticed, that the unsuccessful people in our lives are reactive? . Something happens that’s not going quite their way, so they explode. They blow up. They make the matter worse. We all know people like this.

Sometimes, we have to admit that we react the same way.   But we don’t have to be that way. We can choose how to respond. We can let our logic and our values lead our emotions. Emotions are good but they are chaotic. Emotions are good but they aren’t always reliable. Let your logic of how the situation could be solved and your values of what you believe is right, lead the way. It’s not easy, but the most successful people are the proactive ones.

So, we are committing to set goals and write them down. We are choosing to be proactive rather than reactive. That leads us to our third step, which is to have a personal development program.

Having a personal development program is what takes you over the top. The Japanese have a word “kaizen” which means constant improvement. That’s exactly what a personal development program is designed to do. It’s about improving ourselves continually.

I have a very simple suggestion for you today. Here it is:  Read one book a month in whatever area you want to develop yourself in. That’s it. Read one book a month. Now, I don’t care if you read the book, listen to the audio book, or get an audio/video program on the subject.

Research shows us that if we commit to this challenge, that in five years we will be in the top 5% of experts in the world in that particular area. That’s powerful. But it also tells us how few people are likely to do this. If you take this challenge and commit yourself to this program, you will be amazed at your progress and you won’t recognize yourself one year from today.

So, there you have it. Three simple steps to change yourself and succeed.  One, setting goals. Two, choosing to be proactive. Three, a personal development program. When you take action on these three steps you will change yourself…and succeed.  Now, go out there and make it happen. 

Mark E. Bowser

President/CEO

Empowering Enterprises, Inc.

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