Posted by Ayesha Habeeb Omer On Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 04:20 AM

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One of my personal achievements in 2009 was that I read a lot of books. One of them was “The Greatest Salesman in the World,” by Og Mandino. I loved the way he presented it – in 10 simple secrets. I wanted to share the excerpts from the book. I think these 10 simple secrets will make a huge difference in a person’s success.

Secret 1: Today I will begin a new life!

• Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough.
• Failure is man’s inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be.
• I will form good habits and become their slave.

Secret 2: I will greet this day with love in my heart!

How will I do this?

• I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.
• I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.
• I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenges.

How will I speak?

• I will dig for reasons to applaud.
• Never will I scratch for excuses to gossip.
• When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue.

How will I act?

• With Love, I will tear down the wall of suspicion and hate.
• I will love ambition for they can inspire me.
• I will love the failure as they can teach me.
• I will love all mankind.

Secret 3: I will persist until I succeed!

• If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed.
• I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; as they are the words of fools.
• If I persist long enough I will win. I will persist, I will win.

Secret 4: I am nature’s greatest miracle!

• I am special; I am unique; I am valuable.
• I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that the purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.
• I will increase my knowledge of mankind, myself.
• I will concentrate my energy on the challenge of the moment and my actions will help me forget all else.

Secret 5: I will live this day as if it is my last!

• I will not waste a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes and defeats.
• Neither will I think of tomorrow.
• This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity.
• I have but one life and life is naught but a measurement of time. If I waste today, I will destroy the last page of my life.
• I will avoid with fury the killer of time.
  • Procrastination I will destroy with action.
  • Doubt I will bury with faith.
  • Fear I will dismember with confidence.
• The duties of today I shall fulfill today.
• I will labor harder, I will earn more than ever, and I will love more ever.

I will live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

Secret 6: Today I will master my emotions!

• Weak is who permits his thoughts to control his action; strong is who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
• Each day when I awaken, I will follow this plan to battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness, self-pity and failure.
• If I feel depressed, I will sing.
• If I feel sad, I will laugh.
• If I feel ill, I will double my labor.
• If I feel fear, I will plunge ahead.
• If I feel inferior, I will sing.
• If I feel depressed, I will wear new garments.
• If I feel uncertain, I will raise my voice.
• If I feel poverty, I will think of wealth to come.
• If I feel incompetent, I will remember past success.
• If I feel insignificance, I will remember my goals.
  • Today I will control my destiny. I will become master of myself.

Secret 7: I will laugh at the world!

• I will cultivate the habit of laughter.
• I will smile and my digestion will improve.
• I will laugh at myself.
• 4 words: This too shall pass.
• I will be happy.
• I will be successful.

Secret 8: I will multiply my value a hundredfold!

• I will do the work that a failure will not do.
• I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.
• I will never be content with my performance in the market.
• I will always reach my goals.
• I will strive to make my next hour better than this one.

Secret 9: I will act now!

• My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by Action.
• I hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless night.

Secret 10: Pray for guidance from God

• Guide me, Help me and Show me the way.

Personally, I am trying hard to practice these secrets – my secrets of success are Secret 3 and 9 – ACTION and Persistence – Never Give Up.

Do you think that these secrets really work? Do you have “Secrets” of your own that helped you in your journey to success?

Thanks

Ayesha Habeeb Omer, PhD

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Tags: Greatest Salesman, Master Emotions, Reach Goals, Secrets of Success

Posted by Ayesha Habeeb Omer On Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 04:20 AM