Successful Living Article: Creating Success

Creating is a powerful key for successful living in any area of your life.

Think of your favorite famous person. Do you know what made that person successful? What motivated that person to go as far as s/he did to get to where s/he is?

Creation.

Simple creation. That’s what guided that person’s success. If it weren’t for creation, you would not be here. If it weren’t for creation, none of the items you use to make your life easier would be available. If it weren’t for creation, you would not be reading this right now.

“… that’s why today, there isn’t really any competition, unless we make it for ourselves. Instead of competing, all we have to do is create!”  ~Earl Nightingale

Life should be an exciting adventure. It should never be a bore. Your life can always be exciting by becoming an architect of creation.

One summer, my wife went to Mexico for a mission trip with our church. I stayed behind with our children who were very young at the time (3 years old & 18 months). I had my hands full to say the least. I missed my wife terribly. But instead of sulking and being brought down with stress, I decided to create an extremely exciting atmosphere for Michelle – my wife – when she got back.

Got a question for you. Are there things that you just wouldn’t do that would possibly lead to a different road of successful living? Let me be more specific. If you’re scared of public speaking, would you be a candidate for actually doing it?

That’s kind of a trick question. The answer is ‘YES’. You are definitely a candidate for public speaking – or for anything you fear. In fact, I encourage you to master what you are afraid of.

I personally think that 95% of our culture lets fear dictate the outcome of their life. Hypothetically, what if you thought about all the things that you are actually afraid of. I mean you really spent about 3 days concentrating on things that you are really queezy about doing. It could be sales. It could be speaking. It could be negotiating. It could be confrontation (not all confrontation is negative). It could be anything depending on who you are.

If you mastered your fear, how much more powerful would you be to your company? How much more could you empower your family? How much more power would you possess to accomplish your dreams if you could just master a few of your fears?

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Do you see a certain type of person with a certain type of lifestyle – maybe a lifestyle you desire – and envy that person for having that lifestyle? Or maybe you don’t envy them, but you deeply desire to live that way as well. If you are living a successful life (even by your own standards), awesome! Congratulations! If not, keep reading.

There are several characteristics of the successful living possess. The characteristics listed below are NOT any of them. In fact, they are the opposite. See if you have any of these characteristics and, if you do, you may want to take a look a little deeper and take some steps to change.

The American Dream. The Pie in the Sky. It’s what everyone seems to be searching for. It’s an endless search for Successful Living and happiness. Maybe the answer to success is not in the chase. Or maybe the answer to successful living is buried somewhere inside the one who is doing the chasing.

Get out a pen and paper.

List some areas in your life that are absolutely, without a doubt, totally different than anyone you know. What are some habits that you have and no one else can claim? They’re your habits. List them out. The more, the better. 

Now, how many do you have? Five? Ten? Twenty?

There’s the answer to the internal (and eternal) question of how to attain Successful Living. Viola! That’s it! We can all go on now and live a life of happiness and eternal contentment.

Okay. Maybe it’s a little more involved than that. Just knowing how you’re different doesn’t make you successful. But knowing what to do with those differences is key. More specifically, four areas you can tap into, that you may not have thought of, may give you a much-needed boost toward your life of success.