Characteristics of Success for Home Business Owners

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Today I have been pondering the characteristics of success. Which characteristics need I develop and master in order to become and stay wealthy and successful?

Check these out:

A Positive Attitude
Be An Expert In At Least One Area
High Energy
A Hard-Working Mentality
Persistence
Courage
Integrity
Trustworthiness

Now, one of the most difficult things may be identifying which areas need work the most. Do you work on developing these areas? All of them? Which ONE characteristic needs the most work in your life?

Over the next week or so I’ll analyze each one of these and see how they reflect in my life.

Let’s start at #1 shall we?

A Positive Attitude

I was fortunate enough to enjoy lunch with the incredibly talented and loving Lisa Nichols in Lake Tahoe one day last March. Yes, that Lisa Nichols, from ‘The Secret’. And she will tell you that you must choose to be successful No Matter What.

We must keep a positive attitude no matter what life throws at us. No matter how hard life hits, no matter how many times we fall on our face, no matter where we grew up or who our parents are. The moment we adopt a ‘poor me’ or an ‘if only….(fill in your favorite lame excuse here)’ attitude then life will beat us to our knees and keep us there.

Without a positive attitude life is little contested in wrapping it’s strong fingers around our throats and choking our will out of existence. Not to mention that without a positive attitude we will only manifest more unwanted crap and challenge.

According to T. Harv Eker, the formula for manifestation is: T->F->A->R.

Thoughts lead to Feelings, which lead to Actions, which give us our Results. So, it could be argued that positive thoughts will lead to positive feelings, which will lead to positive actions, which will lead to……….to………say it with me: “positive results”

Now go back through the formula again, this time start with a negative thought and see where that takes you.

Sickening, eh?

When negativity takes me, I turn to my ‘Appreciation Box’. Cheesy? Sure. Effective? Without question. What’s an appreciation box? I have a box of cue cards. On each cue card is TEN things that I have appreciated in my life ranging from sunshine to ice cream, skateboarding to cinema, and sandwiches to loving and adoring women. By the time I spend 30 seconds on each one, and reach the bottom of the card I feel right as rain.

How do you keep a positive attitude when it seems the world is completely against you?

Leave your comments as they will help me and others. =] Take care.