By Jeffrey Gitomer
“Going for the gold” is wrong. Being the best you can be in order to earn the gold, or get the gold is a surer path to success. What path are you on?
Are you the best at what you do?
Everyone wants success, but very few achieve the success they dream about. I’m on my journey just like you. In the process of studying, I came to a realization about personal achievement.
Last week and this, I’m sharing a personal achievement (secret) formula I accidentally uncovered. Discovering the formula was an accident but there are very few accidentally fulfilled people. Success, achievement, and fulfillment are on purpose. The principles successful people execute and live by are the basis (foundation) for their success. I’m presenting the elements I discovered so that you may compare them to ones you execute on your own journey.
It’s most interesting to me that the people who have “big money” as their ultimate goal, rarely attain it. And those who have “being the best at what they do” or “love what they do,” almost always attain financial security. Why? They execute the elements of personal achievement.
The six elements are:
1. Vision.
2. Love.
3. Best.
4. Attitude.
5. Personal.
6. Student.
Having a personal vision, loving what you do, and striving to be your best were discussed last week, and then I ran out of room. Striving to be the best was revealed as the most powerful element, but unless you couple it with a personal vision to see the big picture, and a love of what you do, you will never achieve best.