Arina Nikitina was shocked. “I felt sorry for the time I wasted trying to succeed without knowing the basics,” she recalls. “I was mad because I didn’t discover them before.”
She’s talking about her book Five Laws of Success: “From the beginning of time, there have been laws set in motion that automatically bring their results when we act in relation to them. And success is no exception.”
Law #1: The Law of Desire
“If you want something badly enough you will get it.”
If you really WANT something you will get it. Desire is a force that cannot be easily stopped. The people who succeed in life are the people who earnestly desire success. They make the conscious choice to go after their goals no matter what conditions they have to overcome or how many sacrifices they have to make. “If you want something badly enough, then quitting is simply not an option,” Arina writes. “You either find a way or make one. You pay the price, whatever it takes.”
Your desire is the fire that heats you up to perform, to excel. You know that a small fire cannot heat much; so it is necessary to have a large and intense fire to heat more. The intense fire is your passion – your burning desire to excel in anything.
You can test and strengthen your desire by getting in touch with all the reasons why you want to achieve your goal. Arnina recommends that you take a piece of paper and write down all the reasons WHY you want to achieve your goal. List all the benefits you can imagine. The more reasons you find, the stronger your desire will get. It is a good practice to read your list of benefits every morning. So you will stay connected with your goal during the day, you’ll be more motivated and inspired.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill
Law #2: The Law of Belief
“Anything you believe to be true will be your reality.”
If you don’t believe you can achieve you goal, you won’t. The mind is our greatest asset. And yet many of us constantly put ourselves down with limiting beliefs, what we think about ourselves becomes true for us. Arina explains. “In order to achieve anything, you must believe it is possible.”
Positive beliefs can be created by practicing visualization exercises every night before bed. Close your eyes and create a clear mental picture of success. See and feel it as though it already exists. Because our subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between dreams and reality, consistently envisioning success will drive actions to create it in real life.
Every thought is a cause, and every condition is an effect. See yourself being wealthy, healthy and happy, don’t just create a picture, create an emotion!
If you are 100% sure you will achieve your goal,
if you have a clear picture of achieving it,
your subconscious mind will
AUTOMATICALLY
drive your behavior to create this picture in reality.
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.
Napoleon Hill
Law #3: The Law of Positive Attitude
“The way we think is the way we perform.”
Challenges are an inevitable aspect of life, however what determines our success is how we respond to each challenge. Your attitude is everything. It is how you see things around you, how you deal with the situations you face, and what you ultimately think about life. Attitude is best define as a composite of your thoughts, feelings and actions, how you think about a situation, affects how you feel and in turn how you will act towards it. Since we can’t control the obstacles we encounter, we must control our attitude about them. “Positive attitude and optimism work like a magnet for success,” Arina points out. “If you maintain a positive attitude no matter what the situation is, success will come to you AUTOMATICALLY.”
Realize that every failure is nothing more than a result, it’s just a lesson to learn from. Success never comes instantly, you have to fail in order to succeed, success comes only after a certain number of failures.
Arina gives a few tips on how to maintain the positive attitude:
Listen to yourself – pay attention to your “thoughts, ideas, beliefs and commentaries” so you can replace negative ones with positive ones.
Get enough sleep – this will boost your energy and enable you to do what needs to be done without feeling tired, overwhelmed, or depressed.
Put things in perspective – looked at in the grand scheme of things, most stresses aren’t worth the trouble and most problems aren’t that big.
Take a break – sometimes it’s best to simply step back and relax so you can come back stronger to carry on.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Benjamin Disraeli
Law #4: The Law of Persistence
“If you keep trying you will succeed.”
Success is never instant, which means we’re bound to go through a certain number of failures along the way. “They are a part of life,” Arina writes. Learning the lessons means we don’t have to keep repeating them while adapting our approach makes us stronger in the process.
Ultimately, failure is just a stepping stone that teaches us what doesn’t work and what we should do instead. Success lies in a person’s willingness to make relentless step-by-step efforts.
Walt Disney was turned down 302 times before he got financing for his dream of creating the “Happiest Place on Earth.”
Colonel Sanders spent two years driving across the United Sates looking for restaurants to buy his chicken recipe. He was turned down 1,009 times! How successful is Kentucky Fried Chicken today?
”Chicken Soup For The Soul” was rejected by publishers 170 times – now it’s sold over 70 million copies!
Without failure, there is no learning or improvement.
There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.”
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit”
Napoleon Hill
Law #5: The Law of Goal Setting
“There is no achievement without goals.”
“Goal setting is the most powerful tool you have to achieve success,” Arina explains. Goals keep us focused and motivated. Goal Setting helps you to create a step by step plan to your success. Your dreams will only be dreams without goal setting. Goal Setting turn our dreams into reality because they are specific, in writing, have a deadline, and include a clear step-by-step plan.
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.”
Andrew Carnegie
Conclusion
What do you think? Which of the five do you struggle with most? And what can you do to change that? Please share your thoughts in the comments below!