Seven Success Principles
June 2005
Of course it is just plain silly to think that there are just seven success principles that if followed, will guarantee our success and prosperity. Over the last several years in this E-Zine alone, I've shared dozens. What's important about success principles was said best by W. Clement Stone. In fact, he created a formula for it, "R2 A2." He said that first you must Recognize the success principle and then Relate it to yourself or your situation. Then you must Apply the principle to your own life and then Assimilate it into your life. Make it a habit that drives a behavior that happens unconsciously. Sounds simple, yet it takes a real commitment to make it happen.
In a past issue of Selling Magazine from a few years ago, I came across some great advice (read Success Principles) from Carly Fiorina. Carleton S. (Carly) Fiorina was president and chief executive officer of
Hewlett-Packard Company from 1999 to 2005. She served as chairman of the board
from 2000 to 2005. Fortune Magazine twice named Ms. Fiorina "the most powerful woman in America." She boils down her success to seven principles. I hope that you will put her secrets to good use by incorporating the R2A2 formula.
Carly Fiorina's Success Principles
- Seek tough challenges; they're more fun
- Have a clear, unflinching vision of your goal, followed by absolute clarity, realism and objectivity about what it really will take to grow, to lead and to win.
- Understand that the only limits that really matter are those you put on yourself or that a business puts on itself. Most people and businesses are capable of far more than they realize.
- Recognize the power of the team. No one succeeds alone.
- As Winston Churchill once said: Never, never, never, never give in. Most great wins happen on the last play.
- Strike a balance between confidence and humility. Have enough confidence to know that you can make a real difference, but enough humility to ask for help.
- Love what you do. Success requires passion.
If you have some Success Principles that work for you, please email them to me for possible inclusion in a future article.
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