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Success: A Worthy Destination

The stories of people achieving unusualenough. Most seem to just drift along,
success despite all manner of handicapstaking circumstances as they come, and
never fail to capture our attention.perhaps hoping from time to time that
They're inspirational to be sure. Butthings will get better.
they're much more than that if we studyI like to compare human beings with
them closely. The boy whose legs wereships, as Carlyle used to do. It's
terribly burned and who was told he'd beestimated that about 95 percent can be
lucky to ever walk again becomes acompared to ships without rudders,
champion track star. The woman blind andsubject to every shift of wind and tide.
deaf from infancy becomes one of theThey're helplessly adrift, and while
most inspirational figures of thethey fondly hope that they will one day
century. And the poor children who risedrift into some rich and bustling port,
to fame and fortune have nearly becomefor every narrow harbor entrance, there
commonplace.In this age of unprecedentedare 1,000 miles of rocky coastline. The
immigration, we see examples of peoplechances of their drifting into port are
who start off in this world with1,000 to 1 against them. Our state
virtually nothing and within alottery is a tax on such people. So are
surprisingly short time have becomethe slot machines in Las Vegas and
wonderfully successful.What sets theseAtlantic City. Someone wins from time to
people apart, people with vast handicapstime to be sure, but the odds are still
such as not knowing the language, notthere ... stacked steeply against
knowing the right people, not having anythem.But the 5 percent who have taken
money? What drives the boy with thethe time and exercised the discipline to
burned legs who becomes the championclimb into the driver's seat of their
runner or a Helen Keller, blind and deaflives, who've decided upon a challenging
who becomes one of the mostgoal to reach and have fully committed
inspirational figures of our time? Thethemselves to reaching it, sail straight
answer, if fully understood, will bringand far across the deep oceans of life,
you and me anything and everything wereaching one port after another and
truly want, and it's deceptively simple.accomplishing more in just a few years
Perhaps it's too simple.The people we'vethan the rest accomplish in a
talked about here and the thousandslifetime.If you should visit a ship in
currently doing the same thing all overport and ask the captain for his next
the world are in possession of somethingport of call, he'll tell you in a single
the average person doesn't have. Theysentence. Even though the captain cannot
have goals. They have a burning desiresee his port, his destination for fully
to succeed despite all obstacles and99% of the voyage, he knows it's there.
handicaps. They know exactly what theyAnd then, barring an unforeseen and
want; they think about it every day ofhighly unlikely catastrophe, he'll reach
their lives. It gets them up in theit. If someone asks you for your next
morning, and it keeps them giving theirport of call, your goal, could you tell
very best all day long. It's the lasthim? Is your goal clean and concise in
thing they think about before droppingyour mind? Do you have it written down?
off to sleep at night. They have aIt's a good idea. We need reminding,
vision of exactly what they want to do,reinforcement. If you can get a picture
and that vision carries them over everyof your goal and stick it to your
obstacle.This vision, this dream, thisbathroom mirror, it's an excellent idea
goal, invisible to all the world exceptto do so. Thousands of successful people
the person holding it, is responsiblecarry their goals written on a card in
for perhaps every great advance andtheir wallets or purses.When you ask
achievement of humankind. It's thepeople what they're working for, chances
underlying motive for just aboutare they'll answer in vague
everything we see about us. Everythinggeneralities. They might say, "Oh, good
worthwhile achieved by men and women ishealth or happiness or lots of money."
a dream come true, a goal reached. It'sThat's not good enough. Good health
been said that what the mind canshould be a universal goal. We all want
conceive and believe, it canthat, and do our best to achieve and
achieve.It's the fine building wheremaintain it. Happiness is a byproduct of
before there was an empty lot or an oldsomething else. And lots of money is
eyesore. It's the bridge spanning themuch too vague. It might work, but I
bay. It's landing on the moon. And it'sthink it's better to choose a particular
that little convenience store in Midtownsum of money. The better, the clearer
Manhattan. It's the lovely home on aour goal is defined, the more real it
tree-shaded street and the young personbecomes to us, and before long, the more
accepting the diploma. It's a low golfattainable.
handicap and a position reached in theHappiness comes from the direction in
world of business. It's a certain incomewhich we're moving. Children are happier
attained or amount of money invested.on Christmas morning before opening
What the mind can conceive and believe,their presents than they are Christmas
it can achieve.We become what we thinkafternoon. No matter how wonderful their
about. And when we're possessed by anpresents may be, it's after Christmas.
exciting goal, we reach it. That's whyThey'll enjoy their gifts, to be sure,
it's been said, "Be choosy, therefore,but we often find them querulous and
of what you set your heart upon. For ifirritable Christmas afternoon. We're
you want it strongly enough, you'll gethappier on our way out to dinner than we
it."Americans can have anything theyare on the way home. We're happier going
want. The trouble is they don't knowon vacation than we are coming home from
what they want. Oh, they want littleit. And we're happier moving toward our
things. They want a new car; they getgoals than even after they've been
it. They want a new refrigerator; theyaccomplished, believe it or not.Life
get it. They want a new home and theyplays no favorites. Yet of one thing you
get it. The system never fails for them,may be sure, you will become what you
but they don't seem to understand thatthink about. If your thinking is
it is a system. Nor that if it'll workcircular and chaotic, your life will
for a refrigerator or a new car, it willreflect that chaos. But if your thinking
work for anything else they want veryis orderly and clear, if you have a goal
much, just as well.Goals are the verythat's important for you to reach, then
basis of any success. It is in fact thereach it you will. One goal at a time.
definition of success. The bestThat's important. That's where most
definition of success I've ever foundpeople unwittingly make their mistake.
goes like this, "Success is theThey don't concentrate on a single goal
progressive realization of a worthylong enough to reach it before they're
goal." Or in some cases the pursuit of aoff on another track, then another, with
worthy "ideal." It's a beautifulthe result that they achieve nothing.
definition of success. It means thatNothing but confusion and excuses.By
anyone who's on course toward thethinking every morning, every night, and
fulfillment of a goal is successful.Now,as many times during the day as you can
success doesn't lie in the achievementabout this exciting single goal you've
of a goal, although that's what theestablished for yourself, you actually
world considers success; it lies in thebegin moving toward it and bringing it
journey toward the goal. We'retoward you. When you concentrate your
successful as long as we're workingthinking, it's like taking a river
toward something we want to bring aboutthat's twisting and turning and
in our lives. That's when the humanmeandering all over the countryside and
being is at his or her best. That's whatputting it into a straight, smooth
Cervantes meant when he wrote, "The roadchannel. Now it has power, direction,
is better than the inn." We're at oureconomy, speed.So decide upon your goal.
best when we're climbing, thinking,Insist upon it. Demand it! Look at your
planning, working. When we're on thegoal card every morning and night and as
road toward something we want to bringmany times during the day as you
about.With our definition, success beingconveniently can. By so doing, you will
the progressive realization of a worthyinsinuate your goal into your
goal, we cover all the bases. The youngsubconscious mind. You'll see yourself
person working to finish school is asas having already attained your goal,
successful as any person on earth. Theand do that every day without fail, and
person working toward a particularit will become a habit before you
position with his or her company is justrealize it. A habit that will take you
as successful. If you have a goal thatfrom one success to another all the
you find worthy of you as a person, ayears of your life. For that is the
goal that fills you with joy at thesecret of success, the door to
thought of it, believe me, you'll reacheverything you will ever have or be.You
it. But as you draw near and see thatare now and you most certainly will
the goal will soon be achieved, begin tobecome ... what you think about.Learn
think ahead to the next goal you'remore about Earl Nightingale and his
going to set. It often happens that aall-time bestselling programs The
writer halfway through a book will hitStrangest Secret and Lead the Field.Earl
upon the idea for his next one and beginNightingale co-founded Nightingale
making notes or ideas for a title evenConant an audio publishing company and
while he's finishing work on the one inworld leader in personal development
progress. That's the way it shouldwith over 2 million loyal customers.
be.It's estimated that about 5% of theOther audio books available at
population achieves unusual success. ForNightingale Conant include authors such
the rest, average seems to be goodas Dr.



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