| You are the harbinger of your own success is | | | | realistic plan of action and set of mileposts |
| a mantra that is used by successful people in | | | | to measure your intermediate success along |
| all walks of life. Most every success story | | | | the way. Wanting without planning, and |
| that you have ever read follows the format of | | | | wanting in the future tense, rather than |
| a person who described their dream, tried to | | | | visualizing in the present tense, will only |
| work out what was needed to achieve it, and | | | | lead to bitterness and unhappiness. |
| then set out to do it, by dint of hard work | | | | |
| and tenacity. A case in point is the actress | | | | To avoid this, build on positive images of |
| Eva Langoria. Langoria didn't take the crown | | | | your success. Build a vision board, or |
| in her first beauty pageant. She set her | | | | collage, of the images and ideals associated |
| goal on winning Miss Corpus Christi by | | | | with achieving your goal, and study it every |
| watching videos over and over again, and | | | | morning when you wake up. You'll find that |
| visualizing in her mind what it would be like | | | | your subconscious mind will make connections |
| to win the title, and immersing herself in | | | | between elements on your vision board that |
| her dreams. She visualized herself into | | | | surprise you, and that you will find yourself |
| success, and through tenacity, focus and the | | | | inspired as you work through your goals and |
| will to succeed, she did. | | | | that they will come into place. |
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| What Eva Langoria did for her career, you can | | | | Every morning, make a list of the days goals, |
| do for yours. The keys are exactly the same | | | | writing it out by hand. Writing it down |
| , visualize your success in the present | | | | impresses it upon your mind; then visualize |
| tense, and itemize the things you need to | | | | completing each days goal in turn, in the |
| accomplish to achieve your goals. You have | | | | present tense, and keep yourself focused on |
| to want your goal so strongly that you can | | | | it as you go through your routine for the |
| taste it, feel it. You have to be willing to | | | | day. As setbacks arise, as they always do, |
| do what it takes to get there. Live your | | | | focus in on your goal again. Make sure |
| goal, and breathe it, and let no-one tell you | | | | you're aware of your progress working towards |
| it's worthless or that you should set it | | | | your goal; novelists try to do three pages |
| aside. | | | | per day, every day, so that by the end of a |
| | | | year, they have written two novels in their |
| Now, wanting it is part of the process, but | | | | spare time. Be flexible in meeting your |
| want alone does not bring success. Be | | | | goals; life throws you complications, and |
| realistic about your goal; don not listen to | | | | sometimes, alternate routings to success that |
| naysayers, but do take the time to build up a | | | | were not obvious when you set out on them. |