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Have you ever stopped to think that the more you enjoy something the better you will do at it? For example Michael Jordan loves basketball. He would have to love the game to be willing to put in the incredible number of practice hours that he did. And Einstein loved physics. He would have to really enjoy it to work as a patent clerk in the daytime and work on his Theory of Relativity in the evening and during his free hours at work.

A husband who really enjoys his wife and children will be a better husband and father. He will not only be more loved by them, but he will love them more and be happier with the results of their lives.

We can take a look at two hypothetical employees, Bill and Tom. Bill has learned to love his job and continues to learn to love his wife more and more. Tom hates his job and does not get along well with his wife. His boss would tell you he has a bad attitude and doesn’t get along well with others.

Bill comes in to work about fifteen or twenty minutes early almost every day. He has plenty of time to go to the coffee machine and buy a steaming cup of black coffee, just the way he likes it. He goes to his desk and organizes his day so that he can control events instead of events controlling him. He is relaxed and ready for a brand new day.

Tom often comes in ten minutes late. He is in a rush every day and it stresses him out. When he arrives at his desk a coworker is already waiting for him with a question about a project he is working on. Tom doesn’t have time to relax with a cup of coffee and his day is already set – stress and frustration.

Bill likes his job. He is grateful for it. That does not mean he never faces problems or difficulties. But he has a good attitude and that helps him cope with anything that goes wrong.

A couple of years ago I did some studying on what American companies are looking for when they hire employees. I found that attitude is considered very important by most companies. In fact many large companies say they prefer a person with a good attitude over a person with more experience and skill.

The Apostle Paul told us to be overflowing with thankfulness. A person who is really thankful for what he has will enjoy life more and be more excellent in his relationships and his job. When Bill drives home from work he begins to look forward to seeing his wife and children. He enjoys them. He takes time every now and then to think about the benefits of being married to his wife and the joy of each of his children.

When Tom is driving home from work he is thinking critical thoughts about his wife and children. Probably the dinner will be late and he is very hungry. The kids will be naughty and noisy and he won’t be able to rest. He will probably lose his temper with either his wife or one of his children and then everyone in the family will be unhappy for awhile. They will sit down and eat together, but it will be very quiet and rather tense.

If dinner is late for Bill he eats a snack or lies down for awhile until he is rested and refreshed enough to face this new challenge. He enjoys the noise the children make because he knows they are having fun, and he enjoys seeing (or hearing) them have fun. If the dinner is late, it doesn’t matter, he knows his wife has been busy with many different tasks around the house all day and she won’t finish work until all the kids are in bed.

Psychologists and business experts tell us that positive reinforcement is more effective than negative. That means if we want to change other people’s behavior it is better to tell them what they are doing right instead of what they are doing wrong. Getting angry and shouting at people may change them for awhile, but it usually brings about more harm than good in the long run.

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Secrets of success

Brad Stanton —  May 18, 2013 — 6 Comments

dont-give-upNapoleon Hill interviewed 500 of the most successful people in the world to find out what made them successful. If you are looking for success in losing weight, career, relationships, etc. these help. Here are some of his findings. People who are successful have these traits:

  1. They have a well thought out purpose in life. They know what they want and they believe they can get it. People who aim at nothing hit it every time. Statistics show that from one Harvard class, the 4% who had well thought out goals accomplished more than the 96% who didn’t.
  2. They have ambition to aim above mediocrity. Hill found that people with low ambition don’t get very far in life.
  3. Education. We all know that many of the most successful people had very limited education. Thomas Edison had less than a year of formal education. Bill Gates did not finish college. Ashton Kutcher dropped out of college, as did many, many others. But a college degree can open doors for you, no doubt about it. People are not paid so much for what they know as what they do with what they know.
  4. Self-discipline. Discipline comes through self-control. Hill says that a person must control all negative qualities. That is hard to do, not many really do that well. But the great thing is, if you are willing to do it, you are way ahead of most others. We are both our best friend and worst enemy.
  5. Persistence. Most people are good starters but not good finishers. A person who is willing to keep working at something and not let discouragement deter him will do great things in life. Most people quit when things get difficult, and often quit just before they would have accomplished something big. Persistence overpowers failure.
  6. They don’t try to get something for nothing. They know that in order to get what they want, they have to be willing to pay the price. Or as Zig Ziglar says, “You can get anything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want in life.”
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A recipe for disaster

mgetubig —  May 16, 2013 — 8 Comments

544248_407678335995789_1569938268_nOne of my coworkers always had a very negative, angry attitude. When he trained new people he was harsh with them and got angry if they asked the same question twice. He was an expert at the software we used.

He often spoke angrily of his son who didn’t achieve all he wanted his son to achieve. It made him so angry that when he spoke it was unpleasant to listen to.

Later, we changed the software that we use in our office. Now Bob (not his real name) has a hard time learning the new software. His negative attitude makes it difficult for him to learn new things because he doesn’t have the confidence to keep trying even when it seems he will never learn the new software.

Bob ended up having a nervous breakdown. He had such a negative attitude that he would refuse to do the work assigned to him. Months went by, he didn’t seem to want to change. A couple of weeks ago he was fired after almost 25 years with the company.

If only he had not been so angry, he wouldn’t have let anger eat him up and take away his energy. If only he had been more optimistic and believed that he really could learn the new software he would still be at the company. I know he could learn it, if he learned the old software it should have been very possible to learn the new.

Anger and pessimism are killers. You can turn your life from sad to happy by always thinking happy thoughts, thinking about what you like, not what you don’t like. Think about what you like to get rid of worry, pessimism, anger, fear. More about how to have a happier life in my book:

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Key #7 Be disciplined and persistent
Key #8 Enjoy your work and work hard
Key #9 Never, never, never give up
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girl-with-a-fanMany times I have talked to a man or woman who is not happy with a relationship. Almost always, it is because the person I am talking to is not giving what the other person wants.

All people are selfish, some more than others, but it was written thousands of years ago that it is actually happier to give than to receive. Sounds hard to believe, but it really is true. When you give, good always comes back to you. Whether you call it karma or the law of sowing and reaping, it always works.

However, to change a relationship that has been a problem for many years won’t happen overnight. It takes time and persistence.Here are some questions to ask yourself that can really improve any relationship:

  • What things do you do to improve your loved one’s life?
  •  If you could write what you do to improve your loved one’s life, what do you do to help her/him
    a. achieve what she wants
    b.avoid what he doesn’t want
    c.preserve what they want to keep
  • How do your loved ones describe you? What words do they use?
  • What does your loved one value? What benefits does he/she seek or expect from you?
  • What are several things you do that your loved one values?
  • Why does your loved one love you?

After doing marriage counseling for many years Gary Chapman wrote a book called “The Five Love Languages.” He found that everyone wants one or more of these. The five categories are:

  1. Kind words
  2. Quality time
  3. Gifts
  4. Acts of service
  5. Physical touch

If you can find out what your loved one wants most, you can save yourself a lot of energy and wasted effort. You can quit sacrificing to give him/her what she doesn’t really want and give what she does want. It frees you up to spend energy where it is most efficient and you can quit doing a lot of things that you did in the past that got no results.

Kind words are things you say that show you love, value and respect someone.

Quality time means you are not too busy to spend plenty of time together.

Gifts: some people especially like to receive gifts or go shopping for their own gifts.

Acts of service means that you do something, like cook, take out the garbage, etc.

Physical touch means that you find out how the person likes to be touched and do it regularly.

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Get motivated!

Brad Stanton —  May 11, 2013 — 2 Comments

This blog is all about getting motivated and having fun doing it. imgpress (1)
Motivation is a key to success in
weight loss,
better relationships,
career success,
financial freedom
and just about any
goal or dream you have in life.

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when you buy it you get four free ebooks.

The Goal: The Theory of Constraints by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

In The Goal, the intent of the reading is to introduce and emphasize the basic concepts of bottlenecks, flow, single piece flow and buffers, among others. The book is formatted as a novel, not a textbook, about the manager of a failing manufacturing plant who must save the operation from closure in three months.

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge

In The Fifth Discipline, Senge makes clear that in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is the organization’s ability to learn faster than the competition. He describes how companies can rid themselves of the learning “disabilities” that threaten their productivity and success by adopting the strategies of learning organizations—ones in which new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, collective aspiration is set free, and people are continually learning how to create results they truly desire.

Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Critical Chain is about project management and builds upon The Goal. In this novel, characters debate and learn why projects often run overdue and over budget, or finish with less completed than originally specified. The characters debate critical path vs. non-critical path tasks, early vs. late start, resource conflicts, safety buffers in each task, negotiating with subcontractors and suppliers, as well as the erroneous progress accounting/measurement techniques that give everyone a false sense of progress toward completion.

The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book’s end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.

Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results by Mike Rother

Toyota Kata explains in clear how-to detail a way of managing people that makes a company more adaptive, innovative and constantly improving. Although the research was done in manufacturing facilities and with an eye on Toyota, Toyota Kata is more about developing and utilizing human capabilities in organizations. In short, this book lays out a management approach for today’s dynamic conditions. This is not only one of the most noteworthy books on lean management, but an insightful and practical new guide for any manager or leader.