Success strategies for youth

Success Strategies for YOUTH “A Guide to Creating Personal and Professional Achievement” Outline#1 Omar X.R. Ford

THE KEY TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS IS IN YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU DISCOVER THESE COMMON DENOMINATORS OF SUCCESS:

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Dream BIG and never stop dreaming of more.

Have faith in yourself. Hang in there when all hope fails and believe there are endless opportunities.

Learn how to define success for yourself and don’t let others define it for you.

Create goals with one-, five-, and ten-year plans, and don’t leave anything to chance.

Be ambitious and driven, and make success happen.

Have good networks of people who support what you are doing.

Consistently affirm your ability to be successful, and believe in a higher power.

Be a “prosperity thinker,” and develop a mental attitude that guides you to success.

View obstacles as challenges.

Work through fear and take bold calculated risks.

Filter out: I am a failure. I can never do anything right.

Filter in: I have beaten many odds in my life and am proud of these successes. I can be successful in everything that I do.

Filter out: I have no joy in my life.

Filter in: Joy is seeking me out.

Filter out: I am not good enough.

Filter in: I am very good at________ My strengths are in _________ and my prior successes have been in ________ and _________ and ____________

Filter out: I’ll never be pretty or handsome enough.

Filter in: I am beautiful both inside and out. Because I am strong and have high selfesteem, I know that my inner beauty is far more important than my outer beauty.

Filter out: My life is so unhappy. Nothing ever works out for me.

Filter in: I am reversing my negative thinking by taking charge of my life. By doing so, I am not leaving my destiny to anyone but myself.

Filter out: I’m so miserable and feel like giving up.

Filter in: Life is a miracle. There are hundreds of miracles just waiting out there for me. All I have to do is look and really see my own miracle unfolding.

Filter out: People don’t like me.

Filter in: I’m becoming a person who is liked and respected. I am making it happen.

It’s a matter of attitude!

Filter out: My self-esteem and self-confidence are at an all-time low.

Filter in: I’m picking myself up, dusting myself off, and learning to love myself. I am no longer willing to put myself down or let others do it. I’ll fight for my rights to be here and cherish all the good about me.

Filter out: No matter how hard I try, I can’t become successful.

Filter in: Success is finding me because I am earnestly seeking it out, want it badly, and am doing all the work necessary to achieve it.

Filter out: I fear the unknown.

Filter in: I look fear in the face, knowing that I’ll cross path with my purpose and destiny. So I have no reason to fear all that is my by birthright!