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Plan for the sustainability of your success so that you do not drift back to failure and mediocrity.

Do not seek success just for the sake of succeeding or for self-gratification. Seek a life of impact and significance.

In life, all things are not constant or equal, the inequalities are so loud; change and uncertainty are the order of the day. It is these changes, inequalities and uncertainties that make it more imperative that you deliberately plan your way to success.

Call your personal board now and discuss the important questions. You cannot invent, re-invent or show creative brilliance without asking pertinent questions. You must demand answers from your life, from your present circumstances or from any challenge you may face. Why can__ you change? What does it take to get different results? What else can you do or try?

Identify and replace any limiting deep-rooted beliefs that are like a solid mental prison, including thoughts like, 'I__ not worthy,' 'I can__ do this,' 'I__ too old to start,' 'I don__ have the qualification or skills to become a better person,' 'I__ always the unlucky one,' 'I have nothing to give/say or contribute

The reality of life and an imperfect world dictates that things cannot be held constant to guarantee your success; you have to wiggle your way through a planned path within a maze, to attain your goal.

Stop, think and use your brain! Don___ rush through life. Take time to reflect as you define what success means to you. Always remember you are one of a kind!

At a higher level you are influenced by deity and the spiritual. Even atheism is based on the belief that there is no God or gods, without deity-acknowledging religion it has no foundation or basis. What is your divine influence, doctrine and reservoir of inspiration to tackle or create the tangible out of the realm of the unseen and the spiritual?

You do not reduce or eliminate your concerns by crying, shouting or proving you are the victim of whatever happened in your life.

To become successful, do the little extra things that ordinary people refuse to do. The little extra hard work, little extra practice, little extra studying and the little extra positive attitude.

Personalising success means defining it in line with your defined mission and beliefs. This will help ignite a passion for the dream as well as develop underlying values and attitudes.

The ostrich-approach of burying your head in the sand, when confronting your areas of weakness, becomes a self-set trigger for failure.

There remains unique questions calling for a unique mission like yours to answer _ and that is your key to significance. Find them and be the answer.

You need to change the questions you ask yourself and of your situations, in order to change the trajectory of your life. These are questions that will help you define and refine your purpose.

Are you conscious of the scent or odour emanating from your mouth, arm pits, stockings or elsewhere? Are you friendly to your environment? Is your dressing, hair style and make up in line with your defined mission and values? How can you start managing your image and brand for a consistently good impression all the time? Does your image reflect your aspirations?

Without faith, it is impossible to succeed. It takes faith to grow, change or move out of your comfort zone. All external interventions become futile without the personal and internalized buy-in from the spirit-man who needs to change towards a given success destination.

Your success must never be left to others. You must be able to visualize it and see it through your own eyes, whilst others assist you to see it better and make it clearer.

Deliberately plan to be exciting and to be excited.