purpose

We can only continue to promote invention, creativity and success by asking of ourselves, our situations and problems some key questions. What questions are you asking today?

Never fool yourself, success will not come by accident _ it must be deliberately planned for. If opportunities don__ come on their own, they too must be created or attracted.

Build relationships and friendships by finding common experiences or interests instead of getting discouraged by noticeable differences.

Emotions or feelings stem from your attitude and they become the basis on which you decide or act. All decisions, choices and actions have some kind of underlying emotional influence. To change the way you feel about someone or something you must first change the way you think about them.

Internalising success means that even if a misfortune takes away all the evidence or traces of success, yet what made you successful, remains. Soon enough, the evidence will return.

You can use and see the power of words contributing towards your success, and this comes from having an empowering belief system. Living and functioning from an empowering belief system is the spring board for making your success more deliberate.

Positive empowering beliefs will enable you to solidify a vision and mission that can bring you to a life of relevance and significant impact. Remember whatever you believe is true - to you. These beliefs must be programmed into your mind _ by you (though you will still get input outside your own initiative).

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.