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Michael Jordan’s Top 10 Rules for Success

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While I was working on one of my businesses today, I came across this YouTube video from Evan Carmichael about Michael Jordan‘s Top 10 Rules for Success and I thought they were fantastic – so much so, I wanted to share it:

Michael Jordan’s Top 10 Rules For Success

Rule #1:  Keep Working Hard

Be there before anyone else.

If you want to be successful, you have to work at it!

Be sure to have the right coaches to help keep you on the right path, and a great team to keep you accountable.

Be the last to leave. Constantly work to get better to become the best you can be.

Rule #2:  Ignite the Fire

Find your passion and allow it to fuel you, even when you’re tired or doubting your ability to accomplish your goal.

Rule #3:  Be Different

Separate yourself from others. Greatness attracts greatness – don’t be a copy.

Rule #4:  Fail Your Way to Success

Michael Jordan has missed more than 9,000 shots in his career. Lost almost 300 games. Even missed the game winning shot at least 26 times.

But he never gave up. When you fail – it’s not the end of the world. It is an opportunity to overcome your shortcomings, learn, grow and improve.

Rule #5:  Have High Expectations

You have room to improve. Set goals to strive for.

Don’t be complacent for what you have already achieved. You have more to prove as to who you are.

Plateaus do not mean you are perfect – they mean that there is something holding you back. Strive to overcome those plateaus to reach new heights of success you may have never thought were possible!

Rule #6:  Be Positive

How you perceive events in your life and how you respond to a situation. Even in a negative situation, you can always find the good or the positive from it. Learn form those bad situations so you never have to be there again and can help others avoid them.

Rule #7:  Be Who You Were Born To Be

Again – don’t be a copy! It’s about knowing where you’re going, not forgetting where you started, and having the courage to be different.

Don’t break when broken, taking everything you’ve been given and make something better.

Work before glory. What’s inside of you? Is more potential than you can imagine.

It is a test of your will when you have to deal with the negatives. Overcome it!

Rule #8:  Have a Vision

I’ve talked about this before in several blog posts, including why you need a BIG dream to be successful!

“Without a vision, the people will perish.”

You MUST know where you want to go, otherwise you will have no idea when you have achieved the success it takes to get to where you want to be.

Rule #9:  Stop Making Excuses

Failure gives you strength – allow your pain to motivate you!

Rule #10:  PRACTICE!

Daily consistent action is key to having success!

Practice as if you’re playing “the game” – that way when you “play” it’s not new. In other words? Imagine the results of your success and how you got there. Imagine what could happen if you were to come across an obstacle – what would you do? Play it out in your mind and see yourself achieving the goals you have set for yourself – no matter the obstacle!

That way when you get to that moment, you don’t have to think – it’s instinctive.

That’s it from me for now, my friends.

And if you have another rule for success you’d like to share, leave a comment below!

Are You Killing Your Success With Non-Stop Work?

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When first starting a business, and even after it’s achieved success, sometimes as a business owner or entrepreneur we dig ourselves so deep into working on improving our product, our brand, or increasing traffic.

Thing is? Sometimes we get so focused we forget to take time out to take care of ourselves and the other parts of our lives.

Tony Robbins speaks about the 6 Basic Human Needs … and when you only focus on one or two? Your soul slowly begins dying because you are not taking care of your other needs.

I ran across this video from Marie Forleo that talks about Why Non-Stop Work Is Killing Your Success – and I feel like it effectively and eloquently explains why it’s good to unplug from technology (even for just one day) to allow your soul to be rejuvenated:

As entrepreneurs, we tend to always put this pressure on ourselves to always be on – always engaging – always creating something new.

But I totally agree with Marie – this “Western Cultural idea” of overworking and “always on” as a sickness. It can destroy you – your health, your creativity, your relationships … ?

I truly do believe that our souls crave down time, even when the thought of taking significant time off may feel scary.

I loved these two things Marie suggests to remember:

  1. Great things happen when you unplug from technology and plug back in to real life
  2. You get to write the rules in your business and your life.

There was an Entrepreneur article that provided some really nifty infographics that outline countries with the most days off, and this article by Forbes further shows that Americans take less vacation days than ever, especially in comparison to other countries.

So my biggest takeaway from this is that you should question everything you think you HAVE to do – and challenge them. Obviously, for a business you have to do what’s best … But sometimes what’s best is to unplug so you can come back refreshed with more creative juices.

So do not undermine your ability to craft a life or business that you truly love.

So — what’s one thing you wish you could do in your business that you THINK you can’t do? What would happen if you challenged that assumption?

Leave a comment below and let me know!

An Open Letter to Ann Coulter From John Franklin Stephens

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I recently heard about Ann Coulter’s tweet calling the President a retard:

While this personally pisses me off … She has every American privilege & right to say what she wanted to say.

HOWEVER – by comparing anyone to a mentally handicapped person really isn’t funny guys.

And I was so happy to see this open letter response from a Special Olympics athlete – 30 year old John Franklin Stephens, that I just had to share it!

Now, I did a reading of it because I didn’t want the Google gods to say I was copywriting the original post (which can be found here) … and because I wanted you to see this letter as well.

So here is the transcript of everything in the video EXCEPT the original letter (which you can see in the video).

Enjoy?

Transcript

Hey guys! This is Kassandra with ProsperousHeart.com and so the subject today was Ann Coulter’s message on Twitter a few years ago that I, apparently, just recently learned about where she approved of “Romney’s decision to be kind and gentle to the retard” in reference to President Obama.

Now, I found a post on Facebook that illustrated this open letter from John Franklin Stephens – a 30 year old (at the time) Special Olympics athlete and I just love it SO much I really wanted to share it with you guys.

I really didn’t think that just putting it in print would do it justice? So I wanted to speak aloud as to how (in my head) I would imagine John Franklin Stephens’ voice [inflections] to sound as if he were to say this to Ann Coulter.

Of course, now this gentleman does have Down Syndrome so I’m not sure exactly what his speech patterns would be like, but this is how I hear him in my head right now.

Again, I just absolutely LOVE his open letter to her. This is absolutely incredible and it’s TRUE!

I have met a few people who are not seen as “normal” right? And they have opportunities that they have to overcome that most people don’t have to.

But they are some of the most LOVING people! They are incredible, they’re strong, they’re eager to take on life with what they have and do the best that they can with what they’ve got!

They ARE, truly, people who can inspire others … They have a passion for life & they are just incredible people – every single one that I’ve ever met, I’ll just be real honest here.

So guys – this is several years old so no need to start another backlash war ..

But seriously.

We as a society need to stop using that word in regards to someone else. Just because what we think that they are doing is stupid (or whatever the case may be) — calling someone a retard because of that, because you don’t agree with what they’re fdoing, because you think they’re being stupid or that they’re slow or mentally challenged?

That’s not acceptable guys! It’s just not.

So I’m not going to go on a rant any much longer than that. It’s not worth the time, honestly for me to get angry over.

This happened. It was several years ago.

I just wanted to share this with you guys to maybe bring some awareness to your word choices – to be aware of what you are speaking.

Words are powerful, guys!

Whatever words you use you can either speak life or you can speak death over someone.

Now, that is totally another post for another time – I just wanted to share this with you guys out of love because this man right here – John Franklin Stephens?

Oh my gosh I have so much respect for this gentleman.

I personally have not seen the Special Olympics yet. But I’ve heard about them, I’ve supported them as long as I’ve known about them.

I think they’re great!

If you get the chance, I think you should go or at least watch it and see these people! They’re amazing, they’re incredible, they’re just wonderful people.

So, that’s it from me for now. Again, this is Kassandra with ProsperousHeart.com and I hope you have a wonderful and thoughtful rest of your day!

Are You Really Buying What You THINK You’re Buying?

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Even if you wish to be ignorant and deny the principle that everyone is in sales …

A principle is still a principle!

principleMarie Forleo is such an inspiration to me …

I don’t remember where I first heard of this woman’s name, but every time I watch one of her videos I am inspired and eager to attack the rest of my day with joy and a prosperous heart!

She has such a unique take on life and business, and is a true leader that can help an untold amount of people achieve their dreams.

I wanted to share this video with you today because I found her focal point of her video to be quite curious.

“We rarely ever buy what we think we’re buying.”

And it’s so true.

I won’t spoil the punch line, my friends – so without further ado, here’s Marie:

Be sure to leave a comment below and keep the conversation going!

6 Things YOU Should Do To INCREASE Your Chances of Success in Life (Even Business)

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6 Things YOU Should Do To INCREASE Your Chances of Success in Life (Even Business)

1. Start Now

Stop making excuses.

What are you waiting for?

Just DO IT (like Nike says)

2. Follow your Passion

In order to achieve greatness in life, you should follow your passion. Think about what you are doing now personally in your life…

Is it YOUR passion? Probably not.

3. Add Value

If it’s business, adding value means you’ll make more money.

If it’s personal life, adding value means closer relationships and strong personal growth.

4. Know your numbers

From your expenses to your profits, you need to know your assets and liabilities in life and business.

These numbers can give you a CLEAR vision and goal in life.

Don’t run away from the numbers. Learn them. Embrace them.

Build your life and business around them.

5. Learn Sales

Don’t CRINGE when you hear the word. Embrace it as a part of every day life.
One thing that I know that personally helped ME in my growth is learning sales.

Now I don’t mean – go out, get a car sales job and learn sales. But learn the art of opening someone up to the idea of something that could benefit their life.

“Selling” your kids no the idea of eating vegetables or doing their homework.
Persuading a spouse to go to a restaurant or vacation.
Asking a girl/guy on a date. (you sell yourself on the date!)

All those though unrelated ARE related through SALES.
Learn it. Love it. USE it.

6. Be Resilient

Rarely do things work out PERFECT the first time or ever time. There are tons of “stumbling blocks” when it comes to having a successful life and business. But the key point is to continue to PUSH and persist -and keep trying.
BUT this does not mean to do the same thing over and over again… and expect different results. As Albert Einstein said.. that’s INSANITY smile emoticon

Do you agree/disagree?

Do you have any tips to add to this list?

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