How to Find Drive and Ambition When You Have None Drive and ambition seem to be critical components for success. Most successful people constantly strive to improve themselves, their skills, and their circumstances. A person needs a lot of drive and ambition to keep working when life is hard, or…
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You might be skilled, talented, educated, and brilliant. But, if you’re not resilient, persistent, and gritty, you’ll never make the most of those other attributes. Think about the five most successful people you know. On the average, they’re probably not that talented. However, they know how to get things done…
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The things that matter are often disagreeable to do. The easy things can be done by anyone, and that’s why they often don’t matter too much. That’s why sipping lemonade on your front porch doesn’t pay as well as handling nuclear waste. There’s a lot of value in getting yourself…
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You might not be perfect, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get better. While success comes rapidly at first, it slows to a crawl before too long. The key is to continue making progress over a long period of time. Becoming an expert in any field requires this understanding. If…
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Rather than just spending your free time trying to amuse yourself, put that time to good use. To fully reach your potential, it’s important to spend some time each day furthering your development. A few minutes each day can yield great rewards over the years. Everyone else is wasting their…
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It’s happened to you before. In the comfort of your home at night, you’ve laid out your plans for the rest of your life. You’re going to lose 50 lbs, start a successful online business, make millions, and finally find the partner of your dreams. Then the sun comes up,…
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Most of us wish we had more willpower. We’re not very good at doing the things we don’t like doing. Willpower is in limited supply, so it must be used wisely. It’s possible to build your willpower reserves by holding yourself to a standard or enduring misery. Neither is particularly…
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There are many people that do an excellent job of visualizing, setting goals, making plans, and creating contingency plans for every obstacle that might occur on the way to accomplishing a goal. However, many of these same people never take the first step in the real world. All of their…
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You already have a few regrets, but there are ways to help ensure you have far fewer of them over the rest of your life. There are few things more tragic than looking back over your life and wishing you had lived a life that was dramatically different. Now is…
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Life is slipping by, but there is still time to create a meaningful and impressive life. Your personal growth is your responsibility. No one else has the time or the interest! It’s not easy to make positive changes to your life, but it can be done. There are plenty of…
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