Success Made Simple

“Successful people are willing to do things unsuccessful people are not.” Unknown 

The secret to success is simple.  Success is born, made, and achieved by doing the simple things in life. 

From the outside, we often see success almost as something that happens overnight.  We mistakenly credit it to a big decision, luck, or a onetime event and act as if it is suddenly achieved or earned all at once.  This couldn’t be further from the truth.  Success is born in the small things that happen every day.  Simple disciplines practiced consistently each day lead us down the road that eventually results in the big accomplishment or astounding feat.  We need to always remember though that it is the simple things we do day in and day out that truly makes us successful.

Sadly, what is easy to do is also easy not do.  We do not give enough credit nor value the easy things and so we neglect and fail to do them.  Reviewing our goals daily and taking daily actions to achieve them, meditating, spending time with our family, hugging our spouse, controlling our thoughts, prioritizing our activities, planning our day, taking some time each day to learn, study and invest in our own development, all of these are simple practices that can lead to success.  Too often we are sporadic at best at doing these simple disciplines and then we never achieve the success we hope for and wonder why.       

What happens when we are not consistent in doing the simple things in life that lead to success?  Job loss, bankruptcy, disappointment, divorce, mediocrity, regret, just to name a few.  As you can see little things matter a lot! 

So, success is built on our simple daily decisions.  Small habits everyday are powerful and have a tremendous impact on our life.  Therefore, we must do the simple things!  Because most people fail to do the simple things every day they are forced to deal with hard things. Let’s not be one of them, let’s choose today to do the simple things that lead to success in life.