What “Success” is … to me.

To have no regrets and true friends.

To feel, in my gut, that I’m on the right path.

To make the most of my talents.

To have much love, passion and fun in my life.

See the rest at: http://www.follisinc.com/success.htm

John

I am glad I came to your blog. The only thing I disagree with in the original is when you said:

“You create “luck” by developing yourself:

* Improving your social skills…”

I will disagree on this point simply because we come in all shape and sizes and when it comes to business some CEOs may not be “people persons”. A Ceo can run circles around competition without being a social phenom. i.e. some computer programmers are great at online/internet marketing and run circles around other internet marketers. They don’t need social skills to do so.

Thanks for sharing your story. You’re a great example of the reliance and fortitude of the people of New Orleans!

Ken

He’s a theoretical physicist who has become a thought leader in a new field called “biocomplexity.”

Biocomplexity is the science of using the laws of physics to understand previously ‘mysterious’ phenomenon, like human behavior.

There were three ideas in this book that jumped out at me:

1. First, drawing on extensive experimental data, Buchanan demonstrates that people, while not perfect, are inherently altruistic.

Beware of the gurus and others who go on and on about how “bad” basic human nature is and that fear, greed and narrow self interest are the only real motivators. It may be that they’re using these arguments to justify their own less-than-optimal approach to business.

2. The worth of an individual is not based on what he or she knows today, but on his honest effort to seek the truth. Continuously seeking the truth expands your mental and moral powers.

3. And then this key thought which relates to the discussion at hand…

In science, if you can get the most basic principles right, you can usually understand and handle all the complexity that flows from them.

Working the other way, trying to go from observing complexity to understanding principles, rarely leads to anything but confusion.

In other words, beware of underestimating the power of “simple” formulas and guiding thoughts and overestimating the value of complex,”sophisticated” tactics.

Really good advice and I’m glad to find that a scientist – who has been positively reviewed by a Nobel Prize winning economist – has come to the same conclusions many of us have long had a strong hunch were true.

Thanks for the email, it was heart felt reading your latest blog entry.

I’ve practiced every step of the SUCCESS formula and it is absolutely correct. My future is looking pretty bright and consistent now after sucking wind for 2 years.

As you know I lost everything (house, furniture, extra sources of income, primary custody of my daughter Layla, comfort ZONE…….) in Hurricane Katrina 2005. Just to give you an example…….. For 9 months I lived homeless in and out of hotels, on a sofa in my office, taking showers at the local YMCA gym, and was without family….. finally after taking massive amounts of action every single day & not letting anything mess with my emotions…… my Joint Venture brokerage business started improving! I knew the action I took today would manifest tomorrow’s success, it was the only thing I could think about AND it is what kept me going ….nothing else!

Fast forward to now—>

I am living back home in New Orleans (Uptown to be exact) with my daughter Layla living w/ me the majority of the time. Layla now attends school at one of New Orleans best, I have an office less than 8 blocks away from my house and Layla’s school, business is growing and I’m learning more and more ways to make money each and every day …. YEEE HAAA!!

The Sun is finally starting to shine, Thanks for the inspiring message, it’s very true!

Yours Sincerely,

Chad Mac
Your buddy from New Orleans

Shelley

In the mid 60’s I was in Golden Gate Park in San Franscisco at a huge music festival, and I remember hearing a guy, a hippie in his thirties or forties, very loudly saying over and over and over, “what you say is what you get”… “what you say is what you get”… what you say is what you get”… that is all he kept saying, and it faded away as I walked away with the crowd that was moving past him.

I still hear it now like a megaphone of the mind, reminding me every day that it is true, “what I say is what I get”.

Since then, other quick thoughts that I repeat to myself like a megaphone of the mind are, “what I give is what I get” (do unto others) and “what I think is what I say”.

To this I am adding your attitude quote…

“It doesn’t matter where I am today because I am taking action to get me to where I want to be tomorrow”.

To paraphrase your sentence into one quick thought, “tomorrow begins today…so, do it now”.

Yes, it beats “The Secret” since a secret without action now is, well, just a secret.

What we can learn from the industrious ant is summed up in your statement, “What else is success, but learning to do things differently – and better – than you did them before?”

Art

Jim Hans

After reading your email newsletter, I was “motivated”. For me the message was simple. Stay in the Now! It doesn’t matter how I got here, all that matters is what am I going to do to get to where I want to be.

I own two ecommerce sites (a retail and a wholesale) and I am still in the process of growing my businesses. The information you have freely provided has been very valuable to me and this latest email has been the best.

It has changed my perception of myself and what I need to do. It’s so easy to get caught up in the “what if’s” and my perceived failures and to dwell on them.

Reading your email brought me back to forget about what is done and focus on what to do now! Yes I have learned from my past experiences and it give me more wisdom to create my new experiences.

Stay in the Now, create a plan, and focus on making the changes you want to live your life to the fullest.

Thank you for taking so much time to share your expertise and give to others with no expectations of what’s in it for you.

Ken Frazza