Success Secrets of Self Made Millionaires

By Bayo Ogunmupe Here is the road to achieving financial independence faster and easier than you ever dreamt. I gleaned it from a 77 page booklet by the American millionaire motivational consultant and trainer, Brian Tracy. The pamphlet is a testimonial of his life experience as a self made millionaire. It is the culmination of 15 years of research, teaching and personal experience on the subject of self made millionaires. The ideas and strategies presented are tested and proven. They are written in an easy to use format so that you can learn and apply them immediately. What I learned from the book was that in order to achieve success in life, you must become a special kind of person. In order to rise above the majority, you must develop qualities, skills and disciplines that the average person lacks. The most important factor in achieving greatness isn't the focus on money. it is the kind of person you have to become to earn that money and then hold on to it. These principles are so powerful that you can apply them to accomplish any goal you really want. Many of these methods and techniques are very familiar because they have been discovered hundreds of years ago but the snag is in the application. Many of you might have read about the techniques, it is only that you lacked the discipline and perseverance to apply them. But as you are reading this column, I know you are on your way to achieving your great goals in life, in order to realize your full human potential. These success principles, if painstakingly applied, will move you ahead more rapidly towards the wonderful life of abundance that awaits you in the future. Secret number one is that there is an iron law of human destiny: the Law of Cause and Effect. This powerful law says that there is a specific effect for every cause. For every action, there is a reaction. This law says success is not an accident. Financial or political success is the result of doing certain, specific things over and over again until you achieve the success you desire. The universe is neutral, the marketplace or our society does not care who you are or what you stand for. The Law of Cause and Effect says if you imitate how and what other successful people do, you will get the same results as them. One of the reasons for selling yourself short, for underachievement and your lack of success, is the conviction that successful people are genetically better than you. This is simply not the case. The fact is that millionaires have found out what other successful people do and they have followed them until they get the same results. When you think the same thoughts and do the same things millionaires do, you get the same results and benefits like them. Also, you should practice "back from the future thinking." This is a powerful technique practised continually by millionaires. Here is how it works. Project yourself forward five years. Imagine the five years have passed and that your life is now perfect as imagined in every respect. Create a long term vision for yourself. The clear your vision of health, happiness and prosperity, the faster you move towards achieving it and the faster it moves towards you. When you create a clear mental picture of where you are going in life, you become more positive, more motivated and more determined to make it a reality. This triggers your innate creativity which comes up with idea after idea to help make your vision come true. Human beings tend to move toward the direction of their dominant dreams, images and visions. Your dreams raise your self respect, and happiness. There is something exciting about dreams and visions that raises your self esteem, stimulating you to do great things. Think of one great goal you would dare to dream if you knew you could not fail. Write that goal down and begin imagining that you have achieved this goal already. Dreaming big dreams is the starting point of great achievement.