Becoming Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Change is essential for anyone wanting to make a difference in this world. Knowing how to prosper, like knowing any process, starts by embracing change as a way of life.

Moving from one fixed point to a desired conclusion requires action. Action by definition is the opposite of being fixed or permanent. While our current state and our desired conclusion may be inactive reference points, the process of moving from the beginning to the end is fraught with activity.

You Can’t Win Unless You Finish The Race

Failing never prevents anyone from obtaining their goal. The only reason we don’t win the prize is if we stop trying. Failure is the trophy of endurance to the one who prospers. Failure is also the prize for the one who quits.

Persistence takes failure into account. Like difficulties and obstacles they are expected in the pursuit of success. Persistence holds fast to the plan designed to carry us toward the goal. Persistence is also insistent, that no other goal be substituted for the original. Failure and quitting are not goals to the persistent person.

Not Who I Am But Who I Intend To Be

We learn how to prosper in business by first learning to prosper in personal development. If we aren’t willing to grow and change personally on a consistent basis, it isn’t likely we’ll discover these character traits elsewhere.

The prosperity mindset begins with thoughts intended to change the person. By conditioning our minds to think differently, we in turn act differently. Our behavioral patterns lead us toward a prosperous conclusion as a result of thinking differently.

An honest assessment of our current condition is as necessary as knowing who we intend to become. Without a fixed reference point, we can’t map out an exact route. When we encounter obstacles that change our direction, we need a reference point in order to focus on the goal again.

Don’t Be Afraid To Stop And Ask For Directions

When this practice is applied to our business we already understand the pattern. Regular assessment allows for adjustment in our plan.

We don’t like to get turned around or lost in pursuit of our goal. Whether in personal development or business, retracing our steps is a waste of time.

By first learning to be open and transparent about ourselves, we become willing to allow others to bring fresh insight to our plans. When it is positive in nature, external input can give insight that we might otherwise miss again and again.

As the process becomes more involved, we generate an increasing number of specific plans. Each one has a unique starting point and goal. They all lead us toward our main objective, like adding lanes to a highway increases the speed and flow of traffic.

Stronger Foundations Support Larger Structures

If for instance, I learn to wake up at 6am to focus on reading, but fail to improve my self discipline, I may not use that time consistently. They work together.

I used to coach young children in soccer. They loved to run, but learning ball control disciplines was far more difficult for them. They either ran past the ball, or kicked it too far out in front of them. Only a few were able to do both successfully. Everyone else chased them around the field.

As we learn how to prosper, we begin to detect weakness. With the proper mindset we view weakness as a learning opportunity. We prosper directly by learning to transform weakness into strength; inability into capability.

Like road signs telling us where we are, weakness identifies our current location and helps us decide which way to go. In the same way failure identifies a dead end process as a lesson of value.

On the race toward success we condition ourselves to welcome weakness, failure and difficulty as profitable resources. When we think of them as such, we are able to use them to build a solid foundation.

It Isn’t A Matter Of Luck Or Chance

We can only prosper in proportion to what we’re willing to give in exchange. If I’m willing to read self improvement books from different authors on a consistent basis, I can expect a greater level of personal growth; provided that the knowledge I gain is organized into a plan for self improvement.

If I desire to become a millionaire while working for a set salary I should consider the time it would take to accomplish that goal. My will may keep me from relinquishing the desire to pursue this goal, but time might run out before I get there.

By taking some of my income to invest in the stock market, I increase my potential to become a millionaire. If I choose to exchange my free time for the purpose of learning how to invest my money, that time investment improves my chances.

An even better plan is starting a business. The entrepreneur understands the importance of limitless potential. Beyond the ability to write your own paycheck, is the ability to write an even larger one every day. Prosperity ultimately becomes the process.

One of the greatest assets to learning how to prosper is that we can share both the plans we followed and our experience with others. Living in prosperity is the objective behind the learning process. People who live prosperous lives are an encouragement to anyone who wants to succeed.