The Success Principles Book By Jack Canfield & Janet Switzer

In reviewing The Success Principles, I decided to select a sample of the principles advocated by the book and summarize them for you.

If you are moved by this article, if you learn anything worthwhile at all, imagine how much more you can benefit from laying your hands on the full book and learning all 64 principles, and applying them to your life.

It is a great read, one of the best books I have ever read.

The chapters are short, direct and informative.

There are useful suggestions that you can begin to implement immediately to transform the state of your affairs immediately.

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This includes all the results you produce, the quality of your relationships, the state of your health and physical fitness, your income, your debts, your feelings… everything.  You are either doing it or allowing it to happen.  If you want a better life, it is up to you to step up and make the change happen.

Each of us is born with a purpose in life. Identifying, acknowledging and honoring that purpose is a very important step that you must take if you wish to be successful and fulfilled.  Start honoring your preferences, and they will pave the way to your purpose.

You can’t skip this step. How do you expect to get “it” if you don’t know what “it’ is? Decide what you want to accomplish – what you want to experience – what possessions you want to acquire – what kind of family you want to raise. Decide exactly what you want, and write it down. And then do what you must to make it happen.

If you want to create the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen. You have to believe that you have the potential within you to make things happen, and the ability to pull it off. Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

We become like the people we hang out with. If you are going to be successful you have to start hanging out with successful people.  Encourage them to share their stories with you and act on their advice.  Learn from their mistakes and shorten your learning curve.

Once you know your life purpose, and have determined and clarified your vision, you must convert them into specific, measurable goals and objectives, and then act with the certainty that you will achieve them.  Goals are powerful.  They help you clarify your vison, and push you to take swift action towards the attainment of your desires. Goals give you direction in life.

Let go of and replace your limiting beliefs. Adopt the attitude of success. How do you expect to move forward if you keep your foot on the brake pedal? Let the brakes go and pump the accelerator.

Visualize your goals as already complete, as if you’ve already achieved them, and then act to make them happen.

Good things may come to those who wait…

but where are all the great things?

What happened to the best things?

Answer: The best and greatest things

are in the possession of those who took action.

Be an action taker, and you'll be a happy achiever.

If you avoid discomfort at all costs, you run the risk of avoiding success at all costs. Fortune favors the brave. The path to success is littered with obstacles and potential failure. Learn from these and keep moving forward. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Asking for what we want is one of the most powerful success principles of all. Yet many of us are afraid of asking – we’re afraid of looking foolish, needy and stupid – and mostly, we’re afraid of hearing the word “no”. When you don’t ask, you reject yourself in advance. Ask for what you want. You can't close the sale without the ask.

Positive feedback comes in results – money, praise, promotion, etc. Negative feedback is equally positive if you see it as the world giving you another chance to improve your performance.  Learn from your failures and try again, this time do it better.

Refuse to give up. Always ask yourself “How can I make this better?” When life knocks you down, refuse to stay down. Get up and give your dreams another go. Challenge yourself one more time to see if you can do it better next time.

Become the opposite of paranoid – believe everyone is here to enhance your well-being and help you succeed.  Some people may be out to get you, but if you keep moving higher, it becomes difficult for them to catch up with you.

Break the habits that will break you. You can’t just drift to success; you get there through focused action, discipline and acting every day to make things happen. So start now and just do it. 

These qualities are reflected in your daily actions. There are so many more success principles you can learn from this book. Jack Canfield shares so much value and timeless wisdom that will propel you to great heights, if you will only learn the lessons and apply them to your daily living. The only person that blocks your success is YOU. The only person who can take your life to the next level is YOU.

Start practicing the success principles today.

Don’t always be getting ready to live – time will run out before you know it. Start shaping the life you want. Start living your dreams. Get yourself a copy of The Success Principles and prepare to live your best life on your own terms.