1. Have a clearly defined, internalized vision of your purpose, and a burning, deep desire for its realization. This is the fire which feeds your WILL to act. If it is not clearly defined and internalized through your senses, you cannot generate the personal power needed to hang tough and keep moving, no matter what.

2. Analyze your vision and break it down into specific goals. These goals become the targets on which you focus the power of your WILL.

3. Have a definite plan expressed in continuous action to achieve each of your goals. These are the step-by-step activity/items that you handle on a daily basis. Do not stop too soon for rest, reward, holidays, birthdays, and so on.

4. Have a friendly alliance with one or more people who encourage you to follow through with your plans or purpose. Form a Master Mind alliance. This is a group of two or more people, sharing knowledge and effort in a spirit of harmony for the attainment of a desired result.

5. Decide once and for all that failure is just a temporary pause, not a destination. To fail proves that you are trying. Each failure has a lesson to be learned. You literally fail your way to success.

It s not how many times you stumble down.
It s the number of times
you pick yourself up off the ground.
And keep moving on, to meet your goals.

6. Realize that something for nothing is an illusion. Everything of value requires that you put forth effort to obtain it. Remember, the only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.

7. Stop wishing your life away. Start doing what must be done to achieve your desired results your goals. Change your wishbone to a backbone. Have faith in yourself, in your God, and in your vision and purpose. It has been said, It s not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, so much as the size of the fight in the dog. It s the size of the fight in you that really matters as you strive to reach your goals, realize your vision, and achieve your purpose.

8. Do It Now. Take Immediate Action. All that is being done is being done now. Nothing has ever happened tomorrow. All that truly matters is decided by the action you take right now.

Practice persistence in all you do.
Desired results will come to you.

Brother Herbert Harris will be keeping the Black community updated on thoughts for success and how we can succeed in our lives. Visit regularly for new information that could help you overcome and make the best of your everyday experiences.

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