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Best Wishes for 2011

Dare to go MAD in 2011 [MAD – Make A Difference] – by Gerrit van der Merwe Whether 2011 will be a different year or a repeat of 2010 pretty much depends on yourself. If you dare to go MAD, … Continue reading

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Part 6 – Focus – Fix Your Goals

There are many reasons why people fail to reach their goals. The most profound of these reasons is a lack of focus. Without focus, your effort to move towards your goals and achieve them gets diluted with other seemingly important activities, and soon you find yourself with the rest of the crowd being extremely busy, but failing to achieve anything in terms of personal goals. Continue reading

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Part 5 – Vision – To be, you have to see

It is imperative that you must have a vision of your desired future. If you don’t have a clear and explicit vision of the future you desire, you will lack direction and drive and you will forever be caught up in the urgencies of survival, rather than the important elements of creating a purpose driven life. In order to be, you have to see your desired future. How else are you going to plan and achieve your goals? Therefore in order to take that indispensable first step towards success, get out your journal and create a Personal Vision for your life. Continue reading

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Part 4 – Success – Own that Space

Successful people know that their rewards in life is in direct relation to the value they bring to the workplace. At this point in time when things are continuously changing at an unprecedented rate, no one can afford to stagnate in the field of learning. As you improve your knowledge, your skills and gaining experience, so you are improving your potential value in the workplace and hence your claim on greater reward. Continue reading

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Part 3 – Success – a State of Mind

Your mental attitude has a decisive impact on your performance in life. It creates the conditions under which your thought processes takes place. It therefore has a huge impact on the perceptions you hold and the kind of the decisions you will habitually make. Your mental attitude therefore lies at the root of the quality of the life that you produce through the decisions you make and the actions you subsequently take. Continue reading

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Part 2 – Success Defined – Create Your Luck

The number one reason why people do not get what they want out of life is because they do not know what they want. What is your definition of success? Before you can achieve success you need to define what success means to you. Without a clear vision of what success means to you, you cannot work towards it, and therefore you can never claim to have achieved it. Continue reading

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Part 1 – Success is Predictable

Success is not the privilege of a lucky few, but rather the predictable outcome of a certain mindset supported by consistent appropriate behaviour. Success can be yours; you just need to learn how to imitate the thinking and behaviour of successful people. If you don’t believe this, nothing else matters. Continue reading

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Success Simplified – Introduction

Success is not an accident, nor is it the privilege of a lucky few. It is the predetermined outcome of specific behaviour. This behaviour is observable and thus teachable. Success can be yours too. Author: Gerrit van der Merwe Everybody … Continue reading

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