Think about your circle of influence—your colleagues, your family, your friends. Who do you consider to be the most successful? Of course, the first response to that is “what defines success?” Everyone has a different meaning of success. No matter how you define a successful person, professional coach Wayne Schoeneberg says you’ll find six characteristics. Yesterday, we shared three: Purpose, Attitude and Modeling. Today we share three more.
Passion: Everybody has a passion. Your passion makes up a big part of who you are. Your passion is that thing that you would do for free. When you are pursuing your passion, time means nothing. You are in a joyful state. Take an inventory of your dreams. Identify your passion, then honor it. Your passion may never allow you to earn an income. That does not mean you should put it out of your life. Your career does not have to be your passion. Just make sure you make time for your passion. Go deep into it. You can be assured that by pursuing your passion all other aspects of your life will be enhanced. Success follows happiness.
Ethics: Real success requires that you be ethical in all you do. Ethics is a measure of what you think about yourself and others. Honesty in your relationships with your co-workers, employer, or employees is an absolute requirement for success. Your reputation as an ethical person will either help you or destroy you. Nobody wants to do business with someone who cannot be trusted. As tempting as it may be to “look the other way,” or do something “just this one time” you have to “just say No.”
You will never have peace in your life if you let your ethical standards slip. A lie or act of dishonesty will follow you for the rest of your life and you will regret it. Treat your reputation for ethics as if it is the keystone to your success. It is.
Respect: Respect begins when you look in the mirror. If you do not respect what you see, start there to make changes. Start with your appearance and build out from there. It sounds so simple but everyone knows there are people who ignore this very important facet of success.
Look your best every day. If you work from home, put on clothes that reflect the type of person you want to be (remember modeling, above). Respect is more than what you show to others. It begins with respecting yourself first.
Respect can only be earned. While you want to show common courtesy to everyone you will notice that you will only respect someone after he or she has earned that privilege. The same goes for you. Learn to respect yourself, show respect to others and you will earn the respect you deserve.
Now you have the tested formula for success. Make these attributes part of who you are. Use them, each of them, daily. P.A.M.P.E.R. yourself. You deserve success.
Source: Wayne Schoeneberg is a Certified Professional Coach, a dynamic speaker and bestselling author of No Clients? No Job? No Problem! With his distinct perspective on the influence of fear, Schoeneberg’s inspiring message instills in his audience the courage to be confident, and provides them with the tools to become the architects of their own success.
