Myths About Succeeding In Business


by Jack Travis - Date: 2007-04-02 - Word Count: 339 Share This!

How you think of success will determine how successful you will become. As in most areas of our lives the thing that limits us the most is ourselves. There are many misconceptions about success.

Here are some of them, with answers.

Successful people don't make mistakes: Wrong - they make plenty of mistakes and learn from them. They just don't repeat them.

Some people will never be successful: Wrong - anybody can be a success. Its a matter of having the desire and action to achieve. You can only be successful if you play by the rules: Sometimes - This is true to a certain extent. Successful people sometimes make up their own rules within the law.

You have got to work up to 70 hours a week to get anywhere: Sometimes - This is often true. Working long hours means nothing if you are doing the right thing and enjoying what you are doing. Remember, you're building an investment for your future.

It takes luck to be successful: Wrong - Generally it takes hard work. A successful businessman once said that it was funny, but the harder he worked, the luckier he got.

You are only successful if you make a lot of money: Wrong - You have to define success as it applies to you personally. There are a lot of rich people who are not successful.

Its only success if everybody knows about it: Wrong Again - this is a personal situation. There are many successful people around and they are the only ones who know about it.

If you get helped along the way thats not success: Wrong - The most successful people are those who have listened to advice from others because they recognised that the advice of other successful people contributed to their own success.

Success is a goal: Success at what? Success is a by-product of achieving the goals you set down.Once Im successful all my problems will be over: Wrong - It doesn't matter how successful you are, if you are in business, expect to always have ups and downs. That's simply par for the course.


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