Belief. Gary L. Varnell
PREFACE
My goal with writing this book is to change your way of thinking so you can improve your level of success in life. This book has been written to help everyone develop more belief in themselves and therefore have more success in their lives. This book will encourage you to find your purpose and your dream. By sharing solid principles and real life examples, this book will show you there is no limit to what you can have and what you can accomplish.
I will share ideas, other success stories, and the application of these principles. These examples and your application of these principles will assist you in achieving your own successes in life. Above all else, you will understand why belief is the one thing, the main thing you must have to create your success. These time proven principles will not work for anyone without belief. I will share why belief is so important and why belief is necessary in order for all the other principles to work to their maximum capacity for you. We will talk about different beliefs structures from belief in yourself (self-confidence) to belief in your vision, company, product, business, and even in life. Belief above everything else is the 1st building block on your foundation of principles to success.
I finished writing this book in the summer of 2015. As of 2015, for the past thirty-five years, I worked in corporate America in sales, national account sales, sales management and training, human resources, as a chief operating officer (COO), and in business for myself. During that time I’ve had extensive, leadership, sales, personal growth, and success training. I’ve read hundreds of books on these subjects. I’ve attended hundreds of hours of seminars on these subjects. I’ve trained thousands of people on these subjects and principles, from my own personal experience, personal application, readings and trainings. I’m very excited to share this information with all of you. I want this book to make an impact on your life.
IDEAS ABOUT SUCCESS
Success is something that anyone can achieve if they follow proven success principles. One of the most important factors in creating success is not just following and applying proven success principles, but having the right mindset. You need to make positive changes in your thought process and mindset to accomplish success. There are several attributes and basic success principles every individual must apply to create their own success. In this book, everything you need to know, apply in your life and believe will be revealed through real life examples. So, if you choose to create the life you desire, you can create that success for yourself. Here is a key: if one person can have success in life, then so can another person, as long as they have the attributes needed, put in the effort necessary and apply the success principles. Success starts with belief. Belief in yourself and belief that you can and WILL create the success you are striving for.
Is your desire strong enough?
Is your vision or goal crystal clear?
Is your vision or goal written down?
Do you have a step by step written plan to accomplish your vision or goal?
I want to share some background on how the mind works. Everything we do starts with a single thought. In a book titled, The Book on Mind Management, author Dennis R. Deaton writes, “The consummate truth in life is that we alter our destiny by altering our thoughts. The mind is our most crucial resource, our crowning asset, our ultimate arena of battle. If we will master the power of our minds, we may do or be whatsoever we will.” Here is a simple example: if the thought is “I’m hungry,” the mind creates a plan of action. The action you take from that thought is to get up, go to the refrigerator and find something to eat. It’s the same with creating success. If you believe in yourself, you believe you can create your dream of success. Your mind will then formulate a plan to take action and move forward toward accomplishing that thought or goal. If you don’t believe in yourself and you don’t think you can create and accomplish your dream, your mind will not work to create a plan. You have already quit on your dream because you don’t believe you can create it and live it.
Often times these negative thoughts come from an individual’s lack of self-worth. At times people don’t feel they deserve more than what they have. If this is your thought today, my hope is that this book will change your mind. It is my belief that anyone can create and live their dream. This book shares true life story examples of how to do this by using the proven success principles and acquiring and or developing certain characteristics; anyone can have success if they really want it and BELIEVE that they can and will have it. Dennis R. Deaton from The Book On Mind Management says “Change your thoughts, and you change your world. It all begins in the mind.”
Do you feel you deserve your dream, vision or goal?
Do you have doubts about yourself?
Do you have doubts about your abilities to accomplish your vision, goals or dreams?
The success principles we will go over in this book that are necessary are as follows:
Belief – a strong desire to create and have your dream become a reality.
Vision – being clear on your goals, dreams, and desires and writing them down.
Strong work ethic – creating great success takes great effort.
Integrity – being true to your word at all times, being honest in your dealings.
Commitment – continuing to pursue your dream long after the feeling has left you.
Persistence - a willingness to search out the information needed to create your success; a willingness to do whatever it takes to make your dream a reality.
Excellence – doing your best with your appearance, your health, and your work.
Affiliations – creating your success with the help of others; choosing your affiliations well.
To create your ultimate success there will be sacrifice involved. You will also need to create a step-by-step, detailed action plan to follow. This book will share ideas on how to accomplish that success. First and foremost you need to decide specifically on the dream, life, or goal, that you want to create. It never ceases to amaze me that people will spend countless hours researching a purchase of a refrigerator or a washer and dryer, new golf clubs, where they want to vacation, but when it comes to their dream, their goals, their life, no one really takes the time to think about it, or plan for it. Benjamin Franklin once said that some people die at age 25 and aren’t buried until 75. Meaning our dreams, our vision, and our hopes can die so young. Once we jump into the work force, we come to the realization that we are working paycheck to paycheck for the rest of our lives. Do not lose hope. Recreate and hang onto your dream. Someone out there, right now, is living the life you want. If they can, you can too.
Are you willing to take the time necessary to develop your vision, goal or dream?
Are you willing to develop a written plan to accomplish your success?
Are you willing to evaluate what you are currently doing and change it if necessary to work on the most important things first?
PERSPECTIVE AND BACKGROUND
Based on my work experience, personal experience, and working with thousands of individuals just like you, I finally came to the realization that the one thing missing from the people that have had some success, but remained only average, was the lack of a strong belief and vision of the success they wanted to create. The lack of belief and vision kept them from creating their ultimate success. You must believe in yourself. You must have belief that you deserve the success you want in life. To have huge success with your job, you must have belief in your company, product or service. Without belief, the time-proven principles of success will only grant you mediocre success. Your success will level out at your level of belief.
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