How to Succeed in Life and Business

Success is a basic human desire, no one strives for failure. However, often we fail to achieve the success we desire in life and business.

This could be an issue of focus. How we focus our time and energy dictates what we achieve in life. Where our focus goes, our energy flows. So where should we place our focus in order to achieve success?

In life, there are things we can control and things we cannot control. When we strive to improve our life and change things, we will not succeed if we focus on the things outside of our control.

Some things will sweep us off our feet, and leave us defenseless. The economy, for example, can screech to a halt and cause us to lose our jobs. We cannot prevent that. However, what we can change is ourselves.

Our philosophies, our ways of life, our daily activities, our determination, our ability to challenge ourselves and grow-these are all changeable. Such things are within our realm of control.

If we do not possess the success we desire, maybe we have to revisit our philosophy? Or maybe we are not challenging ourselves enough to seek out new experiences and knowledge?

By focusing on these flexible things, we bring the energy of change to our lives. To achieve success in life and business, we must attract it by growing ourselves and focusing our energies on the right things. This my friend, will bring forth success and beauty as sure as summer follows spring.

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Life offers few guarantees. Some days I wish I had a sure-fire plan to make my life turn out exactly as I want. I bet you have those days, too. Wouldn't a guarantee on everything be great?

Perfect boss. Dream house. Well-behaved children. Steady income. Luxurious vacations. It would be so easy if they were just guaranteed, wouldn't it?

Think about it for a moment. If you were six years old and learning addition and you were guaranteed a perfect score on your test, would you keep studying? Some of you may, but not everyone would. If you had a guarantee and stopped studying, you wouldn't actually learn addition.

If you could be guaranteed that you would study just the perfect thing in college to ensure future success, would you critically evaluate your options? Would you assess your choice along the way to your cap and gown? Once out in the world, would you continue to check your career progress against your true desires?

If you were guaranteed that your business would succeed if you did A and B and C, how would you learn that G is a more enjoyable way to grow your business? And that P was a great thing to do for personal growth, as well as for business profit?

Whenever we take something for granted or consider it to be guaranteed, we turn off our brain. We stop learning, experimenting, questioning, and evaluating. We stop growing.

If someone gave me a simple formula for success, I would likely follow the formula like a robot, doing just what they said. I would blindly move in the direction of their guarantee, because it would be easier than figuring it out on my own.

Part of me would love a success formula that would guarantee my future success. It would alleviate the pressure, stress, and anxiety that stepping out on my own has brought to the surface. I could relax and just do what I love: coach and write. I could avoid all of the uncomfortable parts, like marketing and selling. I would also miss out on a heck of a lot of personal growth that those things are currently bringing to me.

If I had to guess, the best success formula anyone could give me would look like this:

experimentation + persistence = a good chance of getting what I want

That's what life's about. Taking chances, experimenting, persisting. There is no magic formula for success. There are no guarantees. There's hard work, trying new things, failing, and trying again.

So what are the two steps to guaranteed success? Try and try again.

No one can tell you exactly what to do to achieve your goals. They can guide you, offer ideas, help you find your own answers, find where you're holding yourself back, support you through trial and error, and celebrate your successes. You can eventually get what you want when you keep at it. So keep at it. You'll get there.

Jenny Shih is a life coach. She works with individuals who dream of changing something in their lives. They want support to move forward toward something better, and Jenny helps make it happen. Jenny's career began in the corporate world, first working as an engineer and then as a manager, where she found satisfaction in helping others grow and develop in their own unique ways.

You can find Jenny online at http://www.RisingSunCoaching.com.