“The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.” – Michel de Montaigne

Have you ever seen a successful person’s diary? It is full, they are always carrying it with them and constantly adding to it. Why? Because a successful person knows that to succeed they need to do as much as they possibly can in each day.

By diarising the things that they want to achieve it focuses their activities and gives an additional commitment to achieving each task. What have you committed to yourself to do today? Are those things going to help you become successful? Can you do more today to get closer to your goals?

We all have 24 hours in a day, however it is what you do with them that makes you a success or not. Don’t put it off until tomorrow, do it today, do it now!

You have the power within you to fill each day to the fullest and to find the energy needed to fulfil all those commitments.

Simon Cartwright

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“Success is all about dealing with change” – Brodie Asaris

If you want to be successful you need to learn how to change and adapt because let’s be really honest about this, if you could be successful doing what you are already doing, you would be there already.

Being successful begins with a decision, the decision to change your life and do things in a different way. Often this can be a struggle because change isn’t a natural habit. Like most people you will tend towards a life of stability and consistency.

To be successful your attitude to change will also need to change. You will need to adopt it and make it your own.  It is how you cope with these changes that will determine how successful you can be and you can be very successful.

You have the power within to make and accept changes in your life. So get out there, be bold, be different and be successful.

Simon Cartwright

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“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.” – Doris Mortman

Material items should not be the judge of your success and no matter how much or how little you have, your contentment will come from within. The main thing you should be looking at is how you are feeling on the inside. Are you feeling settled, happy and full of energy?

Material items will never be able to give you the true deep down feeling of happiness that makes you feel successful. The only way to truly find this happiness on the inside is to be grateful for who you are. Be yourself, love yourself and be happy with yourself.

People often blame external influences or their history for their feelings about themselves. Yet happiness is a choice and it really has nothing to do with your surroundings or circumstances. When you can find happiness in yourself it will enrich your life and create abundance around you.

You have the power within you to be happy every day you wake up. You can do it, be happy today.

Simon Cartwright

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“What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” - Napolean Hill

This affirmation by Napolean Hill has been one of my favourites even before I started being successful in my journey. You can work as hard as you like but if you don’t believe with all your heart, or don’t think you are worthy of success, then it just won’t happen for you.

All successful people have one thing in common. It is not an abundance of knowledge, or talent, or potential, although some of these things are required. The one key factor is self-belief. It is self-belief that will get you to success no matter what that success looks like.

There will always be challenges in your journey to success. However, if you have no doubt in your mind that you will achieve success, then those challenges are easily overcome. Your self-belief will help you drive through every obstacle in your path.

You have the power within you to build that confidence and self-belief so that you too can succeed at whatever your heart desires.

Simon Cartwright

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“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe

While getting prepared for an event, task or challenge you will often come across hurdles. As you overcome these hurdles it will help you to grow into the person you need to be in order to achieve whatever it is you want to achieve.

Let us look at baking a cake; if you have the right ingredients and prepare the cake correctly you will be confident the cake will come out right. The more you learn about baking cakes, the better your preparation will be and the better your result. Following from this, the better prepared you are for a situation the more confident you will be of a successful outcome.

Now you’ve probably said or heard people say that if only I knew when I was younger all the things that I know now. All of this amazing knowledge and wisdom you have acquired through learning, preparing, doing and failing at all sorts of things. As you continue to do this throughout your life, the knowledge and learning allows you to make better decisions when preparing for particular situations. This will then give you self-confidence because you’ve learnt what preparation is needed as a starting platform to achieve your success.

You have the power within you so start preparing for your success today.

Simon Cartwright

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“Flowers grow out of dark moments.” – Corita Kent

Plants left in the dark will grow taller than plants in lighted conditions over a short period of time. The increased growth is a response to the darkness, the plant is trying to grow over anything that may be blocking the light.

As humans we can learn a lot from nature in that our own personal dark moments are where we can learn some crucial life lessons, develop into much better people and “bloom“ if you like.

Quite often in sport you will hear the coach or players say that they learn more from their losses than they do from their wins. When we have a failure of any kind that is the opportunity we have to learn to become better human beings, to grow that little bit faster. You can take those lessons into your next project, relationship, business, sporting match, and you will achieve so much more than if you hadn’t had the disappointments.

It is your choice to learn from your mistakes. You have the power within you so get out there and blossom, you can do it!

Simon Cartwright

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“Positive actions promote positive attitudes” – Brodie Asaris.

Many people have trouble feeling positive or taking a positive attitude, particularly when things aren’t going well. What Brodie is saying here is that in order to feel positive and maintain a positive attitude you should take action every day that is positive and takes you closer to your goals.

We all feel good when we achieve something so if you are feeling low or unmotivated then taking action is a great way for you to turn it around. If things aren’t going your way then do something to change it, or focus on something else that you can take forward. When you have taken positive action, be happy and reward yourself for doing a great thing.

You have the power within you to take positive action and create your own personal happiness.

You can do it!

Simon Cartwright

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“As long as you’re going to think anyway, THINK BIG.” – Donald Trump

Each of us have thousands of thoughts going through our head every day. What Donald Trump is saying here is why bother limiting your thoughts, why bother limiting your dreams. Shoot for the stars and if you happen to miss you may just hit the moon but if you shoot for the moon and miss you may come crashing back down to earth. So it is better to aim as high as you can possibly imagine.

We can only achieve what we think of first, or in other words we need to think of something before we can make it a reality. For example an artist will look at a blank canvas, or a sculptor will look at a block of marble. They will first imagine what it is that they want to do and then they will create a masterpiece. That is why humans can live in high rise buildings and not still live in caves. We were able to imagine something far greater than what we already saw before us, and bring it into existence.

So, wouldn’t it make sense then to use these inbuilt skills to dream of your wildest fantasies and make them happen?  Wouldn’t it also make sense to stop putting limits on yourself and making excuses for not achieving what you want? Think big, then back up your imagination with work and belief that it is possible. Go after your dreams, make them come true and live your life in abundance.

As millions of others have done before you, you can do it!

Simon Cartwright

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“Hold on fast, hold out, PATIENCE is genius.” – Comte De Buffon.

Did you know that most people are around 2% away from achieving what they are working towards when they quit? In my experience, the point when you are the most frustrated you are also the most likely to have a break through. Those times are also when you feel most like quitting. If you find yourself in this position and you know in your heart that you are heading in the right direction, keep going, you are closer than you think.

You can’t build two mountains side by side without a valley in between, and it is at the valley that the quitters quit. The achievers will soldier on through the bad times knowing that the brilliant view from the top is not far away. Patience is a great skill of successful people. If things aren’t going well then be patient because if you just keep going and continue working towards your target it will happen for you.

So next time you feel like giving it away, take a deep breath and soldier on towards your success, it is just around the corner.

You have the power within you to overcome all obstacles.

Simon Cartwright

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