My father taught me that if I wanted something I needed to work for it. I took it a step further and figured that the harder I worked, the more I would get. Well that isn't necessarily true in the traditional work arena. You're dependent on the whims of your employer. So I decided to make a change.

Not knowing what to do, I decided to look at the "successful" people and see what they were doing.

Timing: Being at the right place at the right time.
Having Vision: Seeing potential in what is being presented. Having the ability to see success.
Taking Action: Going one step further than the rest. Doing instead of saying.

Set deadlines to accomplish what you plan:
Besides creating a plan, it is also very important to set deadlines to accomplish each one of your goals described in your plan. In other words, you should always assign final dates to the different goals that you have and not let anything interfere in the completion of these goals by such dates. This will allow you to avoid a mental "disease" that every human being possesses: Laziness!!! That is right. Laziness is a mental "disease" that affects even the richest man in the world. This is why setting deadlines is so important. It is extremely important that you complete them and accomplish them on time. This will determine your success.

Do not waste time:
Life is more than work, eat and sleep. It is important that from this moment on you start accounting for your time. You should consider every day as if it were the last day of your life. Why? Well, if you do this, you would not want to waste any time on things that are not worth spending time on. Do you get my point? Each and every minute of your life should be used in the wisest way possible. Very often I hear people saying that they have no time to do anything other than work and pay the bills. When I hear something like this, I know for sure that they are wasting their time. How do I know this? Very simple; I used to be like them. I used to work 16 hours a day. I did not have any time to do anything other than work, pay my bills, sleep, and have a little family reunion once in a while. Nobody would think that a man working 16 hours a day could be wasting his time. Neither did I. But in reality I was. I was actually wasting 16 hours a day. I was throwing away 16 hours of my life every day. Now I work between 5 to 7 hours a week; the rest of my time is free time. And you know what? I am not wasting any second of it and I am making 300 times the money I was making when I was working 16 hours a day. This is what I mean when I tell you not to waste time.

Limited contact with negative people
There is nothing more frustrating to me than to have a conversation with negative people. They have a negative response to everything I say. Fortunately, I have learned that the best way to deal with them is not to deal with them at all! Choose your friends wisely. Start spending more time with the positive friends. The less opportunity you give the negative friends to ridicule your plans, the easier it will be to show them how you have succeeded. Have you ever bought a pair of shoes that you thought were the best, and all of a sudden after some friend of yours tells you that they look really bad, you do not wear them anymore or you feel some kind of shame when you do? This is just a minor example of how negative people can influence you. Imagine what they could do if you let them influence you in your financial life. From now on, do not let negative people get in your way to success. Shut them out!

Choose your advisors wisely
A long time ago a friend of mine got this idea of getting involved in the stock market. Not knowing anything about it, he decided to consult a financial advisor whose number he had found in a newspaper. After they talked for a while, my friend was really excited! He was told of a way of getting $500,000 with just a $125 investment in stocks, but it would cost $2,000 for the advisor to reveal that secret. (That seemed strange because if this advisor knew the "secret" to make $500,000 with only $125, why would he be working in a old and ugly office, driving a real mess of a car, and wearing really discolored clothes?) Anyway, my friend decided to give it a try. Several times he applied the advise of his financial advisor, but it did not work at all. A few months later, we found out that the advisor had closed his office because he had gone broke. He had actually filed bankruptcy! Today, I remember that experience.

From that day on, I promised myself that I was not going to listen to anybody unless they were doing better than I was. And let me tell you something, it has worked wonderfully! You can get their opinion, you can hear what they are saying, but you cannot let them influence you. On the other hand, if they are doing better than you, then they probably know a little bit more, they have a little bit better attitude, and they probably have a little more experience.

Have a good attitude:
A good attitude is worth a billion dollars. Have you ever heard that expression? You should have a good attitude towards anything that you do in life, even towards the things that go wrong and towards your mistakes. Yes, a good attitude even towards your mistakes. I am sure you have been told that you should learn from your mistakes. Have you been told this? Well, it is very true. And this is true to anybody in the world. Let me explain something to you. On your way to true wealth, it is very likely that you will make some mistakes. But who doesn't? We all do; we are all human beings; the key is to have a good attitude towards them and to truly learn from them. Personally, I make mistakes everyday, but when my attitude is right, it doesn't affect me. What I try to do is to make a lot more accurate decisions than mistakes. When this happens, I literally feel like I have done everything perfectly even though I have made a few mistakes. Once you develop this kind of attitude towards life you will notice the change! This is why I urge you to have a good attitude. But do not start tomorrow, or the day after; start RIGHT NOW!

Take care of your health:
I am sure you realize how important your health is. Without it, having all the money in the world would be worthless because you would not be able to enjoy it. I have heard so many stories of people who work so hard to accumulate money, and once they become wealthy, they die of a heart attack, or cancer, or are condemned to live in a hospital for the rest of their lives. This is not what you want, nor what I want for you. As I said before, true wealth is about having all the money that you could possibly want in a lifetime along with the time to enjoy it. This is why you should take care of yourself. Do healthy activities; exercise; eat healthy food and maintain that healthy attitude.

Stop thinking job:
Most of us are taught since we are kids that the rule in life is to have a job. Most of us go to school, then we go to a university or college, we get a degree, and finally we get a job for the rest of our lives (others simply jump from school straight to a job). Life is not about a job. It's hard to be happy when you have to get to your office or place of work every day at 8 o'clock in the morning or otherwise you will get fired; you cannot be happy when you have to ask your superior for permission to take a week off. I mean, what kind of life is this? Where is the freedom? Where is the happiness? The only way you will ever find true wealth is if you are the owner and judge of your actions, and this is only achieved when you become the owner of your business. When you are the boss, you will be able to go where you want, when you want to; work wherever and whenever you feel like working; you want to have the freedom to decide what to do for the rest of your life. There is no way you can do all this if you are stuck to a job. STOP THINKING JOB!

Do for others:
I decided to leave this "step to success" for last not because it is the least important, but because it is the most important of them all. Part of having the right mental attitude is to not be thinking of yourself or money all the time. Remember, your goal isn't to have lots of money, but rather to have true wealth, the freedom and opportunity to live the lifestyle that you want. Be happy. Part of that is to help others to also be happy.

Business wise - the Network marketing business is designed to provide you the opportunity to create a network of people that all work together to reach their goals through the same business opportunity. Help them reach their goals, and you will vicariously reach yours with them.

Doing for others could be as simple as helping your neighbor fix his car, or giving a hand to a friend of yours who is moving to a new apartment. Simple things like these could make a great difference in your life.