THE REAL ROAD TO SUCCESS

Now, how to discover the real road to SUCCESS. But, every website you look at is a scheme to get your money not offering anything tangible at the end. None of them offer a real opportunity to ever reach long lasting success. Most of these websites offers are nothing more than MLM and promises. But success is not free as they would like to lead you to believe.

You have to work at becoming a real success. Why not start with your education? Why would becoming a success be any different than becoming a physician, attorney, or any other career. You need to know where to get that education in order to succeed.

The first recommendation is to graduate from college if at all possible. The mere fact that you have a diploma will open doors that would not otherwise be available to you. There is only one problem. Probably, not one single professor has ever been in the real business world. They are academics. Oh, you will have lots of theory, but now you are faced with the reality that you are full of theory. But how will you apply all of that theory in the real, practical world of life, whether it is business or personal.

At about 27, I started my first business. It was hell. I could hardly eat. I was overwhelmed with anxiety. I immediately had to start generating enough revenue to pay my bills.

My saving Grace happened to be a close friend who was the number one stock broker at a nationwide brokerage firm. That first Christmas of being self employed he gave me a gift certificate to Success Magazine (successmagazine.com). At first, I didn’t give it much thought. Then my first issue came and I discovered I couldn't put it down.

But this was only the beginning. In reality, this just opened a huge set of golden doors to all of the things that were available to help me start my own journey to success.

My personal favorites have always been audio books and DVDs. I am a terrible reader but love the audio/visual side aids for training. The real beauty of audio books on CD is that you can listen to them in your car over and over again. But audio books and DVDs by themselves would never have been enough.

When you boil it all down there are probably 10 to 15 books, audio books and DVDs that will literally change your life. Not one of which am I going to introduce to you to as a “secret”. I am going to introduce you to my personal favorites and tell you why they are my favorites. But I am also going to do it in my favorite way. Ever open a 400 page book and it looks overwhelming? Me too, especially since I am a poor reader. I truly believe that a huge number of books are written by authors who are trying to impress their peers, particularly college text books; so, there are an abundant amount of words, big words.

How many times have you said to yourself, "that was a great short read"? If the majority of authors of a self-help books can't tell you everything you will need to know in that book for it to have been effective, they should be able to do it in less than 250 pages, preferably less than 200 pages. As evidence, I offer the author, Og Mandino. He has written dozens of books, none of which are over 200 pages. Cut out all of the words and cut to the chase. I love a good self-help book that uses bullet points with some good short detail on why these bullet points are so key to that book.

Let's start with these:

1. The Richest Man in Babylon - Charles Classon - I like to start here because this book is so inspirational and a short fast read packed with a awesomely inspiring story. This will help stimulate your inner self to a higher elevation while filling you with all of the basics of becoming successful. www.eBeegle.com

2. Law of Success - Napoleon Hill - For shear volume of how to, 1060 plus pages, this is the next step. Napoleon Hill will give you, in detail, everything known to man kind about becoming successful. These are the gritty details incredibly well presented. My son had read this 1060 plus page book 3 times by the time he was 18. He now owns his own company and is a multi-millionaire. And, yes be also graduated from college. But, he will be the first to say that what I am saying to you now is what I said to him and was the real reason (not a “secret“) for his success.
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Law of Success is my only exception to my rule of brevity since it is really about the equivalent to 10 or 12 books rolled into one book.

3. The Strangest Secret in the World - Og Mandino is a story in his own right. You won’t find his books, several dozen, in the business, sales, motivational, etc., section of your favorite book store. You will find an entire rack of these books in the inspiration/religion section. But, my favorite is still this book that is timeless. All of his books are short, insightful and inspirational and they are all timeless.
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The following is a list of sources for success that I highly recommend:

W. Clement Stone - Author, Brian Tracy - Author, Jeffrey Gitomer - Author, Stephen Covey - Author, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale - Author and
Zig Ziglar - Author

You owe it to yourself to see Zig in person at one of his live performances or purchase one of his many DVDs. We all need that extra shot of motivation and inspiration from time to time. Zig will charges your batteries.

Helpful Hint: If it is or was written by a college professor, do not buy it. Unless, they have proven themselves to be a success off campus. We deal in the real world. All of the above can be found at MY FAVORITES to the left.