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Start your success with it

All of us want to succeed in our lives, we want to be wiser, richer, or simply better, some of us know how to start and already put their feet on the road, but others do not know how to start, they really want to, but the beginning of the road is still fogy.

Let us try together to know how to start and go on to our success.

The first step to your success is to start dreaming! Yes dreaming, many successful people say that dreams are the beginning of any success.

 
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” As Walt Disney said.

So you have to start valuing your dreams and taking them more seriously and then you can take actions to achieve them.

“Nothing happens unless we first dream.” As Carl Sandburg said.

Ok, now some will say I will start to dream but, I will dream of doing or accomplishing small things, because I am afraid that if I dream of something big and I can not do it I will be depressed, but this is not the low of dreams, the low is If You are Going to dream, dream big, do not put a seal to your dreams, make it without limits, It doesn’t cost you a thing to dream.

This is a dream that leads you to success and whether you achieved your dream or not, do not worry as long as you are dreaming and trying you will succeed.

These kinds of dreams are easy for some people, but others are not used to them, because they did not grow up believing in it, and ideas like (it is wrong to take risk or you do not have the capability to change) are handed down to us from generation to generation.

for these reasons it may seem hard at the beginning, but we have to open the doorway beyond our current and patterned thinking otherwise it will be always holding us back. Know this, if you have the dream you have what it takes to achieve it.

In order to keep on dreaming try to find people who are dreamers, and people who are taking action to achieve these dreams, Look for them and be with them, understand how successful people think and act. Also read a lot about successful people, you will find that they started with a dream. Follow their success, you will find that they had big dreams because nobody makes it big by dreaming small.

Do not underestimate the power of positive support, you will find that it is essential in reaching your dreams and moving beyond your fears into the euphoria of achieving your dreams.

The next post I will writing more about dreams and what are the action steps to start your success with your dreams.

 

See you the next time.


Action steps to improve our listening skills

Today we are going to know the step by step actions to improve our listening skills and to be an active listener.

So what should we do to have this great skill?

1- Show that you are listening. Pause any thing you are doing and pay attention by looking directly to the speaker, avoid to be distracted by environmental factors.

2- Listen not only to the words, but also try listening to the feelings of the person.

3- Focus on the body language. You will receive a lot of information of the message he wants to send.

4- Show interesting to what he is saying. Use facial expressions such as smiling every now and then node and encourage hem to speak by using small verbal comments such as yes, hmm, and uh huh.

Your posture is very important, make sure it is inviting and welcoming.

5- Paraphrase the words he is saying. What we understand from hearing is not always right so asking questions like: “Sounds like you are saying…” or I think you mean that…” is important to be sure that you have got the right message. Ask clarifying questions occasionally, and summarize the speaker’s comments periodically.

6- Do not interrupt.

7- Respond positively and respectfully. Even though you may disagree with speaker but you should start your respond with a positive message with   a respective way in order to make him relax and know that he is not in    a war, it is just a conversation even if you have a different point of view.

8- Lastly, treat the other person as he or she would want to be treated. Try to understand the person you are talking with and his backgrounds, so you can treat him in the right way.

You may see that these steps are long and hard, well I admit that they are not that easy It takes a lot of concentration and determination, but believe me by practice it will be very easy and you will do it unconsciously and when you are there be sure that you have developed a very important skill that will change your life and speed your success.

Our action step for today is:

Apply our steps of listening when you speak with people; also practice on thinking and speaking more positively. Try it with your close friends and family, after a while you will get familiar with this kind of listening and you will automatically do it with all people.

And remember that your ability to listen will have a positive impact not only on your effectiveness at work and home but also your success in your overall relationships with others.


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