20 Steps To Out Of The Box Success Thinking

Today was a day of self reflection and boy, was there a lot to look back on, including the many times I’ve judged myself harshly for not being further ahead in my online business career.

Sometimes because life challenges overwhelmed me and stopped me right in my tracks. Or situations where information overload, family stress and the pressure to keep fresh blog content led to frustrated action paralysis.

There were too many times spent reacting as the long distance swimmer who has forgotten to keep his or her eyes focused forward. Knowing that to look to the right, or to the left will allow doubt to creep in, and will cause a focus on the competitors rather than the victory ahead.

I decided to share with you some of the things that grew out of that introspection. My hope is that reading about them will prove beneficial to your own “out of the box success thinking.” Innovation and not wanting to be spoon fed step-by-step while building my business, but taking good information and mixing it with my own spin adds to my self-value, instead of detracting from it.

• Innovation and not wanting to be spoon fed step-by-step while building my business, but taking good information and mixing it with my own spin adds to my self-value, instead of detracting from it.
• Originality, or finding the value in my own voice and sharing my individual uniqueness builds my confidence and reduces my fears.
• The goal is to lead others more than I follow, but not to count it as a weakness when I need to lean on others occasionally for support.
• No matter how much I learn about marketing online, my biggest growth comes when I see things the way my target visitors or customers do.
• A far better strategic plan is over delivering where I can, rather than underachieving everywhere else.
• Experiences which do not kill me, ultimately will make me stronger. I can then use those experiences to enrich the lives of others still involved in the struggle.
• Enhanced living each day will allow me to not only lift myself up, it will help me reach out to lift up others.
• Practicing gratitude rather than grouchiness will always take me further.
• “Having it all,” but losing everything else in the process will ultimately be a hollow victory.
• I must decide what a balanced lifestyle is to me. If I have sacrificed my health, my integrity, my relationships or my self worth, then the price has been too high.
• Experience more appreciation for what’s been achieved, not despair for what has failed.
• Continue to experiment and learn from my mistakes, not become stagnant and resistant to change.
• Pat myself on the back with self-approval more often than I beat myself up with stress, anxiety and frustration.
• A heightened awareness of limiting beliefs and childhood programmed actions allows me to change them to more productive ones, keeping me out of avoidance thinking.
• Everyone has a different route, time and place for success. Measuring myself against the speed of growth of others is a negative energy drain.
• The challenges I must overcome on my particular path to success, will vary from everyone else. Fairness has nothing to do with it. What is…simply is. I determine if I will let challenges stop me or not.
• Mistakes can become steps to wisdom, or stumbling blocks to growth. I decide which will become which.
• Realize the value of relationship building, yet practice gentleness with myself when life circumstances prevent a focus on social networking.
• The one constant that I can be certain of is that things will change in time.
• Learning to let go of the things which I cannot change, or have no control over is a sign of courage not cowardice.
• The only life limitations that belong to me are the ones I choose to accept.