Miracles are your responsibility!  What does that mean? Simple…You have a responsibility to create miracles in your own life.  The responsibility lies on your shoulders. You can’t blame anyone else, and you can’t look outside of yourself for someone else to create the miracles for you.  In this article, I’m going to break down the word “Miracle”, because each of you have a responsibility.  As you know, my Why is to impact others and change the world one heart at a time.  As you read this today, my goal is for you to take responsibility and realize that you have the innate ability to create miracles. So let’s get started!

The letter “M” means Momentum, which is created by you.  You must create Momentum in your life for yourself, for your Why, for your family, for your success, for your finances, for your health…YOU create Momentum!  No one else will do it for you.  You aren’t a surfer waiting for the next wave to come in.  You and only you must create your own Momentum to drive you toward creating your Miracle!

The letter “I” stands for Incentive.  You must have something inciting you to action…your ultimate “Why”.  Why are you doing what you are doing?  Why do you want to begin that business?  An Incentive builds the foundation that keeps you focused on your Miracle.  No doubt about it!  But again, it is your responsibility to determine what your incentive is and how it will drive you toward your Miracle.

The letter “R” stands for Revelation.  As you read this today, get a Revelation!  It’s your responsibility…no one else’s.  It doesn’t matter who you are, where you came from, how much money you have…get a Revelation. YOU can and will create Miracles!

The letter “A” stands for Action.  I know you’ve heard this before, but read this today, print it out and decide that you are going to take Action to create Miracles.  Once again, no one will do it for you! Take the Action that you know that you need to take to create your Miracle.

The letter “C” stands for Commitment.  Finally…once and for all…dive right into it…get Committed to your Miracle!  It’s your responsibility.  Inside you is a reason for why you are here…your Miracle…so Commit to it.  Go for it!

The letter “L” stands for Love.  You must Love what you do.  You must Love the Miracle that you are focused on creating.  If your Miracle is all about money…you will fail!  Your Miracle cannot be based on money.  Your Miracle must be based on what you can do to impact the world, which will produce everlasting results. You will produce true Miracles!  Don’t let anyone else tell you what you must do for money.  Love what you do and create your own Miracles.

The letter “E” stands for Energy.  Your gonna need Energy to create your Miracle.  There’s no such thing as it “falling in your lap”, “luck” or “winning the lotto” in a success mindset.  It takes hard work! You need the Energy to take those daily action steps to create your Miracle.  Again, it is your responsibility to maintain your Energy to create your Miracle.  Miracle…It’s your responsibility.

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You must be absolutely clear about your goal and be relentless in your pursuit of Your “WHY!”

There is no key, no mantra to have a successful life. There are just few simple steps that lead to a successful and happy life.

Honesty

“Honesty is the best policy”

Honesty is necessary for real happiness. Dishonesty sometimes may bring wealth and influence, but it can never make a person happy. At no point in his lifewilla dishonest person be able to free himself from the consequences of his actions. Fear of being caught and punished for his dishonest acts haunts him, and he is never totally free from it. Hence he will never be truly happy and content.

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Self discipline

“With self-discipline most anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Self discipline has great significance in our life. It can be described as a quality that makes a person conduct his life in an orderly and successful manner. We should adopt it naturally from the very beginning so that we may choose and develop a way to lead a successful and happy life. It is the discipline which guarantees progress, prosperity and success. Self discipline is the key to all progress and promotion.

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Health

“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” -Elbert Hubbard

A healthy mind and body are also an essential prerequisite for happiness. A sick man can never hope to be happy. His diseases will take away from him, the enjoyment if sight, sound, taste and touch. Haunted by fears regarding his health, such people fear life. They took at it as a burden. A proper diet and a tension free existence can definitely make a man healthy and happy.

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Action

“Life is action not contemplation”

Above all the most important thing that a person should do to make his life better is ‘Action’. A wise person said ‘Life is action not contemplation’. It says that thoughts alone are not enough to change the realities of our world. It is action that paves the way for development and enrichment of the life. To say that all great humans of the world were contemplators or workers would be wrong. They were a little of both. They did not hesitate to accept the challenges that came their way, neither did they feel ashamed to dream an impossible dream. They were the one who dared to make castles in the air and create these castles, in reality.

Today’s business world seems to have what I call an intense action bias. This is the ever increasing need to take action. I am not sure if this is partly because of the current business school training or inherent to our culture. I liken the action bias to the investment bias. That is the need for people to find a place to put there money many times to their detriment.

The action bias is many times like the investment bias, meaning wrong. There are many instances where the action bias is incorrect; meaning the best thing to do is nothing.

I believe there is a form in narcissism in the action bias. The thought that I know what to do or I can fix it. While I applaud the spirit of trying, there are many instances where we can not impact the situation. Does taking action and trying harder cause better results in a grossly overbuilt real estate market, or does it waste precious resources in a traction less market. Accelerated action may simply accelerate losses when waiting is the thing to do. Should marketing dollars be spent to generate buyers who don’t want to pay the prices you want. Maybe inaction is a better strategy.

Yet, we are an impatient lot; we “need” to be doing something. Doing feels better than waiting, yet what’s done can rarely be undone, but what’s undone is still an option for the future. If the actions are not well thought out and backed by the appropriate set of facts and attached to the right strategy, you may as well not take it.

This is obviously a strategic question for people and their businesses. We are not talking about whether or not to pick up the phone when it rings or unlock the front door of the store at the start of the business day. We are discussing the big issues a business wrestles with like; launching a new product, implementing a new marketing campaign, terminating or starting new strategic relationships, going public or filing bankruptcy.

What does this discussion have to do with time management? Well, everything, because the action bias is a user of time and the opposite strategy of patience is a time saver. When you are taking action, you are using time. When you are waiting you have time, time that can be used for higher level thinking which needs to be done before taking action. Additionally in the heat of battle, thinking tends to shut down.

So think about the this issue the next time people are saying we need to do X. The appropriate response maybe, at some point that could be a good option, let’s wait and see.

By Les Taylor

Ever hear the adage “knowledge is power?” Well, I don’t agree. While I do believe knowledge can and should be a source of power, the reality is that only knowledge APPLIED is powerful. It’s not what you know that counts, it’s what you do with what you know that really matters.

You and I live in the Information Age. There’s more information around today than there has ever been on any topic you can imagine. Not only is information available, it’s at our fingertips via the internet. The Web contains information you can use for improving every aspect of your life. I don’t know about you, but I have yet to stump Google or Yahoo.

With all this information available to us, you’d think we’d have life figured out by now. Ah, but such is not the case. Why? Because we’ve come to believe that learning and collecting information are one and the same. The reality, however, is that we must take what we’ve learned and translate it into meaningful actions. As I’ve said, it’s not what you know, it’s what you DO with what you know that really matters.

Doris Lessing, a novelist and playwright of the last century, once said, “What matters most is what we learn from living.” Life is a great teacher, if we do something with what we learn.

If you’re familiar with my six-step process for improving performance and productivity, you know that the last of the six steps is ACTION, or what I refer to as STRATEGIC DECISIONS.

While taking action is critical to being a person of success and achievement, I’m not talking about just doing something for the sake of doing it. I’m talking about doing those things that matter most – and doing them first! Here are some thoughts on taking action you might find helpful:

1. Develop the habit of being action oriented. Don’t think about finishing the project or getting the degree, finish the project and get the degree.

2. Get creative in figuring out fun or interesting ways to take on an important project. Make a game out of it or offer yourself a nice reward when the project’s finished.

3. Make a habit of breaking down projects into tasks that can be completed in a relatively short period of time. Our attention spans aren’t very long – sad but true, so deal with it and break the task down into doable 15-20 minute segments.

4. Use worst case scenario thinking to stimulate action. You’ll end up there anyway if you don’t get the project finished or earn the degree.

5. Do the hard stuff first. Once you get that out of the sway, you’re on the downhill slide.

6. Use momentum to your advantage. Once you get going on a task, stick with it until it’s finished.

Remember, it’s not what you know that matters, it’s what you DO with what you know that really counts. Success and achievement are about DOING, not DREAMING.

Les Taylor is a professional speaker, author, consultant, and recognized expert in the field of personal improvement and professional development. Get several “free” performance improvement resources at http://www.gettingmorewithles.com also, read interesting and entertaining performance improvement articles at Les Taylor’s blog at http://www.gettingmorewithles.com.