The Principles of Success I - (EN)**
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The first step is the most important
Once you have decided in which direction you would like to develop, you and your coach will begin the first phase of the success principles exercises.
Your life goal: first step
Success principles vision exercise: second step
Your coach has given you two key tasks and asked you to answer them carefully. These two steps form the basis for the following exercises.
Therefore, take enough time to reflect on your answers so far. It is crucial that you gain clarity about where you want to go and how you want to shape your future.
Many people initially stick to familiar habits because they provide security. However, personal development begins when you consciously decide to change and take responsibility for your own path.
So ask yourself:
Why do I want to use this training and shape my life more consciously?
One possible answer could be:
‘I am striving for a consciously shaped future that brings more satisfaction to my life. I want a stable and fulfilling life for myself and my family.’
If this direction corresponds to your ideas, then you are in the right place. The training offers you a structured development path that leads you step by step out of familiar patterns and opens up new opportunities for your personal growth.
You would like to...
…go through the success principles vision exercise again?
Click here: [Review the success principles vision exercise]
You can repeat the exercise at any time to deepen or refine your personal vision. Revisiting it will help you gain clarity and formulate your answers more consciously.
The following exercises build on your vision. Therefore, it makes sense to work through this step again if necessary and consolidate it internally.
The foundations of success [Slides 1–46]
📘 The Principles of Success I
English version – Part 1 (slides 1–10)
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THE SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
How to get from where you are to where you want to be
With reference to the book
The Success Principles – How to get from where you are to where you want to be
[2005] Jack Canfield and Janet Switzer
www.thesuccessprinciples.com
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PART ONE – The Fundamentals of Success
Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them.
Band-aid remedies never last.
Jack Nicklaus, legendary professional golfer
Life is like a combination lock;
your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order,
so you can have anything you want.
Brian Tracy
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Principle 1 – Take 100% responsibility for your life
If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility
for everything that you experience in your life.
This includes:
- The level of your achievements
- The results you produce
- The quality of your relationships
- The state of your health and physical fitness
- Your income / your debts
- Your feelings / everything
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Principle 1 – Take 100% responsibility for your life
You have to give up all your excuses.
E + R = O
(event + response = outcome)
You can change your responses (R) to the events (E) –
the way things are – until you get the outcome (O) you want.
Everything you experience today
is the result of choices you have made in the past.
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Principle 1 – Take 100% responsibility for your life
You have to give up complaining!
The circumstances you complain about
are situations you can change –
but you have chosen not to.
You have a reference point of something you prefer
that you are not willing to take responsibility for creating.
Why don’t you simply do those things?
Because they involve risks.
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Principle 2 – Be clear why you’re here
The life purpose statement:
- List two of your unique personal qualities.
- List one or two ways you enjoy expressing those qualities when interacting with others.
- Describe the ultimate condition, the perfect world as you see it and feel it.
- Combine the three prior subdivisions into a single statement.
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Life purpose statement – Example
- My two unique personal qualities are endurance
and goal-targeted approach based on system analysis. - I enjoy expressing these qualities
when activating communication and organizing myself and others. - Perfect world:
Everyone treats others peacefully and loves life.
Everyone lives in harmony with environment
and is focused on sustainability. - My purpose is to use my endurance and goal-targeted approach
to inspire others to organize themselves
so they can live in harmony with environment.
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Principle 3 – Decide what you want
The vision exercise:
- Create a relaxing environment
- Ask your subconscious mind for images of what you want
- Focus on finances
- Visualize your ideal job or career
- Focus on free time and recreation
- Imagine your ideal body, health and sanity
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Principle 3 – Decide what you want
The vision exercise:
- Ideal relationships with family and friends
- Personal development: education, training, spirituality, hobbies
- Community and charitable contribution
Share your vision for maximum impact.
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Principle 4 – Believe it’s possible
You get what you expect.
Neuropsychology:
We spend our lives becoming conditioned.
Believe in yourself and go for it.
Maintain an optimistic “you gotta believe” attitude.
It helps to have someone else believe in you first.
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✅ Part 1 complete (slides 1–10)
You have read the first 10 slides, practised and stored them in your subconscious. To explain why the slides are divided into blocks of 10: Learning social skills is difficult for people who are inexperienced. It requires you to concentrate and stay focused. If you notice that your brain is getting tired, let your trainer know. Brain fatigue means that the brain is renewing itself. It is creating new synapses. It is gaining new memory modules. This is a good sign. Let us motivate you to tackle the next slides with renewed energy.
👉 Part 2 – Slides 11–22
📘 The principles of success I
English version – Part 2 (slides 11–22)
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Principle 5 – Believe in yourself
Believing in yourself is an attitude.
It is your responsibility to take charge of your own
self-concept and beliefs.
The choice of what to believe is up to you.
You have to give up “I can’t”.
Don’t assume you need a college degree.
What others think about you is none of your business.
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Principle 6 – Become an inverse paranoid
Operate as if everyone is part of a plot
to enhance your well-being.
Realize that whatever you are going through now
will turn out better in the future.
Use every experience to your advantage.
Look for the opportunity in everything.
“When life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and make lemonade.”
W. Clement Stone
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Principle 7 – Unleash the power of goal-setting
A goal unleashes the power of your subconscious.
Two criteria:
- Make it measurable
- Specify time and date
Create big goals that stretch you.
Set a breakthrough goal.
Write your goals down.
Read your goal list three times a day.
Carry your most important goal with you.
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Principle 7 – Unleash the power of goal-setting
Make a list of 101 goals you want to achieve in your life.
Create a goals book.
Check goals off and write “victory” next to each achieved goal.
Fears and roadblocks are part of the process —
treat them as challenges to handle, not stop signs.
Develop mastery of life:
new skills, new attitudes, new capabilities.
Stretch yourself and you will be stretched forever.
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Principle 8 – Chunk it down
Big goals are a series of small achievable tasks.
Use mind mapping® to plan your goal:
Center circle: stated goal
Outer circles: major task categories
Spokes: every step required
Do first things first.
Eat the frog!
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Principle 9 – Success leaves clues
Someone has already done it and left clues.
Use available resources:
Books and manuals
Audio and video programs
Seminars and workshops
University and online courses
Mentors, coaches, consultants
Life is a connect-the-dots game —
the dots already exist.
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Principle 10 – Release the brakes
Most people drive through life
with their psychological emergency brake on.
They stay in a self-created comfort zone.
Release the brakes by:
- letting go of limiting beliefs
- replacing them
- changing self-image
Nine guidelines for affirmations:
- Start with “I am”
- Use present tense
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Principle 10 – Release the brakes (Affirmations continued)
- State in the positive
- Keep it brief
- Make it specific
- Use an action word ending in “-ing”
- Include a feeling word
- Make affirmations for yourself
- Add “or something better”
Use visualization and affirmation
combined with willingness to act.
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Principle 11 – See what you want, get what you see
Visualization activates the creative power
of your subconscious mind.
The mind thinks in pictures, not words.
Visualization programs the Reticular Activating System (RAS),
the brain center of arousal and motivation.
Your brain sees little difference
between visualization and real experience.
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DEUTSCH -> ENGLISH will come in the next days
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Principle 12 – Act as if
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Acting as if programs the RAS
to notice opportunities for success.
Law of Attraction:
creating the vibration of already having something
attracts it faster.
Be who you want to be now.
Act accordingly.
Soon you will have what you want.
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Principle 13 – Take action
Good things begin to flow
once you start taking action.
Successful people are highly action oriented.
Winners act immediately after planning.
Get on the playing field.
“Ready, aim, fire!”
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Principle 13 – Take action (continued)
“Satis” (Latin) means “enough”.
The last six letters in “satisfaction” are “action”.
Enough action produces satisfaction.
When you have an inspired impulse — act now.
Failure is part of learning.
Be willing to fail forward.
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✅ Part 2 complete (slides 11–22)
Now how do you feel? Have you practised diligently? Have you absorbed everything? Take a short break. Give yourself some feedback. Never forget to be mindful of yourself, your surroundings and your body. Drink plenty of water whenever necessary. Without sufficient fluids, your blood will circulate too slowly. This can reduce your brain’s ability to absorb information. If your heart and muscles have to work hard, your attention will suffer. So drink enough water during each exercise to keep your body energised.
👉 Part 3 – Slides 23–36
📘 The Principles of Success I
English Version – Part 3 (Slides 23–36)
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Principle 14 – Just lean into it
You can’t cross a sea
by merely staring into the water.
Leaning into it creates momentum —
the energy force that brings more opportunities,
resources and supporting people.
Explore unknown waters
and a port will appear.
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Principle 15 – Feel the fear and do it anyway
Fear is natural —
you have got to be willing to be terrified.
F.E.A.R. =
Fantasized Experiences Appearing Real
Almost all fears are self-created.
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Principle 15 – Feel the fear and do it anyway (continued)
Imagine what is scary to you
and replace that image with its positive opposite.
Scale down the risk:
start small, master it, then grow.
Taking a leap can transform your life.
Be willing to take a chance —
even when afraid.
Act, trust intuition, go for it.
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Principle 16 – Be willing to pay the price
Behind every great achievement
is education, training, practice, discipline and sacrifice.
Willingness to do what is required
demands courage and commitment.
Decide to get it done
no matter what it takes.
Only world-class performance counts.
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Principle 16 – Be willing to pay the price (continued)
Momentum is part of success.
If you pay the price early,
you enjoy benefits later in life.
Only you decide
what price you are willing to pay.
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Principle 17 – Ask! Ask! Ask!
Asking is one of the most powerful success principles.
Ask for:
information
assistance
support
money
time
Ask as if you expect to receive.
Be clear and specific.
Ask repeatedly.
Do not give up.
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Principle 18 – Reject rejection
Rejection is a myth —
a concept in your head.
SW SW SW = SW
Some will, some won’t; so what — someone’s waiting.
Somewhere someone is waiting for you and your ideas.
The “yes” exists.
“What you want wants you.”
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Principle 18 – Reject rejection (continued)
The secret of success is not giving up.
When someone says no — say “next”.
Keep asking.
It is a numbers game.
Never give up your dream.
Perseverance is essential.
If you quit after criticism, you will never succeed.
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Principle 19 – Use feedback to your advantage
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”
Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
Positive feedback includes:
data
advice
suggestions
help
direction
criticism
Feedback helps adjustment and progress.
You must respond to feedback.
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Principle 19 – Use feedback to your advantage (continued)
Negative feedback includes:
poor results
complaints
unhappiness
conflict
pain
criticism
This is valuable information.
View negative feedback as
“improvement opportunities”.
Welcome all feedback.
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Principle 19 – Use feedback to your advantage (continued)
Feedback is like an aircraft autopilot:
ON COURSE – OFF COURSE
Start action
then respond to feedback.
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Principle 19 – Use feedback to your advantage (continued)
Ineffective responses to feedback:
quitting
blamin
anger
rejecting the source
These keep you stuck
and push feedback away.
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Principle 19 – Use feedback to your advantage (continued)
Ask intentionally for feedback.
Be grateful.
Do not get defensive.
Say:
“Thank you for caring enough to share.”
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Principle 19 – Use feedback to your advantage (continued)
Check feedback against yourself.
Use what is helpful.
Discard what is not.
Consider the source.
Do not justify or blame.
Failure experience:
list how to improve next time.
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✅ Part 3 complete (slides 23–36)
How did it go? Did your coach answer all your questions and provide positive motivation for your work? Is everything clear to you? Then let’s continue.
👉 Part 4 – slides 37–46
📘 The Principles of Success I
English Version – Part 4 (Slides 37–46)
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Principle 20 – Commit to constant and never-ending improvement
= KAIZEN (Japanese philosophy)
Achievers are committed to continual improvement.
Ask yourself:
How can I make it better?
How can I do it more efficiently
How can I do it more professionally?
How can I do it with greater love?
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Principle 20 – Commit to constant and never-ending improvement (continued)
We have an innate desire to learn, grow and develop.
We want to become more than we are.
When we commit to continuous improvement,
we create a life of achievement and satisfaction. (Chuck Gallozzi)
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Principle 21 – Keep score for success
Successful people track progress:
- behavior
- results
- finances
- achievements
Scorekeeping reinforces success behavior.
Seeing improvement increases motivation.
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Principle 22 – Practice persistence
Persistence is the most common trait of high achievers.
They refuse to give up
no matter how difficult it seems.
Life may test your commitment.
You win by:
not quitting
learning lessons
developing yourself
making decisions
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Principle 22 – Practice persistence (continued)
Never, never, never give up.
For every failure
there is another approach.
When you hit a roadblock:
brainstorm three ways
around, over or through it.
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Principle 22 – Practice persistence (continued)
Be solution-oriented.
Difficulties are opportunities.
Stepping-stones to greater experiences.
When one door closes
another opens. (Brian Adams)
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Principle 23 – Practice the Rule of 5
Success is the sum of small efforts
repeated daily. (Robert Collier)
Rule of 5:
Each day do five actions
that move your goal forward.
Persistent small actionscreate large success.
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Principle 24 – Exceed expectations
It is never crowded along the extra mile. (Wayne Dyer)
High achievers:
go the extra mile
exceed promises
over-deliver
This leads to:
greater rewards
self-confidence
influence
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Principle 24 – Exceed expectations (continued)
Commit to world-class performance
like:
Four Seasons
Ritz-Carlton
Nordstrom
Start today
by exceeding expectations.
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The Success Principles – Dedication
This book is dedicated
to courageous men and women
who step out of resignation and mediocrity
and create the life of their dreams.
I honor and salute you.
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How was it
Have all your questions and answers, as well as exercises, been worked out and incorporated into your subconscious
How do you feel?
📘 The Principles of Success – Part 2
Transform yourself for success
Chapter 2 – Block 1 (slides 1–15)
