Success

Successful individuals have no-limitations belief in themselves. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. These ideas will illustrate success in the working world, in interpersonal relationships, and in developing self esteem and confidence. If you dig down under low self-esteem, or find yourself not believing that you can do, have, or be the things and person you aspire to, what you find is fear: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection, fear of loss of love, fear of not being "enough. If the biggest obstacle to your success is a weak ability to believe in yourself, you are setting yourself up to make a much smaller contribution in life than you are capable of making.

Confidence

A person with a strong sense of self-confidence is happier with their life because they believe in themselves. Your accomplishments will give you satisfaction and enhance your self-confidence. "Self-confidence and a belief in yourself is a must. To instill confidence in others, you first must have confidence in yourself.

"Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be. The quiet and contented assurance that naturally flow from this believe can only increase a person's self-confidence and self-esteem. Isn't it true that people who convey confidence and a positive attitude have a knack for attracting success.

Excellence

Excellence requires an incredible commitment to persist through the ups and downs associated with becoming your best and maintaining your best performance. The experiences of exceptional performers suggest that there are seven critical elements of excellence: Commitment, Belief, Full Focus, Positive Images, Mental Readiness, Distraction Control and Constructive Evaluation.

Commitment is the first essential ingredient guiding the pursuit of excellence. This is required to attain the highest levels of excellence For consistent high level performance you must commit not only to high quality training and maximum performance, but also to adequate recovery. It opens the door to higher levels of excellence, and higher levels of excellence open the door to higher levels of belief.
Not believing in ourselves, or more accurately, our disbeliefs and negative beliefs, usually come from having formed attitudes and actions based on these negatives. By focusing on the positive beliefs we also diminish the effects of the undesirable beliefs because they are no longer our focus. Just as your beliefs are your own, so must your goals be personal. Belief is further strengthened by developing essential mental skills associated with excellence.

The third element of excellence centers around being FULLY FOCUSED: for the duration of the performance on the task at hand in the moment In the zone on the performance totally connecting to learning, experiencing or performing on auto pilot. Focusing is the single most important mental skill associated with performance excellence. Focus leads activation, anxiety, relaxation, learning, mental readiness, personal growth and performance excellence.

The fourth element of excellence uses POSITIVE IMAGES to: dream big dreams, go after your dreams , follow a desired course of action, pursue specific targets or goals. Prepare yourself to act and react in constructive ways, feel the flawless execution of desired performance skills. Create positive feelings about yourself and your capacity, make corrections , remain positive , enhance confidence. Imagery for excellence is holistic in nature, allowing you to pre-experience and re-experience quality performances and desired outcomes with all your senses.

The fifth element of excellence is your MENTAL READINESS to: create and take advantage of learning and performance opportunities to develop essential mental, physical, and technical skills necessary to excel in your pursuit. Plan, practice and prepare effectively, perform to capacity (usually accomplished with a commitment to follow an effective pre-performance routine to enter your best mental "zone" for quality performance).

The sixth element of excellence is CONTROLLING DISTRACTIONS in order to: maintain an effective focus regain an effective focus when distracted before, during or after a performance quickly reenter "the zone" of high performance perform consistently at a high level stick with your own game plan get adequate rest stay on your own best path for personal excellence.

The seventh element of excellence is CONSTRUCTIVE EVALUATION of training and performance situations to: reflect upon what you did well , reflect upon what you can refine or improve. Draw out important lessons from each experience/performance assessing the role of your commitment, attitude, mental readiness, and focus in relation to your performance outcome. Target areas for improvement and act upon the lessons learned.