This One Idea Will Make you Successful
By: Jonathan Valania
Tags: Success, Courage, Hope, Attitude, Positive Thinking

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I have always been obsessed with success. Ever since I was a young child, I would dream about being successful. Everyone has different concepts of success, including different ways to get there. The fact of the matter is most people don’t realize how close they are to becoming successful. I have written about success before on medium, with different ideas behind the “how-to” of it. There is one idea that always prevails: You have to have the right attitude.

The right attitude will set you apart from everyone else in this world. The right attitude is easy to attain, you just have to work unbelievably hard at it. What exactly is the right attitude for success? Well, there are many components to that. Let’s go down the list.

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1. Always be Positive.

A positive mindset is looking at the glass half full. Understanding that if you think an idea will fail, it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy that causes failure. Being positive can be an absolute pain; it’s hard to stay committed too. Sometimes when your back is against the wall, all you can think of is negativity. That’s human. That is okay. You just have to remember there is always a solution to your problems. Find the positives in that belief.

Keep remembering you are happy. A positive mindset will follow. The easiest way to stay positive is to understand how to train your happiness. It truly is a skill you have to put time and energy into. Train this skill enough and a positive mindset will become natural. It’s the first step into the components of a “right attitude.”

2. Resilience and Persistence

Resilience and persistence will push you toward the right attitude. You have to be unafraid of failure. Everyone fails. You have to be able to get back up. You have to push yourself to not give up. Dust the dirt off your back and keep moving forward. You have to take the steps; no one else can do it for you.

Keeping resilience in your mind is beyond important. Not everyone is going to like your idea. Even if it’s a great idea. Someone, somewhere will hate it. You can’t let this stop you. Your idea is valuable. Resilience will allow others to believe in it. When you believe in it, and don’t let anything stop you, you will be successful with your idea.

3. Passion

You have to love what you do. If you fake your love, people will see right through you. Put in the effort to learn and flesh out your idea or skill. Become in love with it. This will push you to be passionate about what you do. Learn why your idea or skill is needed, it will separate you from the pack.

Let me ask you a question, can you see when someone is passionate about a topic? Yes, it oozes off them in conversation. You can tell they love what they do. They don’t want to do anything else. This is one of the most important steps of “the right attitude.” When you are fake about your interests no one will take your skill or idea seriously. It will flop.

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4. Self-Awareness

You must be introspective to have the right attitude. Evaluate yourself constantly. Know what you need to change about yourself, or your idea, or your skills. There is always room to learn and grow; this attitude will put you above the rest. You have to be willing to change, this won’t work if you aren’t.

Self-Awareness is a critical skill for moving toward success. Confidence is key, but being arrogant is a deal-breaker. Understand even if you are an expert you can always be learning and moving forward. The breadth of knowledge in every field is forever expanding. Help lead the efforts of expansion. Having the, “right attitude” is knowing when and how you can improve.

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5. Don’t Be Afraid

It’s easy to cower to fear. Fear of failure, success, love, or wasted time. The list goes on. Fear is an emotion you can never eliminate. You just have to grow with it. One of the most common fears is the fear of success. It’s common to be afraid of the unknown. You don’t know it. Don’t stop the fear of success from getting in your way.

There are easy steps you can take to overcome fear. The most important is to step out of your comfort zone. Always take that next step. Push forward and create. Have the “right attitude” when comforting fear.

The Right Attitude is all it Takes for Success

Everyone has different ideas of success. You have to define what success means to you. Take the necessary steps to be successful. Commit these beliefs to memory:

Always stay positive and look on the bright side. Resilience will keep you in the game. Passion makes your ideas and skills real. Self-Awareness is the mother of learning. Don’t be afraid of the possibility of success.

Once you commit these to memory you’ll have the right attitude. Use this to elevate yourself higher than you’ve ever been. You deserve success. Remember this above all else: “Always keep the idea of success in the back of your head and approach all your goals with the right attitude”. You’ll thank yourself later.