Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires

Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires

Brian Tracy, one of the world's highest paid motivational speakers, says that successful people do the same things over and over again. Drawing on numerous polls and surveys of self-made millionaires, he declares that your success is unrelated to your educational background, your grades or even your intelligence. (Most self-made millionaires are of average intelligence.) Here are some of the principles outlined by Brian Tracy.

Dream big dreams. Our lives are shaped by what we think about.Do what you love to do. Surveys show that self-made millionaires became wealthy when they started doing the things they enjoyed -- they got good at them.

A related principle is: Focus on your unique strengths. Ask yourself: "What do I do easily and well that's difficult for most people? "Never think about failure. Successful people suffer setbacks. But they see them as pointing the way to success.

Set clear goals. Oil billionaire H.L. Hunt put it best:

"There are two rules.

1) Decide what you want.

2)Decide what you'll have to do to get it and start doing it.

"Get around the right people. Harvard's David McClelland has proved that associating with people you want to emulate helps you succeed -- and that being with failures will drag you down.

Do one thing at a time. With your goals, what's the most valuable use of your time right now?

Do first things first and second things not at all.

Be honest with yourself and others. Are you fulfilling 100 percent of your commitments to those who depend on you?

A reputation for integrity will get you help when times are tough. Be utterly persistent. Your most valuable asset -- and sometimes your only one -- is your Unwillingness to quit.

Discipline yourself. Tracy says self-discipline is the quality that makes the previous tips work.

Successful people do what they must do, when they must do it, like it or not.

Now, get going.