100 Top 2004 Secrets to SuccessWritten by Catherine Franz
By Catherine FranzAfter all things I have shared with you this year on what is needed to feel good about yourself, your potential, and your chances of realizing your desires, here is a quick list to review your progress. Remember, you are a success no matter what. The fact that you are checking off your accomplishments indicates that you are ready to climb next peak. During this year, through other articles, I shared with you on where to find light switch and how to turn on it’s light, however, you took time to find and apply. Take a bow for all that you have accomplished and not for what remains. Do evaluate whether you really gave it your full strength though, that is where guilt appears and will hold you back in 2005. Here is a quick list of all secrets to success that I've shared with all my avid followers this year. 1. The road to success begins at intersection of humility and egomania. 2. Time needs to be made in order to reach your goals. 3. Being a success is being fulfilled in whatever aspect of your life you choose. 4. Be yourself. 5. Nobody is born a success, they create it. 6. Success isn't a town you can drive to--it’s a state of mind. 7. The four elements crucial for success are: (1) your talents/strengths, (2) your desire (higher than passion, (3) success team you've added to your repertoire, and (4) attraction is universal law and it’s something you have to help create. 8. Everyone has strengths. They need to be found and maximized. 9. If you don't fit in, find where you do, and take on that path. Swimming backstroke uphill isn't worth it and you will not extra points because you do. 10. Believe you deserve success isn't a question, it’s a must. 11. Become your own first fan and other people will too. 12. Prepare but don't focus, for adversity, plan for other possibilities. 13. Catch self-defeating behavior immediately when it begins. 14. Set realistic goals that feel achievable now, give them a short date, and then keep moving them up. 15. Decide what you are willing to do and exchange what is already in your life in order to achieve your goals. 16. Learn to see yourself as you want others to see you. 17. Start behaving like someone who has already achieved your goals. 18. Aim, leap, and run in direction as hard as you can. 19. Match your strengths and talents with all your work efforts. 20. Know your own personal values and proceed with them in all that you do. 21. You must have a "get out of my face" desire that is like a positive rage. 22. Success is not an accident or found in a lottery ticket, you need to create it. 23. Let go of any feelings that life isn't fair. 24. Make leaps every day. 25. Act as if everyday starts with a clean white board and you have choice to write whatever you want on it. 26. Strive for one peak, then another, and another. Keep on booking peak after peak. 27. Success is a place you cannot achieve alone. 28. Surround yourself with a team of believers. 29. Listen and learn from best in your line of focus. 30. Step out everyday and network within your scope of success. 31. Lose any dream-busters--yours or others. 32. Always remember you are your own Captain of your ship. 33. You must take risks in order to gain success. 34. Confront change with open arms. 35. You don't need anyone’s approval to attain your goals. 36. You can learn to attract all that you want, it’s like creating your own luck, 37. Focus on solutions, not problems. 38. The harder you work, more you will attract. 39. There is a big distinction between attraction and chance. Name it to claim it. 40. Turn disadvantages and all setbacks into advantages and prosperity. 41. Learn to recognize and use opportunities as soon as they arise, next week is too late. 42. Be an optimist, and surround yourself with surround-sound of same. Mirror out is mirror in. 43. Learn to listen and follow your intuition and instinct. 44. Be lucky in life. Love yourself and everyone will love you as well. Look for love in all right places-- inside you--first.
| | My Trusty Predictions for 2005Written by Terry Mitchell
Since this is my last column of year, I will use this space to give you my trusty predictions for 2005. While none of these are guaranteed and any predictions are always fraught with risks, I'm reasonably sure majority of them will prove to be quite accurate. They are based on my analysis of personalities involved and outcomes of similar situations from past.(1) The Iraqi elections will go on as scheduled. This is one I'm most sure of. Barring some kind of cataclysmic event,Iraqis will go to polls on January 30. Because of terrorist activity, which will only intensify as that date draws closer, it is anyone's guess as to how many Iraqis will actually go to polls. However, President Bush is bound and determined that these elections will take place on schedule, come hell or high water. I doubt if anyone, other than God Himself, would be capable of changing President's mind on this issue. (2) Michael Jackson will be acquitted. Despite how bad Jackson might look, there's just not enough evidence linking him to crime he's be accused of. Most of stuff that makes him look so bad has nothing to do with this case. If he is acquitted, he should then do "moonwalk" on courtroom steps to rub Jane Velez-Mitchell's nose in it. (3) Gas prices will continue to drop. This is simply a matter of supply and demand. Oil and gas prices were way too high for way too long. This caused oil producing nations to cheat on their quotas and export more crude. Refiners increased their output as well to take advantage of higher prices. As a result, there's now an oil glut, despite OPEC's announced cut in production. This will continue to put heavy downward pressure on oil prices. I expect average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in U.S. to dip to $1.30 sometime in 2005 before recovering a little. (4) Al Gore will re-emerge onto political scene. He will start making more high visibility speeches as well as more appearances on TV talk show circuit, in preparation for his run for presidency in 2008. Gore will once again become a formidable candidate for highest office in land. (5) Progress will be made in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel's withdrawal from Gaza will go on as planned. The new Palestinian Authority leader not be anywhere near hard-liner that Arafat was. In response, Ariel Sharon will take less of a hard line toward Palestinians. I'm not saying that 2005 will bring peace between Israel and PLO, but a step in right direction will be taken. However, given their history, any progress could be just temporary. (6) Bush will tackle tax reform, but chicken out on Social Security reform. Social Security reform, at least for 2005, will prove to be too much of a hot potato for President and for Congress. Tax reform, although difficult itself, is path of least resistance. I don't foresee a major overhaul, though. Look for some kind of simplification of current tax code, along with some version of Lifetime Savings Account. The Roth 401(k) might finally become a reality as well.
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