But this word “disillusionment”… it makes me wonder… It makes me wonder how I came to be disillusioned. Because to come to a place of “disillusionment” must mean I had an “illusion” in first place. And I guess that this illusion might have been shaped by wonders of Disney and hopes of romance and magic in a future and values set by society of time: work hard for a living and marry for life – in other words grow up, be a hero and marry a princess.

But what are your illusions, my new friend? What did you hope to have found in life before you stumbled on my article? Who did you hope to be? Who did you hope to love? And where did it all go wrong?

But I have some other questions for you before you go: what if all that experience has come to you for your greater good? What if you could understand it? What if you could use it? What if you could rise above it? What if you could now become that hero you always dreamed you would be and reconnect with that world of romance, adventure and wonder?

What if everything in your life had a purpose? What if you have a life purpose? What if that life purpose were to set out with an illusion, find opposite of that illusion – disillusionment – and then rediscover original illusion so you could ultimately experience true magic and wonder of life and live happily ever after?

Perhaps all difficulty is worthwhile. Perhaps all our troubles have true meaning, my friend and perhaps we are now ready to experience magic this world has to offer. I guess we must also remember that even Walt Disney himself had his challenges: I understand he slept rough in his office because he couldn’t afford accommodation and even had no shoes left to wear when he finally got invited to a meeting that changed his life, and all of ours. What will you do improve in your life? Novelist and personal development writer, Neil Millar invites you to join his free newsletter at Unstoppable Life and get his free e-book Greater Steps to Happiness as a thank you for joining his readership. www.unstoppablelife.com

Remember Greek myth of Sisyphus. He spent eternity pushing a rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down over him as neared his goal. He had a clear Vision (get rock up hill), a Strategy (push it), Belief (he was strong and confident), and Persistence (he tried forever!). But he didn't Learn that his strategy wasn't working. He didn't Learn that a course correction was needed. Four-out-of-five wasn't good enough.

Success is like a group of mountain climbers who are roped together. They move at pace of slowest member. Similarly, you will perform down to level of your weakest step.

It's not all bad news. Because ultimate formula for success involves these steps being multiplied together, it also means that this formula is "non-linear." In other words, a *small* improvement in your performance on one of these five steps can lead to *big* improvement in quality of your life.

Ask yourself: In of what area of life is your performance weakest? How could you improve in that area? Commit yourself to making small improvements in your weaknesses, and you'll witness big impacts in your overall success.

Resource: Take our free personality to measure your performance on these five steps at: http://www.RealScienceOfSuccess.com/SuccessSurvey.htm

REFERENCES

The findings and techniques in this article are based on solid research published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. For full references to these studies, and more science-based techniques for success, see:

Psychological Foundations of Success: A Harvard-Trained Scientist Separates Science of Success From Self-Help Snake Oil http://www.realscienceofsuccess.com/Foundations.htm

Success Scientist Dr. Stephen Kraus has been called a combination of Tony Robbins and Mr. Spock because of his scientific approach to the psychology of success. Steve is author of Psychological Foundations of Success: A Harvard-Trained Scientist Separates the Science of Success from Self-Help Snake Oil.