The catch is that *environment and reality* today are changing at a faster rate than Maltz could have envisioned back in 1960. To develop a success-type personality means *leading* your self-image, anticipating what skills and qualities will be needed for success in years ahead.

He used letters in word SUCCESS to help to see an easy-to-remember picture of successful personality ... (S)ense of direction, (U)nderstanding, (C)ourage, (C)harity, (E)steem, (S)elf-confidence and (S)elf-acceptance.

It is necessary to keep your mind filled with forward thinking thoughts ... a process usually satisfied with reading material, planning, note-taking, etc. Don't leave ANY room at ALL for negative thought to creep in ... because it will and destroy your hope for success.

Get your hands on a reading list from someone who has achieved what you want to achieve and keep reading it and more. Learn and apply everything that falls in line with how you see your life 5, 10 even 20 years from today.

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Because in most cases, we have gotten ourselves into this, we can change it. To do it, we need to see things differently.

In Dead Poets Society, John Keating (played by Robin Williams) is an English teacher who wants to get his students to see life differently than they have.

To do so, he begins in a small way… by having them stand up on his desk in classroom. It is just a classroom. The same classroom they have come to day after day. But seeing things from 29 inches off ground can provide an entirely different view of world.

Now I don't advise anyone to knock off everything from dining room table and climb on top, just keep it simple. Take a different way to work, re-arrange furniture, change your routine a little bit. You'll be surprised at how different 1 hour can make things seem.

Finally, perception is something in which 650 words can not do justice. There is so much more to it than just seeing things differently, although that has a lot to do with it.

There are still our perceptions of ourselves, of our surroundings, of others, of what others think of us, of what we think others think of us and so many more combinations.

In a way, perception is who we are, who we can be, what we can do and where we can go. The best news? We have power. We are in control. We can change it if we don't like what we see. As song says, (and maybe a bit of a re-write can be used someday), that's about size, where I put my eyes… that's about size of that.