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After  years  of  study,  practice  and  observation,  I  penned  what  I  have  found  to  be  timeless,  simple,  yet  powerful  perspectives  I  call  Success  Strategies.  I  recommend  picking  a  different  strategy  daily  and  practice  applying  it  throughout  your  day.    

1. Realize  that  you  are  successful.  (You  can’t  be  successful  and  not  realize  it.)  

2. Understand  that  all  your  emotions  are  based  in  either  love  or  fear.  

4. Learn  the  power  of  commitment.  

5. Give  yourself  time  alone  regularly.  

6. Admit  that  your  thoughts,  attitudes,  behavior  and  actions  determine  who’s  in  your  life  and  how  

they  treat  you.  

7. Define  yourself!  

8. Share  your  goals  with  people  who  will  support  you  

10. Look  for  reasons  to  laugh.  

11. Openly  and  sincerely  compliment  that  which  you  admire  and  respect.  

12. Realize  that  your  egocentricity  is  your  biggest  enemy.  

13. Discover  the  true  meaning  of  faith  and  commit  to  it.  

15. Everyone’s  perception  is  their  reality.  

16. Realize  that  some  people  are  toxic  and  should  only  be  handled  with  great  care  and  proper  

protective  precautions.  

17. Realize  that  you’re  always  in  a  negotiation…if  not  with  others,  then  with  yourself.  

18. Everyone’s  greatest  desire  is  to  be  right.  

19. Understand  that  it’s  not  what  you  know,  but  what  you  do  that  counts.  

 

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22. Learn  that  wisdom  is  knowledge  put  to  work.  

23. Understand  the  difference  between  acceptance  and  resignation.  

24. Know  that  love  has  nothing  to  do  with  being  wanted  or  needed…that’s  insecurity.  

25. Discover  that  love,  acceptance,  sincerity  and  patience  can  solve  almost  any  problem.  

26. Know  that  true  power  is  learning  to  respond  rather  than  react.  

27. Decide  that  you  deserve  to  be  happy.  

28. Embrace  the  fact  that  true  happiness  is  born  of  the  ability  to  enjoy  the  moment.  

30. Understand  that  life  is  perfect  and  everything  is  on  schedule.  

31. Adversity  introduces  us  to  ourselves.  

32. Avoid  identifying  yourself  by  your  causes.  

33. Realize  that  achievement  is  not  success.  

34. Realize  that  life  is  an  interactive  game;  it  can’t  be  played  alone.  

35. Know  that  you  can’t  experience  hatred  without  also  experiencing  fear.  

36. Commit  to  improving  your  verbal  and  written  communication  skills.  Poor  communication  is  the  

cause  of  most  problems.  

37. Write  down  all  of  the  things  you  know  “beyond  the  shadow  of  a  doubt”  and  commit  to  them.  

38. Allow  people  to  discover.  (Avoid  trying  to  tell  them.)  

39. Discover  that  the  most  powerful  way  to  help  those  you  love  is  to  lead  by  example  (and  realize  

you’re  leading  by  example  all  of  the  time).  

40. One’s  destiny  is  more  uncovered  than  discovered.  

41. Our  capacity  to  grow  is  directly  related  to  our  willingness  to  let  go.  

42.    

For  more  information  about  applying  these  success  strategies  in  your  personal  or  professional  life,  visit  www.carusoleadership.com  or  twitter.com/josephacaruso.