In one of his audio tapes, Bob Proctor discusses what he has found as the reason why some people succeed while others do not. Simply put he says that successful people do those things that failures don't do. In and of itself, that doesn't help very much. But he goes on to say that successful people have a dream that compels them to do whatever it takes. They are focused on the result rather than the means to the result. So they make the sales prospecting effort and when appropriate, they ask for the sale as a step towards realizing their dream, whereas the unsuccessful person will avoid these unpleasing tasks. So the dream is very important to successful people. The dream could be anything from financial freedom, to staying at home with the kids, to joining the professional golf tour but it must stir up passion. When the dream is the focus, then the means become necessary and therefore palatable. Proctor says that when the focus is on the pleasing result or dream, then people will undertake the not so pleasing means. If the focus is on pleasing processes instead, then a pleasing result is highly unlikely.

Efficacy is the ability to create a result. As a result follows every action, the key is to perform the right action to realize the desired outcome. Self-efficacy is the belief that one is capable of attaining certain goals. It is a belief that one has their capabilities to carry out the actions required to deal with circumstances or ability to reach a goal. If the individual has high self efficacy they will be more inclined to undertake the action believing that they will succeed. As individuals exercise control over their thoughts, feelings and actions it follows that they then control the result. It is important then that we avoid thought like "I can't do that" and instead think "How can I do this?". The answers will come and we can take each small step toward the goal until it is realized. With each of these successes we will become more and more confident and therefore more willing to step out of our comfort zone.

It is important then, that people feel that their goal is attainable. A good starting point is to do some research. Common sense says that if one other person has achieved that goal, then anyone will be able to achieve it. Attaining the goal will require action but first a plan is needed. Ideally, copying another person's actions should achieve similar results. This is not usually the case, even though moderate success will likely be achieved. What really needs to be duplicated is the successful persons' attitudes and overall strategy. This would include things like having a dream, believing in oneself, following a plan, massive action, and finally, doing the things that failures don't like to do. Many people are successful because their idea was new and the freshness of it attracted customers or followers. This new idea filled a need of other people that was in demand. So if we want to copy someone exactly, we may not be as successful. For example, a while back I found a pay-per-click location that cost me ten cents per click and I received lots of customers. When I go back there now though, because many other people have found this website the cost is higher and there are other competing products so my results are not that great anymore. So if someone were to copy me into that exact website, they would be disappointed. But if they copied me in discovering an underused website, they would have the success that I originally did.

To summarize, find a dream, what is it that really excites you? Do your research and set out a plan. Then it is important to focus on the end result while doing the steps laid out in your plan.

Mark Styranka is the owner of Exciting Destiny.com.
He writes on a variety of topics but primarily
relating to money making secrets for the stay at
home business. To learn more about how you can
work & stay at home, Mark recommends that you visit:
http://www.ExcitingDestiny.com
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