The Process

Life is a process.  There are circumstances that occur during everyone's life that based on their decision to react can cause a positive or negative life experience. 

So what is the difference between people who achieve and those who don't?  Why is it that some people make excellent grades, get the best jobs, and are all around successful and then there are others who retire at the poverty level?

I'm in the process of reading "How to Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.  While this book was written in the early 1900's, it is really a relevant read even today in the 21st century.  What Hill discusses is the principles that many of the millionaires of that day used to achieve; their "Process" that they use to gain the success that they desire.  While their interests were different, their approach was very similar:  They all had Desire, Determination, Believed that they would achieve, Began walking as if they already achieved, and Made plans as to how they would achieve.

Most people who live paycheck to paycheck don't think this way.  They react AS life goes, instead of PLANNING HOW THEIR LIFE WILL GO!!!  I'll call it the Victimized Life--letting life happen; the Victorious Life is when you plan your life and are flexible to the ebbs and flows of it. 

Is it possible to switch from Victimized to Victorious?  Yes, but it takes hard work--and most of us don't want to work hard.  We want to be told what to do and some of us even want our hands held as we go.  There's nothing wrong with that, but if you want a Victorious Life, you're going to have to take the reins and make inward and outward changes to your life.

Which do you want?