By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group
Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 44
Re-Designing an Ineffective Strategy
How to Curb that Spending
Existing Strategy
New Re-Designed Strategy
Installing Our Strategies of Excellence
Winning With the Limitless Potential of Your Mind
KOLKATA: From the day we are born, we enter into the game of life. Like all games, the game of life has specific rules we need to play by. This game of life can be competitive and it can be a lot of fun. We can choose to play the game of life to win or play ‘not to lose’.
There are many aspects that make up our game. We have the career game, the relationship or family game, the money game, the lifestyle game, the health game and the spiritual game or moral game. Many people believe that it is almost impossible to win at every game; that if you have a winning career, you may have to sacrifice and lose the family game. If you win the money game, you may lose out spiritually.
The good news is that there are people who have learnt how to win at every aspect of this game and you can too! There are winners who have accumulated great wealth and become even more spiritual and giving in the process. There are winners who have become the best in their chosen careers and enjoy the blessings of a wonderful family and friendships. They have proven that you don’t have to win at only certain parts of the game.
These winners that I talk about and you will learn about here weren’t born with special privileges nor do they enjoy a plain sailing life where everything automatically falls into place. Many of these winners I talk about have won their game despite insurmountable odds of childhood neglect, disability, poverty, abuse and illness.
To live truly successful and fulfilling life, you have to win at every aspect of your game. Every part of your game is important. After all, what is the point of having a successful career or making a lot of money if you don’t have people who you love to share it with? Or have the health to enjoy it with?
This series is a study of how true winners win the game of life. It is a study of their success principles and strategies. I have been blessed by the fact that ever since I began my career, I have had many great mentors and teachers who taught me these powerful time tested principles of success. Over last 2 decades these principles have allowed me to achieve a level of success way beyond any of my peers.
These success principles have enabled me to form the ‘Neuromind School of Human Excellence’ for senior management executives to accelerate their legacy as disruptive innovators. It has allowed me to become an Amazon #1 Best Selling author and a self-made Master NLP Plus Lifestyle Trainer and Success Coach giving me opportunities to touch lives of people through my calling in meaningful ways. Most of all, it has given me the ability to develop the wonderful friendship I enjoy today and to raise a fulfilling and loving family.
Through my ‘School of Human Excellence’ and ‘NLP+ Lifestyle Workshops’ and seminars I have taught this life changing competence to people from all walks of life and have had the privilege of experiencing the profound impact it has had on their lives. These simple and yet powerful ideas have helped my students rise to the top of their corporate careers, build successful businesses and achieve financial successes.
More importantly, I believe that the ideas and principles contained within can empower you to create extraordinary results in your life as well. Enjoy your game and play well!
Success Is a Journey
Success! It is a universal desire many of us strive to achieve in our lives. We all aim to lead successful lives. We want to have the successful relationships, raise successful children and build a successful career. It is the reason we educate ourselves and work diligently. It is one of the things that we believe will bring us joy and give meaning to our lives.
So, let me ask you a fundamental question. What is the single definition to success? How do you know if and when you are successful? Before we can win the game of life, it makes sense to know what the rules are, right? The funny thing is that the majority of people I ask find it hard to give a straight answer. Some even give me blank stare.
The truth is that there is no single definition to success. Success means different things to different people. Some people feel that they are successful only when they reach certain lofty goals they have set for themselves. “I have achieved success only when I become the boss of a company, when I become a millionaire, when I marry the person of my dreams and raise scholarly children”, are what some people have shared with me. These people operate with an inner scorecard. They alone determine their own success based on their own standards and benchmarks.
Some people, on the other hand only believe they are successful when they are recognized by society or by their peers. It doesn’t matter what they think, but what others think of them. To these people who operate by an outer scorecard, they are successful only when they win awards, beat their peers or are praised by others.
Then again, some people feel successful as long as they have done their best, regardless of the outcome or what others think of them. So, what is your definition for success? What are your rules in the game of your life? What must happen for you to be successful? Again, there is no right or wrong answers. What is most important is whether your definition of success empowers you to tap into your fullest potential or whether it holds you back?
Success Is Not a Destination but a Journey
Let me share with you a definition shared by some of the most renowned, highly regarded people who have shaped our world with the contributions they have made and exceptional results they have produced.
I believe that success is not a destination that you get to. Success is not about reaching a goal or target you have set.
Rather, success is a process of continuously moving towards your goals each and every day. For example, let’s imagine that you set a goal to build a profitable computer business. In the first year, you do your best to build up the business but you end up losing Rs.100,000. In the second year, you learn from your mistakes and improve your business model and work hard to acquire customers. However, you still end up losing Rs.50,000. Over the next three years, you struggle hard to break even but you continuously improve your business skills, consistently work hard and refuse to quit. Then on the sixth year, you get your break and win a string of profitable clients. Your business hits its Rs.1,00,000 profit mark. You have reached your goal!
In this scenario, when did you actually achieve success? Are you successful the day your business crossed the Rs.100,000 mark? The reality is that hitting that Rs.100,000 goal did not happen overnight. It did not happen because of one single decision you made or action you took. You achieved the goal because you succeeded in making the right decisions, learning from mistakes, improving and taking actions every day, over the last six years! You were a successful person every moment you took a step forward towards that goal.
I facilitate Thought Leaders, Change Makers; Professionals & Business Owners translate NLP concepts into actions to achieve and elicit personal excellence. I conduct NLP Lifestyle Coaching Certification programs for individuals, corporate and celebrity clients. In the next article, you will learn about how You Can Be Successful Today! And after that you will come to know in subsequent articles, how you can utilize concepts of NLP+ in all walks of your life to replicate the success blueprint of a winner mindset to win through life. So, stay tuned every Monday & Saturday and fasten your seat belt to ‘Enhance Your Lifestyle With NLP+’)
Shantanu Das Sharma, Creator of the concept NLP Lifestyle Coaching with NLP+ and Founder of Neuromind Leadership Academy is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, NLP+ Lifestyle Master Trainer & Coach, C-Suite Advisor; First Certified Social Panorama Consultant in Eastern India directly trained under Dr. Lucas Derks, Clean Language Facilitator & Strategic Interventionist. To explore about NLP+ Lifestyle Coaching you may visit http://shantanudassharma.com/nlp-lifestyle-coaching/
