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IGNITE YOUR SUCCESS WITH 21 ACTIONS
Taking action is the strongest way to create success in your life. The following are the 21 Actions
that you can take right now, to ignite the success in your life, business, career, relationships, or
family. Take one or two of the actions that you are better at and practice them. Then, start working
on some of the other actions. You will be surprised at the success that you will have when you start
to take action.
1 STOP the way you do things presently. To stop allows you the right to take inventory of what is
happening in your life objectively and with clarity and then, when appropriate, to continue.
2 DROP the assumptions that you make about other people and yourself. To drop your present
way of doing things can mean starting anew or just altering the way you approach things. You
start with as clean a slate as possible.
3 EXPECT success. luck. fun. joy. love. what you truly desire. To expect creates sensitivity for
the expected. To expect good things opens a world of opportunity.
4 GIVE without expectation. without being requested. when you can and when you cannot.
creatively and in new ways. To give is the gift of self-esteem. When one is truly comfortable
with oneself, one gives effortlessly.
5 BELIEVE the world is abundant. in yourself. To believe goes along with action. When you
believe, your actions reflect the reality of your belief.
6 THANK people who are generous to you, the world for what you have, yourself for what you
contribute. To thank is to contemplate one's good fortune.
7 VISUALIZE your goals. your challenges. your victories.? the path you are taking in life. To
visualize is to use all of your senses and to have experienced the act completely before it
happens.
8 ASK for what you want. others what they need. for help. To ask is not a selfish action. In an
appropriate manner it is an act of progress, of clarification and of generosity.
9 CREATE your world. new art, new projects, new thoughts, new writing, new music, new fun in
your life and the lives of others. a safe place for others to exist. a fun environment for those
you touch. To create is human and awe inspiring.
10 LAUGH a lot. out loud. at yourself. To laugh is to always be selfless and to laugh at yourself
as much as you laugh at humanity.
11 DO Something. Anything. Doing will move you forward. Doing will get you out of your
doldrums. To do something and, at times, anything can be the catalyst that keeps you going.
Doing something means being active physically and mentally, not allowing yourself to become
stagnant. The act of doing is the act of success.
12 FORGIVE those who have wronged you. yourself. To forgive is to acknowledge and say
everythi ng is okay.

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