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VICTIMS are people who focus on the past and who concern themselves with how things “should have been.” Victims feel helpless and spend much of their time blaming others for what has happened and continues to happen to them. They view themselves as pawns in the game of life, believing they have no control over their past, present, or future. They feel they are always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Usually, they are preoccupied with problems that are totally out of their control. SUSTAINERS, on the other hand, are people who are so focused on their present condition that they stay right where they are. Sustainers go through life as if they were running in place. Sustainers resist change. Their primary goals are safety and security. They seldom plan for the future, and spend most of their time fighting anything that threatens to change their immediate situation. Their major  objective is to maintain the status quo. In other words, they are not inclined to rock the boat. D...

1. Take positive action 2. Define your objectives 3. Give more than you take 4. Learn from adversity 5. Become involved 6. Remain true to your goals 7. Remain optimistic 8. Be confident and enthusiastic 9. Persist! Persist! Persist! Learn to separate what you do from who you are. Never confuse the two. What you do can fail, but who you are can never fail. You’ll undoubtedly make mistakes, but you’ll also learn from them and in the end you will reach your goal.

Success is no longer a possibility, unless you begin to realize what success really is. Success is a voyage to a planned destination. It is not a matter of good luck. Success happens when opportunity meets preparation, and opportunity is always at hand for the achiever.

Imagination gives you the ability to step outside of your self-imposed limitations and create new and unlimited possibilities. When you think about what you want to achieve, try to picture the best  possible outcome to the situation. To increase your ability to turn your desires into reality, push yourself to imagine an even better outcome than the one you originally perceived. Every time you imagine something, see if you can make it even bigger and better! Dare to go beyond the boundaries you have always set for yourself. Enlarge the picture and play with new ideas.