the 10 rules of success

Written by: Dr. Mridula Agarwal

SAMEER KUMAR RAI & SOUMINDRA CHATTERJEE

SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in 1949,Mridula Agarwal is a keen student of human Psychology. Graduate in Psychology and English Literature, she is also a trained teacher. She has been freelancing for several national newspapers for nearly two decades. This is her first book.

About the Book

Tell us about Success and ways

to achieve them

Help us to make our life

meaningful

It gives suggestions to overcome

problems

CONTENTS

Rule One—Success Has A Different Meaning For All Rule Two—Have Faith in yourself Rule Three--Change, Learn and Improve Rule Four—Identify Your Goals Rule Five—Take Challenges Rule Six—Conquer Your Limits Rule Seven—Take Initiative Rule Eight—Accept Yourself Rule Nine—Be Disciplined Rule Ten—Be a Victor, Not a Victim

RULE ONE—SUCCESS HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING FOR

ALL

Success as a relative term

Success depends on planning and its execution

Success requires hard work and dedication

Success is a journey, not a destination

RULE TWO—HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF

Confidence is key to all success

A big enemy of success is fear

Clear your mind of all negative thoughts and concentrate on your achievement

Don’t be afraid of dreaming big

RULE THREE – CHANGE LEARN AND IMPROVE.

If you don’t change you will become Obsolete

Remember, no progress can take place without change

The difference between a looser and a winner --willingness and readiness to change and improve

RULE FOUR – IDENTIFY YOUR GOALS

Be specific about your aim

A goal is an aim towards which our efforts are directed

Establishing a goal is essential to success

Contd… Goals need to be planned and executed with dedication

and hard work

Goals should be in accordance with your inner desires and aspirations

Setting targets helps us in realising our goals more easily

RULE FIVE – TAKE CHALLENGES Be prepared to fail

Learn from mistakes

When you learn from failures they pave the way to success

Facing challenge is essential to success

It is better to attempt and fail than not to try at all

Contd… The best time to take a risk is when your heart tells you

to

Taking a risk is no risk at all, it is an opportunity you give yourself. Grab it.

Other side of risk is a possibility of gain

RULE SIX – CONQUER YOUR LIMITS

Turn minus into plus

If we do not set any limits on our self we won’t have any

Harnessing profit is no big deal; anyone can do it. Turning losses into profit is what makes us a winner

To be a winner we must know that nothing is impossible

RULE SEVEN – TAKE INITIATIVE

Be a man of action, do not hesitate to take the first step

A good idea has no meaning unless it has been acted upon

The worst enemy of initiative is lack of courage

Do today what you plan for tomorrow

RULE EIGHT – ACCEPT YOURSELF

Always have a high regard for yourself

Having high self-esteem is knowing your truth and honouring it.

Never try to be what you are not.

Outside forces never satisfy inner needs.

Its our personal perception of personality.

Contd… Truly love and respect yourself.

Success can be achieved only by having self esteem.

Only when you are happy with yourself, you work with confidence.

Confidence is necessary to open your mind.

Don’t look in to your own mistakes.

RULE NINE – BE DISCIPLINED

You cannot achieve anything significant in life till you are

committed to your work

To be committed to your work you have to be disciplined

with your values and be focused on them

You should respect yourself and your work

Contd.. Those who command themselves can command others.

Self discipline is to follow your own rules to command thyself.

It is essential for proper growth and success.

Indiscipline can be our worst enemy.

RULE TEN – BE A VICTOR NOT A VICTIM

Take charge of yourself Do not let others or circumstances control you Always know that your life is your life and no one is

accountable for it Never play the victim, it never helps Analyze your past situation and how you can change for

the future It is up to you to understand your role in your life and

work on it Don’t blame others, blame your own self to improve

CONCLUSION Analyse your past situation and see how you could be

responsible for what happened and how you can change

for the future.

It is up to you to understand your role in life and work on

it. When you have your life in your control, you can

march to success.

Prepared By

SAMEER RAI SOUMINDRA CHATTERJEE