Everyone has their own success definitions. For an athlete, success may mean if he/she gets a gold medal. Parents may consider themselves a success if they can bring up their children properly. While, doctors may consider themselves successful if they can save people’s lives. For others, success is when they can attain financial freedom.

Success depends on how people see it. It depends on their own perceptions.

One thing that must be emphasized here is that you need to define your own success. You can’t live by other’s definition on success. If you try to live and attain success defined by other people, then you will feel that there is something missing in you. You will feel that something is lost.

Just imagine if an athlete tries to live and accomplish success defined by an entrepreneur. Instead of exercising to win a championship, he/she will try to do business and make a lot of money. In fact, it is not the real success that he/she wants. There is a void in him/her.

So, you have to decide what thing is the most important, that can satisfy you in every aspect of your life. In attaining success, you must have realistic goals or dreams, the ones that you really can achieve.

Hope, belief, and desire are three things that can give you great energy to attain success. Before what you want can be accomplished, you must first have the desire that you really want it, then you must truly believe that your desire can be realized, and then you must have the hope that your dreams can come true.

Always remember that what your belief, mind, and attitude shows will be sent to your subconscious mind. Therefore, you must be careful of your mind, belief, and attitude, because they all have significant influence on your success.

Take note that when you think you are in a horrible financial situation, then you will never have enough money. When you think that you can’t realize your goals, then you will not be able to accomplish anything. When you think that there is no opportunity, there is no opportunity.

How could those happen? Because your subconscious mind will keep on sending negative information that you have given, so your negative information will turn to negative reality!

When you have accomplished your goals, try to stop for a while and enjoy the pleasure. No matter how big or small your goal is, it is till a success, and it will be the beginning for your better future!

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One of the things that can attract success and abundance is realizing and admitting that there is something that’s called “the power of giving”. Giving can become a magnet in your life; that can give you benefits of spiritual, mental, and physical.

God says that when we give, then we will get more, instead of losing more. For Muslims, it can be related to Al-Qur’an sura Al-Hadid (Iron) 18, that says:

“For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to Allah a Beautiful Loan, it shall be increased manifold (to their credit), and they shall have (besides) a liberal reward.”

Most people associate giving with money or material things only. The truth is, giving can be in any forms. You can give your knowledge, your physical strength, etc. If you give sincerely, from the bottom of your heart, then you will send positive signals to the universe, or God, and you will activate the power within yourself, then finally sending positive energy that other people can feel, so you will get positive reactions as well.

If you give earnestly, it shows that you believe that God has given you abundance, that you will never get poor, that you will always get rich because you give. You must remember that no one is going to live in poverty just because he/she give.

Also, when you give, do not think of the rewards you will get in return. Give and share because of the peace and tranquility feeling you will get from it. Hence, God will give you rewards in ways that you’ve never thought before.

Give, because giving is a healthy habit. Yes, giving can give you physical health, because you will get satisfaction and peace inside you after giving. The positive feeling will make you healthier.

Do not let your egotistic attitude follows when you give. Give anything you can give, small or big, because small things can become one big thing. Alyways give from the heart, and be ready for miracles to happen :)

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There are so many commercial eMail messages sent by people who are trying to make money online in internet business, and it is such a sad fact because it is very unethical an ineffective. Spams do not only invade inboxes, but they will also invade mailing lists and blog comments. Furthermore, newbies are fooled by get rich quick schemes on the internet, and it makes their problems even worse.

Generally, those unethical ways are done by internet business newbies.

What are the causes?

It is the wrong mindset, and it needs to be fixed.

One of the most important things you’ve got to have is the positive mindset. You must directly apply this approach when you are just starting to learn all about internet marketing or internet business.

When you are starting, do not think that everything will be hard for you. For example, do not think that creating a website is difficult, you are not a techie, you are not smart, you don’t have talent in marketing, etc. In this learning stage, your self confidence is important, so the sooner you develop your positive mindset, the results will be much better.

If you doubt about your own ability, it will be your barrier to success, and it can make you surrender even before you begin the war of internet marketing. However, if you keep reminding yourself that there are many things to learn in this world, then you will not be defeated by the mistakes and barriers you meet along the way.

On the other hand, do not put yourself into failure because you learn too much, so you have too much information, but with no actions. There is a saying that says, "too many cooks spoil the broth” – yes, just focus on one thing you have learned, and then apply it. After you have applied what you’ve learned, you can move along to the next knowledge.

You can also try to find opportunities behind every problem you face. Believe that God has put some lessons you can take in the problem. When you are frustrated in your learning process, you can take a rest. Turn off your computer, get up from your seat, and go for a walk around your house. Or, you can go watch a movie, drink some coffee with your family and friends, or just see the beautiful sceneries in your town. The main point in here is to create different situations so your mind will be refreshed.

Do not work too much, because it may arouse relationship problems, especially with your family members who need your attention. If you take some breaks when you are working, you can keep your relationships, and when you return to your computer, chances are that you will be more ready and fresher to do your internet business.

You can be whatever you want to be. All you need is to invest your time and money in learning and applying all about internet business. You might not see the results in a short period of time, but if you are consistent and patient (God loves patient people), believe that you can reach your whatever goals you have.

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You don’t have to be a financial expert to be able to manage your debt well. If you are determined to manage your loans and financial future, then you can manage your debt yourself, and the most exciting part of this is that you don’t have to for your financial expert’s advice :)

What? You still don’t believe me?

OK, just try the tips below to manage your debt. You will find that these tips are quite logical and simple, but it all depends on how you practice them. You don’t even have to be an economic or business graduate!

So, here are the five tips you can apply:

1. Create a budget

If you plan about how you are going to spend your money, then you can minimize the unnecessary expenditures. It is hard at first when you’ve just got started, but when you keep doing it persistently, you will be used to it.

2. Spare your income to pay your debt

If you get a monthly income, sparing your money to pay your debt is a good step to take. Therefore, it will seem that you are forced to pay your debt. This is also a good way to keep you away from your money, because you have planned about what your money is going to be used for.

3. Save

Try to cut your spending or expenses. You can do it by saving energy, such as water and electricity If it is possible, you can try to cut down expenses on things that you can do on your own, such as laundry, gardening, or plumbing.

4. Prioritize on the highest debt interest

If you have a lot of debts, pay the debt that has the highest interest first. Thus, you can avoid increasing debt interest, which can of course force you spend much more money. By doing it, you can also spare your money to pay your other debts that have lower interest rate.

5. Pay more

Don’t just pay a certain amount of debt as what has been asked. I mean, if you have more money, you can pay more each time you are paying for you debt. If you are asked to pay $100/ month, probably you can pay $200 if you happen to have more money. Therefore, you can have less worry, and you will get fewer burdens on your next debt payments.

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When I was younger, my language teacher told me about how she interpreted a poem.

It was a short poem in bahasa Indonesia, and one of the lines said:

”the moon over a cemetery”

My teacher then told me about how complex she interpreted the poem. When my teacher had the chance to meet the author of the poem, she decided to ask him about the meaning.

She was shocked after knowing what he said about the meaning of the poem.

He said,

”Well, it was because I was passing a cemetery and I saw the moon.”

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My teacher’s complex interpretation was way different than what the author meant

It is just the same as what we face in this life.

We can have our own interpretations on all things happening to us, just like how my teacher interpreted a poem with her complicated ideas, while the truth was that it was far from complicated. We often interpret something that is actually positive into something that is negative, so that it finally becomes reality. The positive can really become negative because of our own thoughts.

I believe that you have heard this:< ”Whether you believe that you can or can’t do it, you’re right.”

In my previous article about Sam Walton, I wrote that all successful persons apply positive reinterpretations.

It means that when they are having bad experience, they reinterpret it to find the positive sides and benefits they can get from the experience. They always find what lessons they can get from the bad experience, so they can reach their dreams and goals.

Here are simple examples:

If there is a business man who has to close his business because he has lost one million dollars, he will say:

”Thank God I closed my business. If I kept on continuing this business, I could have lost a lot more money! Now I know which kind of business that is right for me, and I will run a new business that will give me more success.”

The other example is Joe Vitale, who was once laid off from his job. When he was laid off, he then thought that it was actually good for him. Why? Because he could have more time to write, as before he lost his job, he could only write during his free time.

It's true.

Now, Joe Vitale has written countless of books, and many of his books are best selling books which have changed the lives of many people.

Then, you might be familiar with Thomas Edison’s story.

When Edison was being interviewed about how many “failures” he faced when inventing the light bulb, he answered that he was not fail instead. On the other hand, he said that he was successful to know which methods worked, and which ones did not work. He gave positive reinterpretations on his failures.
Possibly, if Edison had quitted his experiments, he would never have been invented the light bulb.

So, I want to repeat once again that....

” Whether you believe that you can or can’t do it, you’re right”

Try to apply positive reinterpretations on every situation. Try it, I know you can :)

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