| Success has a simple formula: do your best, and | | | | only to your mindset of being successful, but to |
| people may like it. -Sam Ewing | | | | your belief that you deserve it. |
| If you have read my last article on how to | | | | More Auto-Pilot Achieving |
| Create More Success by Patting Yourself on the | | | | What is even more exciting is that, like I have |
| Back, you have been (hopefully) setting aside time | | | | stated before, you can Train your Brain to create |
| each day to honor your achievements. Realizing | | | | more success, automatically. In fact, now that |
| that setting just a little time aside each day, | | | | you have begun the practice of setting aside time |
| moves you that much further ahead in your | | | | each day in order to train your brain to honor |
| quest to create more success in your personal | | | | achievements, getting it to accept that others |
| and professional life. You may have also realized | | | | honor your achievements will be a snap. |
| that to Train the Brain, you must also give time | | | | Get Started |
| to acknowledging even the completion on any | | | | Here's a way for you to start using the |
| tasks or small goals you may have had. Now is | | | | acceptance of compliments to create more |
| not the time to hold back on the whole 'self love' | | | | success, right now... |
| thing. | | | | Me: Great job reading this article and taking an |
| Gee Whiz...Can't You Take a Compliment? | | | | interest in your personal and professional success. |
| Taking that concept one step further, yet, with | | | | You: Thank You! I have been meaning to increase |
| the same basic principles, is learning to take | | | | my focus on ways to create more success for |
| compliments. Yes, that is correct. If you want to | | | | myself, in all aspects of my life. |
| create more success in your life, you are going to | | | | Me: Well, you're welcome. I can see the difference |
| have to stop with the faux bashful, semi-shy | | | | already. Good Luck! |
| persona. You will have to put down the | | | | See how easy that is...now, maybe next time you |
| compliment deflection shield and raise up your | | | | can try to pay a compliment back to the person |
| compliment acceptance sword (pardon me folks, | | | | who gave one to you. You may even decide to |
| that may have come from the L.O.T.R. Trilogy | | | | pay someone a compliment - just because. As |
| that was just on TV.) Either way, there is an | | | | elementary as it sounds, it will go a long way to |
| enormous divide between confident graciousness | | | | elevating your self esteem and to the regards in |
| (what you want to exude) and classless bravado | | | | which others hold you. Enjoy your journey on the |
| (not good.) Accepting compliments is not a bad | | | | path to create more success for yourself and |
| thing, quite the opposite, it is crucial. Crucial, not | | | | those around you. |