Waking Up a Business Means Waking Up the Little-Known Secret of Success... by Kevin D. Crone

Waking Up a Business Means Waking Up the Little-Known Secret of Success... It is puzzling to study business and try to determine the best path to achieve personal success as I have for 48 years - and then realize that knowing what to do isn't as important as we make it out to be. Yet, you and I are constantly looking for answers. We think that when we find them, everything will be better.  Really?  Applying what we already know is what really matters. Why is it that we don't always do what we know we should do?  What also occurs to me in my study is that attitude is responsible for about 80 percent of our success.  Enthusiasm is the little-recognized secret to success.  It is such a critically important attitude that we should become masters at applying it in our business and our personal lives.  Dale Carnegie described it as vitality, belief in what you are doing, and the demonstration of spirit and energy in all that you do. Why do some people keep going and growing, even in tougher times, and others simply wilt?  The answer is: enthusiasm. Some people think it's cool to just know the answers to what is wrong so they can complain or cynically challenge every new plan.  But people with enthusiasm define and play the game of business - while others are just spectators or commentators. It really doesn't matter what is wrong with the world; the focus should be on how we are dealing with the world in relationship to the life and business we want to have and that we're creating. Read more here. Read past issues in the Monday Morning Mentor Blog.