Business Summaries - Destination Success by Dwight Bain

The Big Idea

Have you ever wondered why you aren’t more successful? Or why others find success more easily? Do you feel that you have not lived out your hopes and dreams and are about to give them up? Have you caught a glimpse of a better life but failed to go after it?

Don’t let your life slip away day by day without even taking a step towards your dream of a better life. Destination Success by Dwight Bain shows that you need not give up on your hopes and dreams just yet. By revealing the Seven Secrets of Success, Bain describes how everyone can be successful and live the life one wants.

Success Secret Number 1: Define What Success Means To You

What does it mean to be successful? Many people never achieve success simply because they don’t know what it is, because they don’t know what success means for them. So the first secret to success is to define what success means to you.

Success means different things to different people. It can mean financial wealth and security, having a comfortable life, a great career, fame, owning the right house, car, and other luxuries, having as much leisure time as you want, being healthy, having happy relationships.

To define what success means to you, you first need to let go of the self-destructive mentality that stops you from picturing a better life. Start thinking like a champion.

Picture your dream. Ask yourself what your most important, heartfelt dream is and start from there.

Your Success Map
Describe what success means to you by writing down what the following mean to you:

Physical Health
Emotional Health
Spiritual Health
Financial Stability
Career and Professional
Social Support
Closest Relationships
Time and Schedule
Learning and Personal Growth
Recreation and Fun

Success Secret Number 2: You Can Find Success Anywhere

You were created to accomplish great things – it is your destiny. We can have success in spite of everyone else and in spite of any circumstance. This is because success is not an “out there” concept; it is inside you. You can rewrite the script of your life to start right now to have a better time in every area.

Success is a mental resolve to keep growing through any circumstance. Stop thinking of yourself as average and that “success will never happen to you.” This means breaking away from the “normal” or what is expected. Be abnormal. Live beyond what is average. Maximize your potential and get ready for even better things in the future.

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