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It’s Monday morning. Alarm bell rings disturbing your sleep. You are feeling tired, dull and lazy and in no mood of going to work but you have to. You force yourself to get ready and reach your work place half-heartedly without even taking the breakfast. In order to activate yourself you take a cup of hot coffee and sip little by little while trying to concentrate on your work.

Success is about more than money and being number one. If you're the top executive in a company does that mean you're successful? Not necessarily. If you have money does it make you successful? If you won $30 million in the lottery would you be successful? No! The money may change the way you live, but success will change your life forever.

For years I struggled with this. I worked 60 hours a week trying to gain success or what I thought success was. One evening I was discussing my future plans, my business plans and life in general with my mentor.

Does it seem like there's something always in your way of success? Do you work hard day in and day out and feel like nothing ever gets better? Has it ever crossed your mind that you might be in your own way?

If you'll use the 5 secrets listed below you'll be better prepared to travel the road to true success, happiness and even financial freedom.

I heard an interview a few days before writing this 'tip of the week' where the man being interviewed said "There are three kinds of people "thinkers, walkers, and talkers..."

It made me stop and think and I believe the reflections are worth sharing.

In reality, there are probably more like a billion kinds of people on this planet. I've never been a fan of
categorisation and black and white questions about "what kind of person are you".

However...

Are you a failed person and think you cannot succeed in life? Are you a bankrupt person and think you cannot earn enough money to live a happy life? Are you under severe depression and thinking of committing suicide? Are you facing the biggest challenge of your life and don’t know how to cope with the situation? Are you trapped in an ugly situation and trying hard to get out of the quagmire without success?

The vast majority of us have been raised with a couple of important "truths" etched into our subconscious mind: that you have to get yourself a good education to be a success and that you have to work hard to be a success. These are myths that enslave the normal person. Then again, even a cursory glance at the abundance of psychological evidence stretching back over many decades will enlighten you are to just how enslaved the normal mind actually is. Our minds are crammed with "truths" that, on closer examination, turn out to be utter nonsense.

Considering the word "success" conjures images of a life different from what you are experiencing now, does it not?

What images does success conjure for you? Wealth - a mansion; a beach house; vacation villas; luxury cars;

Master the simple art of goal setting and getting and you could find your life turned on its head (in a very positive sense of course!) Here are four of my favourite tips:

1. Dream in Technicolour!

By this I mean 'get detailed'.

It simply won't work if you set vague goals. While your conscious mind deals with the many demands of day-to-day life, your subconscious mind will try to manifest, or bring into reality, anything that you imagine with sufficient clarity and emotional connection! If your goals lack substance, your subconscious simply won't have enough to work with.

Do you want to know your poverty graph? You are poor if you:

- do not have a firm commitment with yourself to succeed

- do no set goals and follow them through

- do not put your best efforts at work

- do not keep yourself updated on new information and technologies

- do not adopt a positive attitude and get rid of negative thinking

- are not strong enough to accept the challenges of day-to-day life

- are not ready to take any risk due to fear of failure

- lack self respect and respect for others

Another "New" year is upon us - but what has changed?

Research (in the Universities of Chicago, Milan, Harvard - the list is quite long!) tells us that, in general, normal people lead repetitive lives where little ever changes. Sure, you might have made an important career change, met the love of your life (for now!), launched a new business, or captained your club on their way to winning the cup in the year just ended. But, so what! Little, under the skin
(personal or corporate) ever really changes.