5 Ways to be Successful.

Excerpted from the 8th edition of the Youth Group Scoop (C) 2016     

Have you ever failed at anything? Do you tend to turn things into a disaster? Don’t worry. If you answered yes to either of the above questions, read on.

     1. Don’t fail. Studies have shown that failure is one of the main obstacles to success. When you fail, research shows that it obstructs your path to success. It really shuts down the percentage of chance of success when you fail. If you can stop failing, then success has a practical guarantee, as the percentage of chances of success increase dramatically.

     2. Concentrate on not failing. They always say don’t concentrate on not failing, but concentrate on your goals. The problem with that, is that it never brings complete success. Concentrating on not failing is a much better way to avoid failing. 

     3. Focus on the negative side. People always say, “Focus on the positive.” If you only focus on the positive, you won’t even be able to see the big picture. Focusing on the negative aspects of life and problems will help you be able to come up with solutions to overcome with them. If you don’t think of them, you won’t even be able to find solutions. So focus on the negative side. Get a dose of reality, and your success just might skyrocket!

     4. Imagine your failure if you aren’t successful. Thinking about what will happen if you fail, will drive you to despair, and get your blood pressure and anxiety levels up. This will help motivate you to work harder. So just take a breath and imagine you failing in the worst case scenario. This should jerk you back to cold, hard reality and make you work faster.

     5. Make unreachable goals. There are actually two options here. Either make ridiculously impossible goals, or don’t make any goals at all. Making achievable goals will lower your efficiency because you won’t be working as hard as you would be if you are working toward an unreachable goal. Jump for the moon, and you’ll reach the light-pole. Jump for the light-pole, and you’ll barely get off the ground. Either that, or make no goals and just flounder to help improve your creativity. 

     Why should you follow these 5 steps? Think of it. We bring news and information to millions of people, so we should obviously know better than you. So thanks for being one of millions of people who read this. 

                               -Alexander Macleone, the Youth Group Scoop.