Seven Steps to High Performance Living

Did you know that optimists have seven orientations or generalized ways of thinking about themselves and their lives? These are the seven subjects that optimists think about most of the time. First, positive happy people are future oriented. They think and talk about the future most of the time. They think and talk about where they're going rather than about what has happened in the past. They create a clear, exciting future vision of what is possible for them. And by the law of attraction, they find themselves attracted toward their future hopes and dreams. And their future hopes and dreams are attracted toward them. And you should do the same now. Second, optimists are goal oriented. They think and talk about their goals most of the time. Once they have dreamed and fantasized about their ideal future visions, they boil them down into clear written goals and plans that they then work on Every day. They focus their attention and concentrate their energies. Optimists use their goals to take control over their futures. Third, optimists are excellence oriented. They commit to becoming excellent at what they do, to joining the top 10% of people in their field, whatever it is. They identify their key result areas and then they set standards of excellent performance for themselves in each one. They work on themselves each day and they never stop improving. They believe in what we call canine I, continuous and never ending improvement. The fourth quality of optimists is that they are solution oriented. They think about the solution rather than the problem. They think about what needs to be done rather than who is to blame. They use creative thinking methods to unlock their creativity and that of the people around them. Optimists view their goals as problems to be solved and they believe that there's a logical solution to every difficulty just waiting to be found. Fifth, successful happy people are intensely result oriented. They carefully plan each day in advance. They set clear priorities on their activities and then they work on those tasks that represent the most valuable use of their time right now. They plow through enormous amounts of work and and become known as highly productive people because they're so effective and efficient. They get much more done, they move ahead faster and they make a greater contribution to their work and to their worlds. Sixth, quality high performers are growth oriented. They are continually reading and listening to audio programs and attending additional courses and seminars. They're determined to stay at the confidence cutting edge of their fields. They know that the future belongs to the competent, to those few people who know more than their competitors. They know that there's a race on and that they are in it. And they are determined to win. Seventh, and perhaps more important than any of the others. The most successful people are intensely action oriented. They think continually about what they can do right now to move faster toward their goals. They are in constant motion. They work in real time. They have a sense of urgency. They cover a lot more ground and get a lot more done than the average person. The more they get done, the better they get, the more valuable they become and the more they earn. And wonderfully enough, all these are qualities and orientations that you can develop personally on the road to becoming an extraordinary person.