Why Ordinary People Succeed

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” Zig Ziglar

Success like winning has rules. If you can follow the rules, you can succeed like all others. That has nothing to do with your race, creed or color. It is the rules that count and nothing else even if you are an ordinary everyday folk. Once you follow the rules, you too can succeed. As David Joseph Schwartz rightly points out, "The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built a brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments." With discipline and determination while following the rules, any folk can succeed too.

Vince Lombardi adds a very thrilling dimension to the argument when he says, “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” Those who succeed to win are people and by the way, so are you!

Get busy right now because…. “No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”

Why Winning is a Habit

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” ~ Vince Lombardi

You are not a success if you merely succeed just once. That may just be a splash in the plan. If it is not sustained, it can’t be real. You are a success when success becomes a habit to you. So is winning! Whether in business or in your everyday life! Winning is a habit no doubt but then, so is losing. The people who win always do things differently than ordinary folks even though they may be doing the same things. Doing things differently is what gives them the edge and stands them out from the crowd. As Zig Ziglar likes to say, “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” That is only when you really win.

For most people, they really become quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe they can do things and start doing them is when success beckons. When they realize that all progress always involves risks and that they can’t steal second base and keeping their feet on first is when real success begins. Believing in yourself and making winning a habit is when you really win. That is extremely fulfilling.

Get busy right now because…. “No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”