Success occurs when opportunity and preparation meet – it is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration.

         Study the work habits of successful people – cultivate those that can help you.

A Handful of Tips to help you on your way

* Life is short – make the most of it

         The sooner you know where you are heading the better the chance you will arrive.

         Start saving the day you start work. Put small amounts into a compounding saving scheme.

         For much of your life, you will have no income – it may be ill health, redundancy, or retirement.

* Keep learning

         Never stop learning. Change is the only continuous thing these days.

         To improve is to change; to aim for perfection is to change often.

          If you stop learning you will be left behind.

* Improve your communication skills

         Reading completes a person: improved speaking skills will train you for work, and improve your confidence.  

         Improved writing skills will teach you accurate expression.

* Keep networking

         Who you know can often be more important than what you know. Select your friends and partner with great care.

         Seek good mentors to help you on your way.

* Self-improvement

         Make a lifetime commitment to self-improvement by objectively and unemotionally evaluating all your actions.

         Keep asking yourself, “How could I have done better.”

         A successful person is well organized, has a purpose in life, has self-control, and has direction and love in their heart. You can be successful if you work at it, so go to it – I did!

Geoffrey Moss(mossassociates.co.nz)

“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try  again, and again, until you do.”