Success Strategy #2

2. Humble yourself, be teachable, and ask questions. For 18 years, I’ve been studying successful people. Whether they were successful in business or in marriage, I wanted to know their secret because I knew that they had a lesson to share.
Wherever I go and wherever I find them, I’m not afraid to ask. If I’m sitting on a plane with someone successful in a career I’m interested in or need help with, I’ll ask, “What’s the secret to your success?” As a result, I’ve been a sponge for 18 years studying, getting coaching, and asking questions everywhere I go.
How many of us don’t ask for help often enough?
What I’ve found, unfortunately, is that some of our egos are so big that we won’t ask for help because that’s admitting to having a problem. How pathetic! If we don’t ask for help when needed, then we’re living inside a big, fat, ego trip.
We have to get our egos out of the way, remove our little masks and behind-the-scenes lifestyle, and humble ourselves. Then we need to confess, “My business is in trouble. Can you give me some advice?” Or, “My marriage is in trouble and I need help!”
When you seek help, ask those with a proven record of success in the area of your interest or need. Ask experts, not someone who is reading and testing it out or some self-proclaimed guru whose only success is getting you to his seminar.
If you want to be successful in business, should you ask the janitor? Of course, not! You’ll interview him (or her) only if you want to be successful in the janitorial business.
Humble yourself, get rid of your ego, and start asking for help, then do what they do so you can get what they have. And don’t look at the circumstances and say: “Things are just hard for me. That’s the way it is! That’s the way it’s always been, and that’s the way it’s always going to be.” Find the answers to your challenges so that you can succeed in life. Make a decision to change. Either that, or stay in your rut! --As submitted by success trainer Dani Johnson