5 Rules to Success

 1.Show Up  - Accountability.

This is the No. 1 rule for me. When the chips are down and the bread needs to be buttered, show up and be accountable. Successful people show up when it is absolutely crucial to the completion of the project, the potential sale and the accountability of the mess up.

It is the major difference between winners and losers. 

2. Be Clear on Why You are Where You Are at this point. Don't lose your head.

Setting goals are one thing, but achieving them are completely different matter, and I must be clear that when I set goals, I must achieve them, else I will not give myself excuses.

Many times, I am doing something and then I go wayward and end up doing something else, similar but not achieving the major objective however painful or unpalatable it is to carry out.

Be clear to address the elephant problem in the room, no procrastination, no matter how unpalatable that process turns out to be. You and only you must do it.

Lesser people will procrastinate, give excuses, delegate the issue to someone else and the consequences normally will turn out to be a compromise, or something less than ideal. 

                    With Noel at a Greek Restaurant Pano Kato (29 March 2025)

3. Give the Best Version of Yourself - Day In and Day Out.

Give of your best daily. Your mind, your body and your soul. 

4. Be Resilient 

Bounce back from failure, learn to walk away if the challenge is too big to handle, lick your wounds and live to fight another day.

If you choose to fight on, be resilient, and come back up fighting. It will be messy, it will be bloody.

You may fail again and again. 

5. Be Humble. 

Never brag about your achievements, its better to let people find out about your success when other people write about them. Success is only temporary. It is fleeting. Learn to savour the moment and move on. 

Its the same with failure and setback. Swallow your pride and take the bitter medicine and learn from your failures.

Try not to dwell on the failures too long. It becomes emotional baggage which drgas you down from moving forward.