Live by a Formula for Success

Live by a Formula for Success

How can we an average person become a remarkable success?
The answer lies in a simple equation:

The result of Your Life = Ability X Effort X Attitude

Your abilities-health, talents, and innate aptitudes-may largely
be hereditary.

However, the degree of effort you expend in life depends upon
your strong desire. I rate both ability and effort on a scale from
0 to 100. As we immerse ourselves in our work, these two factors
are multiplied together.

Thus, people of average ability, who realize their shortcomings
and try very hard to compensate for them, may actually outperform
those who are naturally gifted who have grown accustomed to not
working especially hard.

Yet the third element is the attitude of how we live and work.
And it is the most important of the three-for it can be ranked from
-100 to +100. If a person is steeped in jealously, resentment, or
hatred, his or her attitude will be negative-and so will the outcome
of his or her life. In contrast, the more positive and determined a
person is, the more successful his or her life will be.

This formula illustrates that the outcomes of our lives are largely
in our own hands, and that our philosophy greatly determines our
personal and professional success.