Achieving personal success begins with self-esteem and love for yourself. To have a mindset for success, you must love yourself and want the best for yourself.

Now many of us grew up with negative beliefs implanted by our parents, our schools, and others about our self-worth and our ability to succeed in a tough world where its difficult to “get ahead”. Most of us heard messages quite frequently that implanted the idea that scarcity is the rule of the land, and that none of us “ordinary people” should expect to have all our expectations met. We can dream, we were told, but dreams rarely come true.

But nature teaches us that the Universe is abundant because life is abundant. And if we study what has happened in the modern world, we see that the life of mankind is also abundant. Every new invention and new service that is offered in the world expands abundance more and more, and we have far more in the way of possessions and ease of life than our ancestors ever dreamed might be possible. Millions of entrepreneurs have succeeded beginning with only an idea for some new product or service they can offer to other people who want what they have to offer.

Even if you want something much more modest in your life, you deserve it, and the Universe wants you to see your wishes come true. In other courses, I will go much more into why that is so. But you must examine your beliefs and come to understand that you are just as worthy as any other person in the world. And if you get your thoughts clear and strong about what you want, you CAN achieve those things.

And I have learned that a very powerful way of expressing your love for yourself and acknowledging your desire to achieve personal goals is to EMBRACE life. Embracing life is to engage in the living of it and to live in a more vibrant and rewarding way. You embrace life by becoming more conscious of it moment by moment and by making decisions and choices with more attention and intention based on your desires. It also means that you open yourself to life and connect to other people and the world around you – because you only find success through your interactions with others.

Every other person you encounter is on their own path, and they have their own desires and dreams. Always remember the golden rule: “Treat others as you would like to be treated.”

If you want people to respect and support you in your quest for greater happiness and success, you must respect and support them in turn. And it is actually important that you express your respect and support to them first, because when you do, they will be more ready and willing to support you.

Be courteous and respectful of others because they may be a success-seeker just like you; or they may be totally preoccupied with their own problems, but when you show courtesy, respect, and support, they will likely be pleasantly surprised and more supportive of you.

Remember to embrace life, and that requires you to connect with other people and the world around you in a positive and constructive way.The purpose of LYS Club is to have a community of like-minded people who want to live their success and have access to others who want similar things and with whom they can share their experiences, ideas, questions, and difficulties in hopes that others have had similar experiences and desires, and can share useful information and answers.

Because LYS Club is a club of like-minded success seekers. It is important that members participate in discussions and dialogs with other members on a regular basis, and that they respect other club members AND support the process of constructive interaction with other members. In other words, get involved, offer your opinions to other members who ask for input, and also don’t hesitate to ask for help and guidance as you need it.

One of the secrets of achieving personal success is to get clear about what you want and then think often about your goals coming true for you. There is a goal seeking system at work in your brain that helps move you toward your goals – it’s called the Reticular Activating System. It is a network of neurons in your brainstem that filters out unnecessary information and helps you pay attention to what’s important to you.

And I believe there’s a larger goal seeking system at work in the Universe that likewise helps you move toward your goals. It is what the Law of Attraction is based on, and the more clarity you have about your big goals, and the more often you think about those goals, the more your desires will come true for you. But you must believe it is possible for you, and you must have faith in the Divine to act on your behalf. Subconscious beliefs that you are not worthy, or that success is not meant for you, will push what you want away.

One way to clear away your doubts and negative beliefs is to embrace life. Embracing life wholeheartedly helps you increase your clarity about what you want, know that you are part of a world of worthy beings, and have the power to bring what you want into your life.

Additionally, if you envision yourself as already having achieved your goals, the Universe (or Divine if you prefer) will work to make that (goals already achieved) your reality. Or you could equally well say that you send very powerful messages to your conscious and subconscious self to do those things that move you most effectively toward your big goals and to put you in fortuitous position to find shortcuts. And don’t just think about the goals in words, but visualize yourself being successful, and the more you FEEL the feelings of success the better. Also don’t get bogged down with details of exactly how you will do it, but focus instead on yourself having the end result you want.

Living your success means to live with a success mindset starting now so you can get to your big dreams sooner. The focus, in other words, is on being success-oriented as part of your natural way of being and as a result loving life and getting the most out of life every day.

Now success comes not just from thinking about what you want but especially from acting in alignment with your goals. If you want to quench your thirst, as an example of a small goal, you must take a drink of water or other refreshing liquid. But if you want to achieve big goals, many different actions are required and perhaps over a long period of time.

So, living your success means that you must take needed actions every day, or at least every week, that move you toward your goals. You must make regular progress in the right direction. And to take needed actions, you must stay confident and motivated to attaining your goals. One way of doing that, of course, is to have like-minded people you can turn to for support – and that’s exactly why you joined LYS Club.

Remind yourself often that you live your success. Of course, you would say it in the first person – I LIVE MY SUCCESS – as an affirmation with very strong intention to do exactly that.