TO SUCCEED AT ANYTHING, IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS
Believe it or not, There's a Definite Method for Achieving Success. And it All Starts With You and Your Skill Level.
By Ricky Pfeiffer
One of the toughest things about business is watching so many people struggle. It's a shame, really. It doesn't have to be that way. There's a definite method for achieving success in anything you do. Boiled down simply--it's a matter of improving your skills.
For example, suppose a social worker wants to become a counselor or therapist. He or she would take courses, earn a degree, be tested and supervised and--become a therapist. Now that therapist wants to become a psychologist. More courses, tests, supervision and...he/she becomes a psychologist. That psychologist wants to become a psychiatrist and the process is repeated. He or she becomes a psychiatrist with authority to prescribe medication, etc.
The process is the same if you want to teach at a day care, kindergarten, elementary, middle or high school, college or university. Each level may require more training, education, supervision and so forth. It also works in other areas you can think of.
It works the same in business. There are those making millions per year, working mail order, MLM, Internet, Direct Mail, etc. And then there are those who can never seem to make it work. Some people have been knocking around an industry for five or even 10 years without making penny one. They seem to keep making the same mistakes over and over.
And that's an important lesson. Going back to my list for example, do you know what the difference is between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? About $50 per hour. The point being--that monetary difference is the result of someone improving their skills and getting more education. So how can you use this principle to get more success out of life?
First, realize that economics works on the value-added principle. Suppose someone shipped me all the component parts of a Dodge Ram. As is, they wouldn't have much value to me. But ship me a Dodge Ram assembled and it's a different story. It's the folks at the Chrysler factory who give true value to those parts. That's what they get paid for. And they get paid according to how much value they have added, along with the estimation of how hard they are to replace.
One more example. Say a hardcover John Grisham novel sells for $24.95. What are you actually paying $24.95 for? Isn't it just the words on paper? Well...yes it is. But the words are arranged in such a way that the arrangement gives them added value. You could take every one of those same words, put them in a word count program, print them out in alphabetical order...and what would you have? A few hundred pages of worthless paper with words on them. Same words, but no value to them.
Grisham has become a millionaire many times over because he can take ordinary words and arrange them in such a way that they sell millions of books and theater tickets. He takes the same words that you and I use and puts them through what is known as a value-added process.
That's the nature of success. Figure out your best way to put something through a value-added process. That's where you have to start. Figure out what your skills are. And that's where I see so many opportunity seekers (Opies) having so much difficulty. There are supposed to be approximately 15-20 million Opies out there, people who would like the freedom of doing something on their own. But they struggle year after year, trying to get something started and rarely succeeding. I find it sad to see it happen so often.
Opie never seems to figure out how to fit in. He or she continues to jump from one thing to another. Like they repeatedly throw something new against the wall to see what sticks. Much of their failure is due to a major misunderstanding--Opie doesn't understand the value-added process. He/she keeps going through the wrong process, trying to do a small piece of what someone else has done, without adding their own particular value to the process. Some value always gets lost in that kind of arrangement. That's the way it works--if value isn't added, then value is lost. Look at the old Mom and Pop stores. They couldn't compete with the chain stores on pricing--they couldn't add that value--so they went out of business.
So how do you add your own value to the process you're trying to complete? It's something that won't happen overnight. You must discover what skills you currently have. I'll illustrate this using my own example.
Here are some things I seem to have a knack for: direct mail, group involvement, teamwork, self-motivation, goal-setting, combined personal/business relationships, and writing. Now here are some things I'm presentily working on: more proficiency in classified space and display ads, stronger more helpful leadership, being more organized and better time management. These are my growing-edge areas at the present. In the future, I know I need to gain Internet and other computer skills. That will come in its own time. I can't rush it--I've learned that from experience.
Make a list of your own skills. Then figure out how to apply those skills to a value-added process. Don't do things in such a way that you're blindly mimicking what someone else has done. Learn from example, but apply it to your own existing body of knowledge. Determine where you are, what your skills are, your next steps and your future goals. Learn to add value to whatever you do...and you'll achieve success.
Earlier, I mentioned how some people get supervision to achieve advancement. In our arena, that would be called mentoring. Hook up with someone you feel comfortable working with. Check out that person's route to success. Use the parts that fit you and form your own roadmap to success. That's allowed. It's not illegal. It's not cheating. That's how it's done.
Ricky Pfeiffer can help you on the path to success. For his FREE report, "ARE YOU A WINNER?", call his toll-free voice mail at 1-888-871-4646. Clearly leave your name and address to receive your free report. Or send your request to:
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