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 By Brian Tracy You can imagine your personality by thinking of a target with concentric rings. Your personality is made up of five rings, starting from the center with your values and radiating outward to the next circle, your beliefs and values in life. Believe in Yourself Your   values in life   determine your beliefs,   about yourself and the world around you. If you have positive values, such as love, compassion, and generosity, you will believe that people in your world are deserving of these values and you will treat them accordingly. When you believe in yourself and chose to be a good person you will find yourself to be more positive and successful in life. Set Expectations and Know Your Values in Life Your beliefs, in turn, determine the third ring of your personality, your   expectations.   If you have positive values, you will believe yourself to   be a good person . If you believe in yourself to be a good person, you will expect...

The ability to set goals and make plans to accomplish them is the master skill which anyone that wishes to achieve success must possess. Before I go ahead to outlining these steps, I want to say that a well-written goal must the fundamental ingredients generally referred to as S.M.A.R.T. To spill it all, your goal must be Specific , Measurable , Attainable , Relevant and Time-bound. Talking about a SMART goal can be 'theoretical' sometimes and a lot of people do not understand how to apply these theories in real time.   But whichever is the case for you, and in whatever situation you find yourself, this principle when properly applied will make the drive you along the road to success. Whether you are at the helm in ExxonMobil Nigeria, or a small business entrepreneur who wants to break even, or an student who simply needs to wake up by 5:00am daily; learning how to set SMART goals and following them through with actions is the difference between failure and ac...