Achieving Success by Expecting Success by Zig Ziglar

When you plan and  prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts.  When you recognize and develop the winning qualities that you were born with,  the winner you were born to be emerges. When you plan and prepare to make a  sale, for example, you can legitimately expect to make a sale. Although not all  your expectations are going to come to pass, you give yourself an infinitely  better chance of succeeding by taking the proper steps. Regardless of your goal—losing  weight, making more sales, furthering your education, earning a promotion,  saving money for a new home or an exotic vacation—you can expect to achieve  your goal if you plan and prepare for it.

Also understand that the  path from where you are to where you want to be is not always smooth and  straight. The reason for the twists and bumps is simple, and it has nothing to  do with you. It has more to do with the fact that not everyone is as interested  in your success as you are. Some people may accidentally hinder your efforts;  others who are in competition with you and have little or no integrity may try  to sabotage your efforts.

Keep in mind, though,  that when you hit those roadblocks your character, commitment, and attitude are  the determining factors in your success.... Carefully review your plan of  action, seek wise counsel, and be particularly careful to feed your mind good  information. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with  creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties.

Bottom line: Expect success and you can achieve  it!