Photo by danorbit.Do you know how lemmings behave? They move in groups; they follow the pack.

Don’t you feel that people are like lemmings?  Many stay at the sideline waiting for brave souls to go in first. If they smell success, they jump in and join. Many wanted only to follow the direction that the crowd takes, rather than dare to trek the road less traveled.

Successful people are usually the first in the field. They are not crowd followers but crowd leaders. By the time other people join in the ship, these crowd leaders have either become leaders of the field or have moved on to different pursuits.

Being the first in the field, many successful people employ unorthodox, eccentric, unconventional ways and ‘out of the ordinary’ actions. Their actions are often times hailed as innovative and creative, for they were the first to think about them. These people are so determined to make it to the top that they push themselves to think out of the box to address seemingly insurmountable difficulties so that they may be able to overcome obstacles.

You don’t need always to be conventional. It is okay to try out uncommon approaches to solve a problem as long as these are within legal, moral and ethical rules, and as long as no one gets hurt in the process. Oftentimes, people judge pioneers harshly; other people perceive them as going nuts and losing their marbles for pursuing a different approach.

Remember the story about Noah’s Ark? A man named Noah heeded God’s call to build a boat in preparation for the forthcoming great flood. Everybody laughed at Noah. They thought he was nuts. Noah maybe was nuts but the boat he and his family built saved their lives and animals from the great flood.

The same thing is true when it comes to the attainment of your goal. If you want to achieve success in life, try to be different. When was the last time you acted differently in pursuit of something you want? At times, it may be true that problems require unconventional solutions. Would you hesitate to be unconventional for fear of being an object of ridicule, even if your goal to success is on the line? The answer lies within you.

Success comes to those who are daring and willing to take calculated risks. A word of clarification regarding risk takers: we are NOT referring to those who do bungee jumping, jumping out of airplanes, daredevil maneuvers, etc.

Successful people take CALCULATED risks as they pursue different approaches. They have gone through all the choices and painstakingly studied all details before deciding on the best option. Decisions are not based on tossed coins, for this is not a game of heads or tails.

If you will analyze it, acting unconventionally requires more brain activity than just going with the trend. For one, you have to scrutinize all possible alternatives, whereas merely following is just like copying what the others have previously done. Less mental activity is required when you just follow others.

So, how do you assess yourself?  Are you a lemming or a risk taker?  Do you follow the crowd or dare to be different?  Do you take the conventional path or the road less traveled?

About the Author

Kevin Hensey speaks at business clubs on personal growth. He has written articles regarding personal development.
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Is it true, everything that vibrates at the frequency, we are in tune with the reality of the same vibration?

How many of you believe that we are made of energy and we are vibrational beings .. when we think about something, we control our vibrations and we control what we attract into our lives …. Law of Attraction.

That is absolutely correct. Your vibration energy at a given time will attract the same kind of energy to you. Your vibration will change with your thoughts, words and moods. Your vibration is higher during meditation and other activities that make you happy, like listening to music.

When you are angry, in bad mood or thinking for something bad, your vibrations are very low. We are transmitting those vibrations up to 30 meters (100 feet). Other people in this range feel those vibrations. So, when you are in low vibrations you will attract to you only people with the same low vibrations, or you will attract bad things to happen to you.

For example, if you think all the time for your problems, you will attract more problems to come to you. Watching news on TV is perfect to put you in state of low vibrations because most news are bad information.

Purposely Governments and Corporations are scaring people all the time. It is very easy to control and manipulate people when they are scared and panic stricken. When you are scared, you are in low vibrations state.

Elmer Davis once said: “The first and greatest commandment is – Don’t let them scare you”.

True success cannot be specifically defined for the masses because success can be defined quite differently by each individual. True success is subject to individual interpretation based on upbringing, past experiences, role models, personal motivations and goals.

Your view of true success will change at various times and with certain experiences throughout your life. For example, what might be deemed successful in college or on your first job is very different from successfully raising a family or comfortably retiring in the Bahamas. Accumulating a certain amount of wealth is one measure, but a successful marriage may be far more meaningful to many people.

Most people who achieve true success first define it then plan for it; they set a goal to achieve it. Once they define what it means to achieve true success, the next step is to set goals that will lead a person to his definition of success. Many people believe that true success is measured by the size of a bank account or a wall full of diplomas. But there is more to being successful than becoming a millionaire, achieving social status, or collecting degrees, certificates, or accolades.

Many people have been pursuing success for years and years. Others start towards it and seem to find it almost immediately. Success to most people occurs when they have an ongoing string of accomplishments. When put together, these accomplishments add up to a major obtainment in life known as Success. It is why some people explode out of the gates and create success easily, while others struggle all their life.

True success is almost a magical idea for a lot of people. Something born out of a fairytale. On the contrary, true success should be a realistic goal to reach if you take the correct pathway. Your initial pathway might consist of the following:

1. Create a realistic goal and have viable plans to achieve this goal.

2. List all the obstacles standing between you and the goal.

3. Take each obstacle one at a time.

4. Write one or more ways the obstacle could be overcome.

But these steps are just the beginning!

By simply taking these early steps, you will begin to realize that success is a process and not something accomplished with the wave of a magical wand.

True success is generous in nature. Those who allow their abundance to pile up and bring them a sense of false security will never find true success. But those who use their abundance to increase not only the joy in their lives but also in the lives of others by being generous are true success stories. I believe that the truly successful, those who will change the lives of others and leave a legacy, are the ones who are generous with their abundance. This is the hallmark of a truly successful person in life.

Success to most people is when you have an ongoing string of accomplishments- perhaps after many failures. When you put your accomplishments together, they add up to a major obtainment in life known as Success. As Winston Churchill once said, “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

Follow your plan, be flexible, and enjoy the ride to finding your goal of true success. Avoid the obstacles that might land in your pathway by following a proven step-by-step plan. Stick to the plan and persevere and I guarantee your destination of true success is just around the next corner of life!

About the Author

Wendy Hershey is a seasoned entrepreneur who enjoys helping others to succeed beyond their dreams. “Anything is possible if you believe!”