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Asalam Alykum WrWb

I came across this written by Ahmed Sanusi Hussain. I thought of sharing it with all of you. Very powerful. The fortunate thing is that all these 17 principles are already incorporated in our deen. Have a look:

17 Success Principles - The Common Traits of Successful People
by Ahmad Sanusi Husain
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1. Faith – ISLAM – Make it your no. one priority.


2. A positive mental Attitude – gets you’re the maximum benefit of other 16 principles. You have complete control over your attitude, it attracts opportunities, find a way how things could be done.


3. Definiteness in purpose – success and progress in achieving your goals begins with knowing where you are headed. Any dominating idea or purpose held in conscious mind through repeated effort and emotionalized by a burning desire for its realization is taken over by the subconscious and acted upon through whatever natural and logical means may be available.


4. Going for the Extra mile – strength and struggle go hand in hand. Render more service to people, increase the quality, spend extra time



5. Accurate thinking –Separate the facts from information. Separate the facts into 2, important and unimportant. Accurate thinkers do not allow anyone else to do their thinking



6. Self discipline – process that ties together all your efforts of controlling your mind, your personal initiative and positive mental attitude. It makes your think before you act.



7. Mastermind Alliance – 2 or more minds working together. Use the full strength of training and experience, knowledge synergistically.



8. A pleasant personality – courtesy is the best asset, humbleness, kindness. Your personality is the best mirror to others.



9. Personal initiative – creates opportunities, the inner power that starts all actions



10. Enthusiasm – progresses towards success, a state of mind that inspires actions



11. Controlled attention – keep your mind ON things you want and OFF thinks you don’t want. Its easier to keep your attention on things which you believe in.



12. Teamwork – Most people respond well to request and not orders. Helping others solve their problems, helps you solves yours.



13. Learning from defeat – it is a stepping stone. "learning from the failure" opens your doors to success. It’s a blessing in disguise.



14. Creative vision – imagination has its base on the subconscious, a medium through which you recognize new ideas. Imagination realizes limitations too.



15. Budgeting time and money. Time is too precious to waste and money is hard earned to waste.



16. Maintaining sound physical and mental health - Conquer fear and anxiety, exercise daily for a short time. It clears your mind, does the repair.



17. Using cosmic habit force – it takes a habit to replace a habit. When you get a habit, it then gets you. Be careful while forming a habit and workout to remove bad habits. Implement Sunnah habits, practise them and eradicate the bad.