Positive Influence: an ingredient for certain success.

I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations. - Beatrix Potter (Author)

Success is desired by virtually everyone that has some sense. Every person I have met wants to succeed – even if they have not defined the areas they want to succeed in. This desire to excel is a universal denominator that transcends gender, age, social status or knowledge.

Success though is best achieved when it involves people. The point in which you can begin to consider yourself successful is the point in which you have succeeded with people. This is so because people, not things, make the world worth living in.

A positive influence on people is a very important ingredient in the success recipe. Some people in their pursuit of success fall back on intimidation, fear, or manipulation to get people to respond to them. These factors though may have an appearance of producing the desired outcomes, are very negative. You cannot boast success with people until your influence releases positive energy.

You begin to influence people positively when you learn to listen to understand and listen empathically to them. Folks generally seek for people they can share their lives with. You must desire to understand them by listening intentionally and carefully. Do not interrupt. Do not proffer immediate solutions. Just listen. In addition, your listening must be with empathy. Folks sense when you are listening out of a sense of obligation and without emotion. If you do that you can be sure you have lost the person.

It is said that people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. You can have no positive influence on folks that you care little about. If you would have people submit willingly to your influence you would have to care genuinely over what concerns them.

You will achieve every goal of yours if you would help others achieve theirs. This is a principle of achievement that is worth abiding by. When you make the achievement of other peoples goals your priority, all you need to fulfill yours will fall in place.