I have known many people who say, " I'll give it a year, and if I haven't gotten anywhere with it by then, I'll move on."  This is classic thinking for the achievement of failure.  You must, instead, implement strategies that move you forward, with infinite vision on your coveted goal.

William Arthur Ward wrote, "Nothing limits achievement like small thinking. Nothing equals possibilities like unleashed thinking."  Have you given yourself the freedom to succeed on a large scale?  You may be using self-limiting strategies.  View yourself as a professional.  Think of yourself as an expert in your field. 

If you place yourself in situations that will challenge you as an expert, it will expose your weaknesses.  This is where your greatest opportunity lies.  When you discover areas that need strengthening, you have the advantage to plug up the holes.  "You will never face a problem that's not charged with opportunity," said H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 

"Strong-minded, resolutely willed, you can create out of nothing a great business, a huge empire, a New World. Others have and they have no monopoly," wrote Charles Bristol.  The life of Napoleon Hill is a profound illustration of this.  Born into poverty in a little town in West Virginia, he rose to become an advisor to President Roosevelt.  During his tenure, he wrote Think and Grow Rich, the most influential success strategy book of our time.  He has long since passed away, but his words continue to influence generations of people throughout the world. 

The text illustrates the culture of the day, written in an age when "men only" were considered the business leaders of the country.  How could Hill ever imagine that his words would influence countless women in the future?  He actually wrote the book to encourage himself during the dark days of the depression in 1933, with no plans to publish it.  When he reviewed it four years later, it became clear to him that others may find it to be a useful success guide.

Mahatma Ghandi wrote, "If I have the belief that I can do it, I will surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning."  Commitment to your purpose will influence your actions, and you will acquire ability as you move forward.  Everyone who has achieved success began at the starting block.