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> Nothing works on its own

The above statement was made by one of my friends and mentor. This statement also applies in the area of success. That is, for something to work (and that includes success), there is something or someone working it out. From the [first part](https://peakd.com/motivational/@samminator/working-towards-success-part-1), we looked at the tips to implement in order to achieve success. We have considered the fact that you need to work and you also need to keep trying even in the midst of what people may call "failure". Let us take a look at more tips to apply so as to achieve success.

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### 1. Having a positive mentality

Most of the things that happen to people are results from what they think and their mentality because it has ways of influencing their actions and then will bring about certain results. It is from the abundance of someone's mentality that actions will proceed. If someone has a positive mentality, it will show in how they act because their actions will be positively inclined. In the same way, if someone has a negative mentality, it will lead to negatively inclined actions. So whatever you want your actions and the resultant effects to be, then you have to make it your dominant thought.

If someone keeps thinking failure, it will discourage the person from taking any action and it will eventually lead to the person's failure. They failed, not because the odds were against them but their negative mentality beclouded their actions and they either stayed inactive or performed negatively inclined actions. However, when you are positively minded, it will be complemented by a positive action and at the end, there will be a positive result. Successful people see the potential result even before attempting the action and this will motivate them not to take "no" for an answer.

What becomes of any one is basically what their dominant thought is. The mind, to a considerably large extent, influences other parts of the body including our willingness to undertake actions. So you have to condition your mind to be in your favour by thinking only positive and success-oriented thoughts. Your thoughts should not be as a result of what is happening around you nor as a result of what the situation may suggest but it should be based on what you want to see.

### 2. Take full responsibility for your life and your success

The actualization of your success rests entirely on your shoulders and you must take responsibilities for it. It is true that people might help you at some points and some external aids may locate you but it is worthy to note that your success is primarily dependent on you - your actions, decisions, choices, inactions, etc, so you owe yourself a duty to take the responsibility and give success all it takes. When you understand that your current position and your present moment is basically a result of your past choices, you will careful with today's choices so that they will not affect your tomorrow negatively.

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The major reason why many people repeat the same mistake that they made in the past and still get the same negative result as they did in the past is because they did not take full responsibilities for their choices and their actions. Each time you look for someone or something to blame for a wrong action that you took, you will not learn anything from it and you have the propensity to repeat the same mistake again. It is true that you may not be immune to errors but you do not have to give excuses for them or trade blames but you need to acknowledge them and then learn from them.

You may not be able to choose what happens or what someone else does but you have the choice of how to react to it. The same situation that you are facing is not exclusively preserved for you alone, there are others in the same situation and are still pressing towards success. So you see, success is not a result of conditions being perfect but how you have responded to the Imperfect conditions and your actions.

***Thanks for reading***

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