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Looking for a guide to success?

We could all use one, right?

Well here is a concise A- Z guide of the things you will need to bear in mind.

Perhaps it’s a little over-simplified if I’m honest, but it does cover all the bases, of that I’m quite sure.

If you need a guide to success then print this list and pin it above your desk and refer to it constantly.

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A – Z Guide to Success:

(A) Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people, things and places.
(B) Believe in yourself and in what you can do.
(C) Consider every angle and look at things from both sides.
(D) Don’t give up and never give in.
(E) Enjoy. Motivation happens when you’re happy with life.
(F) Family and Friends. Never, ever lose sight of them.
(G) Give more than what you believe is enough.
(H) Hold on to your dreams. These should drive you onward and upward.
(I) Ignore those who belittle your ambition. If you believe you can, what they think is irrelevant.
(J) Just be you. The key to failure is trying to please everyone.
(K) Keep trying no matter how hard life may seem.
(L) Learn to love yourself. You’re as good as anyone.
(M) Make things happen. The harder you work the luckier you’ll get.
(N) Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game.
(O) Open your eyes. Be aware of what’s going on around you.
(P) Practice makes perfect. Be a student of your craft and work towards mastery.
(Q) Quitters never win and winners never quit. Be a winner, not a quitter.
(R) Ready yourself. Be prepared and be ready when opportunity strikes.
(S) Stop procrastinating. Get on with it. It’s later than you think.
(T) Take control of your life. Discipline and self-control are key to success.
(U) Understand others. Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
(V) Visualize it. What will success look like to you? How will you recognize it?
(W) Want it more than anything. It must matter to you if you’re to keep going when it gets hard.
(X) X-Factor is that little bit of magic that makes you different from all the other wannabes. When you’re truly motivated, you’ll deliver that extra something that will help you shine like a star. Shine like a star and you’ll get noticed. Get noticed and you’re on the way to achieving success.
(Y) You are unique. You have special qualities no one else has. So work to your strengths and do the things that only you can do. That way you will begin to shine like a star.
(Z) Zero in on your dreams and just go for it. Don’t stop until you get to where you want to be.

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The debate about identity politics has dominated much of the news in recent months. Surely we must find a way to get beyond it? In that, I refer to getting beyond the problems associated with identity, rather than the debate itself.

We’re all human beings first:

Whether we think of ourselves as Black, White, Christian, Muslim, Jew or some other form of ethnic or religious identity, in reality, we’re all just members of the human race, surely?

In my opinion, we’re human beings first and other forms of identity second. We’re all just people.

We all want the same things:

As people, we all want the same things if you think about it.

Ideally, we all want a peaceful, prosperous life and a better world for our children?

We want a roof over our heads and the ability to put bread and food on the table.

Equally, we all want to feel secure.

We all want our lives to have a sense of purpose and a reason for us to get out of bed each day.

And, of course, we all want to enjoy some leisure time with family and friends, occasionally.

Life’s too short:

Life’s too short to worry about anything else, surely?

As human beings, we have much more in common than we’re often able or willing to recognize and those things that apparently separate us are often more imagined than real. Well, I think so anyway.

In my experience, there are good people everywhere you go in this world.

And yet, as human beings, we often fear people simply because they are not a reflection of ourselves.

We fear what we don’t understand.

If only we could just see others as human beings first. They’re people just like us, with hopes, dreams and a desire to be loved, accepted and respected by others.

Respect people and get to know them:

If only we could just treat people with respect, regardless of whatever sense of identity they present to the world. If only we could respect others just for being themselves.

I’ve been fortunate enough to live and work in many parts of the world and I’ve learned that if you make the effort to get to know people, whoever they are, you begin to see them in a different way, regardless of their origin, ethnicity or creed.

If you try to understand them and their lives, suddenly you realize that they’re actually just like you, or not so very different at least.

Wherever you go, people are just people. We laugh, we cry, we eat, we sleep and we all have to go to the bathroom occasionally.

Yes, there are a few bad ones of course but most people are honest and decent and if you treat them with respect, you will get their respect in return. In my experience, wherever you go people just want to be treated fairly.

Avoid making assumptions about people:

When you meet people from a culture which is different to your own, it’s easy to make assumptions about them. However, how can you be sure you’re right unless you get to know them?

Judging is easy but it’s hard to know what someone else’s life is really like. Unless you’ve actually walked a mile in their shoes, you couldn’t possibly know what their life is really like or what challenges they face on a daily basis.

So you can’t judge anyone unless you make the effort to get to know them.

And for me, that’s the underlying problem for all humanity.

We judge people first without making the effort to get to know people. We make assumptions and judge on perceived stereotypes rather than treating people as individuals.

For instance, it would be easy to assume that all Muslims have the same extreme views as those fundamentalists making media headlines fighting for the establishment of the so-called Islamic State or ISIS.

I have lived and worked in the Middle East for many years and I know that this is not true. Some of the finest people I’ve ever met are Muslims.

I have many Muslim friends for whom I have the greatest respect. I’ve also known many Christians, Jews, Buddhists and more for whom I could make a similar comment.

Seek first to understand:

I’ve learned to treat people as I find them and not as others tell me I should find them.

I concern myself only with the content of their character. I try to treat others with respect and I find that generally if I do, I get their respect in return.

If only we could all treat others in the way that we’d prefer them to treat us then I think the world would be a better place. And surely our aim should be to make this world a better place?

In the words of Stephen R. Covey, we must “Seek first to understand and then to be understood.”

Identity politics:

Identity politics has the potential to divide us all in a way that could be detrimental to everyone, but it doesn’t have to be that way. We can get along with each other if we respect people for who they are and what they are and judge them only by the content of their character.

Look beyond obvious differences to the person within. It’s what’s on the inside of people that matters most. Well, that’s my opinion, dear reader.

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Respect people and get to know them:

Avoid making assumptions about people:

Seek first to understand:

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