Napoleon Hill says that success begins with a Definite Major Purpose. You must have a burning desire to achieve something in life; and successful people place a value on their time, ensuring that every day is focused on making some small effort towards achieving their goal.
When I began studying the science of success certification with the Napoleon Hill Foundation, one of the first questions they asked me was “have you decided upon your definite goal in life?”
Like most, I have a vision of what I would like to become, my goal is to become a world-leading success trainer for women but it felt a long way off. Starting out as a teenage mother on a council estate, it was a challenge to meet many examples of outstanding success but I knew it was possible because I had read about them. One of my favorite publications was Success Magazine, they wrote about inspirational people who had overcome the odds to live their dream life and this encouraged me to believe in my own possibility.
I knew that if I was on track with my purpose, I would one day be featured in Success Magazine. This gave me a plan to follow on the way to my definite goal and the actions I could take to achieve it. I would need to become an author, grow a global audience of over 100k and become a respected leader in my field. I wrote a 10-year statement of purpose which included quality time with my family, living a life of adventure, and to not only work hard but to enjoy the journey along the way.
Since becoming a Certified Instructor, I have been blessed to live an amazing life, author two best-selling books on success, and in a recent author interview, I was asked what would be my dream publication to be featured in. Purpose brings clarity, I already knew it was Success Magazine where Napoleon Hill himself was a contributor.
The day after that book interview, as ordered by the universe, I saw a post that Success Magazine was seeking applicants for their Women of Influence awards. The finalists would be included in the magazine and the chosen nominees put forward for future magazine features! This was an opportunity that had been placed on my path for a reason and there were only 3 days left to enter.
I checked out the current nominees and seeing names like Serena Williams and Shonda Rhimes, my first thought was I am not ready, but I knew that what I had spoken out loud that day was no mistake, so I applied. In the next three days, I had self-doubts but it is often in positions of growth that your belief is challenged. On day four I received notice that my application was accepted and I am now included as one of 150 nominees from all over the world, for Women of Influence 2022.
The law of cosmic habit force allows us to co-create new possibilities using the power of thought. Believing this was possible, collapsed time frames and brought me to my purpose a decade early. I can only thank the teaching of the Napoleon Hill Foundation for showing me how to impact others and create wealth on purpose.
Napoleon Hill says of his teachings, “these instructions may, at first, seem abstract. Do not let this disturb you. Follow the instructions, no matter how abstract or impractical they may, at first, appear to be. The time will soon come, if you do as you have been instructed, in spirit as well as in act, when a whole new universe of power will unfold to you.”