Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success Rory Vaden

Hi, thank you for reaching out to this article. Allow me to use English on this article because I was determined to polish my English proficiency.

I've finally finished reading this book and realized what the way to "success" is all about because I found some common concepts described not just in this book but also in other books like "7 habits". Assuringly we all want to be successful and we all want to have a happy life, but we constantly look for the easy way. We tend to look for the "escalator" in hopes that life will be easier. However, based on this author, in our search for making things easier, we are actually making them worse.

To get out of the unsatisfied situation or escape the painful reality, we have to acquire one value: Self-discipline. Most of our people encounter any troubles on a daily basis and a lack of self-descipline is center to all of our challenges these days. We believe that we live in a "get rich quick" society where we can "lose weight fast" or cure our ailments by "asing our doctor about the next magic pill". But there is a huge invisible cost to living in our shortcut society. Without understanding the pitfalls of "attractive advertisement" in our modern world, you may lose your control on your life emotionally as well as physically.

So, let's start considering what is the difference between successful people and failed people (putting the definition of success aside). Think about "what makes successful people successful?".In conclusion, successful people have all had to do things they don't feel doing in order to get where they want. Success isn't easy. Success isn't overnight. Success isn't ordinary. And so becoming successful requires us to do things that aren't easy and things that people don't ordinary do. Success means we have to develop the self-decipline to get ourselves to do things we don't want to do. In other words, success is not about taking the escalator - it's about taking the stairs. It is the ability to take action regardless of your emotional state, financial state or physical state.It is the key to everything you’ve ever dreamed of. Discipline creates freedom – the freedom to do anything! The seven principles for simplifying self-discipline to liberate your potential are:

• Sacrifice: The Paradox Principle
• Commitment: The Buy-In Principle 
• Focus: The Magnification Principle 
• Integrity: The Creation Principle 
• Schedule: The Harvest Principle 
• Faith: The Perspective Principle 
• Action: The Pendulum Principle

In addition to "self-discipline" concept, what I really liked is "the power of word". This is a checklist of seven basic guidelines for preserving and harnessing the power of your word.

• Think before you speak.
• Choose your words carefully.
• Do what you say you will. 
• Be where you promise you will. 
• Resist the urge to use emotionally charged, untamed language. 
• Assume the “mic is always on” and that everyone will hear everything you say. 
• Use empowering language when speaking about yourself and others.