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Or do you aspire to be another Matt Morris of Success University and overcome all adversities and go on to make millions of dollars? Which of these scenarios comes the closest to your dreams?

One of Matt Morris' favorite sayings is that if your dreams don't scare you, they just aren't big enough. Yes, we all have to set our goals high, but if your idea of success is to be a millionaire, the most important thing you will ever learn is how to celebrate your successes along the way. Your heart should leap with that first check you receive, no matter how small and the next check, and the next one, as you watch them grow.

Then, you will have learned to be successful every single day. With each new skill we learn and then perfect, with every day well spent, with every task we complete, we have made an investment toward reaching this wonderful goal. If you can end each day feeling that you have made some progress toward realizing your dream, then you are indeed a successful person.

Here's an example. One of my biggest goals is to become a professional speaker. However, I don't think that I am not successful because I have not yet achieved that. For me, I am successful if every day I am able to motivate an affiliate on my team to move on to the next level with their own business. Sharing the knowledge that I have gathered on my own journey in business and in life takes me one step closer to my main goal. I have other successes, personally and professionally, which I consider to be stepping stones towards more confidence and greater achievement.

While we are aiming for the stars, we also need to look around us and see where we are successful every day. So ask yourself the following: What is important to you? Write a list of your important values such as integrity, humor, family or freedom and make sure your goals fit in with these. When did you last feel happy and proud of yourself? What were you doing, or what had you achieved?

If you want success in life there are many resources, such as life coaching, or online websites such as Success University. But first you need to define success on your own terms. Once you have done that, you take action to achieve it, and you can achieve it every single day.

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