There is a quote I love: "If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet."- Isaac Bashevis Singer. See, to long for success is only natural as success can be easily measured with profits, customer feedback, and number of inquiries of people you don't know to work with you. Success is also who you ARE and what you DO to achieve it. Here are the top 5 activities:

1. Positive Reputation
Like everything else in this world – what goes around comes around. So, your reputation is one of your biggest assets and reflects the quality of your customer service and your ability to deliver on your promises. A great tip to follow is – if someone brags about how great they are and there is absolutely nobody to say they are OK business or that they are not perfect... red flag. There may be a lot of people who are not happy about them but you are just not given the whole / or true picture.

2. Likable Personality
Attitude of " Showing off I am great and everyone else should think the same" simply doesn't work much and for sure not for long. Likable people really feel happy to hear from you, smile with their eyes for real, find a way to be helpful and are kind. Likable also means to stand your ground – to not be pushy and not to bully, while at the same time fight to get what you desire.

3. Tremendous Integrity
This is not just walking your talk. To keep your agreements with yourself and others is a very difficult thing because there always are opportunities to bend the rules in order to get what you want. BUT there IS a Higher Power which some people call it Universe, some call it Source, I call it God. And for all your actions there is a price to pay or prize to receive. To be successful you need to beware of what you invite in your life with your actions.

4. Trust-worthiness
People trust when you deliver what you say you will. If you say that you do X, Y, Z for your clients, this is your word and your reputation on the line. Which is more, your prospects are your clients-to-be so whatever you commit to doing for your prospects you either do it for them or they do go get this result you offer from your competition.

5. Appreciation of What is
The price you pay for everything that you do is the life that you live. Whatever the situation that you currently are – appreciate it. You are in it for a reason. Find that reason! Will it teach you a lesson, will it motivate you to move forward, will it show you that you need to slow down before you move ahead.