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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Principles and Formulas for Success
• Chapter 1: Success Is a Habit
• What Is Success?
• What Isn’t Success?
• The Only Thing That’s Important: What Success Is to You
• The Different Categories of Success
• Creating the Habit of Success
• Establishing a Consistent Process of Success
• Staying on Track to Your Success
• Chapter 2: Success Leaves Clues
• Ask a Successful Person to Be Your Mentor
• Approaching Success Like Preparing a Recipe
• Chapter 3: Discipline: The Magic Habit
• Discipline Is a Reward, Not a Punishment
• The Keys to Success
• Mastering the Law of Sowing and Reaping
• Part 2: Putting Together Your Success Plan
• Chapter 4: Tapping into Personal Motivation
• The Benefits of Being Motivated
• What Motivates Most People
• Personalizing Your Drivers
• The Three Categories of Motivation
• Diving Deeper into Your Behavioral Style
• Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Dominant
• Understanding and Motivating Yourself as an Influencer
• Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Steady
• Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Compliant
• Choosing Other Types of Motivation
• Chapter 5: Goals: The Power Source of Achievement
• Understanding the Power of Goals: We Become What We Think About
• Overcoming the Barriers to Goal Setting
• Harnessing the Power of Paper
• Establishing Your Fabulous 50
• Labeling and Balancing Your Fabulous 50
• Creating Your Success Tournament
• Increasing the Speed to Achievement
• Pinpointing Your Resource Needs
• Chapter 6: Dealing with Adversity and Setbacks
• You Will Learn More from Your Failures than Success
• The Power of Persistence
• Protecting Your Attitude
• Part 3: Achieving Optimum Health
• Chapter 7: Here’s to Your Physical Health
• We Only Get One to Live In
• Creating Your Health Team
• Taking Care of Your Mental Health
• Dealing with Health Events
• Eat for Success
• Let’s Get Physical
• Rest Is Required
• Chapter 8: Developing the Right Mental Attitude
• Determining to Be Positive
• Cultivating Your Self-Esteem
• Comparison for Encouragement
• Developing the Habit of Personal Reward
• Chapter 9: Tapping into Your Spiritual Side
• We Are All Spiritual Beings
• Improving Your Success by Developing Your Spirituality
• Growing Spiritually
• Part 4: Success Through Relationships
• Chapter 10: Developing Valuable Friendships
• What We Learned in Kindergarten Still Applies
• Creating Friends through Personal Connection
• Developing Your Likeability
• When Disagreements Arise
• Chapter 11: Developing Your Most Important Friendship
• Committed Personal Relationships Are Not Automatic
• The Value of the Institution of Marriage
• Commitment Is the Key Ingredient
• Communicating Creates Oneness
• Compromise for Harmony
• Cling to Commitment
• Chapter 12: Having a Successful Family
• Being a Successful Parent
• Little Habits to Create Big Success
• Building Your Child’s Character
• Honoring Your Father and Mother
• Chapter 13: Building High-Quality Business Relationships
• Providing More Service Than You Are Paid For
• What Makes a Great Employee
• What Makes a Great Employer
• Building Customer and Client Relationships
• Part 5: Success with Wealth and Money
• Chapter 14: Achieving Financial Success
• The Search for Financial Freedom
• Wealthy People Are Different
• The First Step: Define Your Wealth Number
• Understanding the Different Types of Wealth
• Chapter 15: Becoming Master of the Board
• Personal Wealth Is the Board Game of Life
• Debt: Your Foe or Friend?
• Chapter 16: Crafting Your Wealth Plan
• Realizing Your Market Value
• Fighting Against Human Nature: Wants Become Needs
• Pay the Most Important Person First: You
• Guaranteeing Your Retirement Success
• Part 6: The Time and Success Connection
• Chapter 17: Setting Your Habits for Time Management Success
• Getting to Know Yourself
• Following a System
• Overcoming Time-Management Obstacles
• Secondary Defenses: Minimizing Damage When Calls Get Through
• Maintaining Your Motivation as You Press Ahead
• Making Decisions: Just Do It
• Keeping Motivation High
• Chapter 18: Time Equals Money
• Why Your Hourly Rate Is Important
• Calculating Your Hourly Income
• Boosting Your Hourly Value through Your Work Efforts
• Making Value-Based Time Decisions in Your Personal Life
• Chapter 19: Creating the Success Habit of Time-Blocking
• Focusing Your Energy with the 80/20 Theory of Everything
• Getting Down to Specifics: Daily Prioritization
• Blocking Off Your Time and Plugging in Your To-Do Items
• Assessing Your Progress and Adjusting Your Plan as Needed
• Part 7: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 20: Ten Personal Characteristics to Improve Success
• Perseverance
• Doing More than You Are Paid For
• Lifelong Learning
• Gratitude
• Positive Attitude
• Integrity
• Persuasion
• Patience
• Concentration
• Self-Confidence
• Chapter 21: Ten Measures and Models of Success
• Playing Your Game
• Keeping Up with Daily Habits
• Staying on Top of Your Physical Health
• Serving Others
• Maintaining Business Savvy or Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Working toward Security
• Building Self-Confidence
• Looking for Self-Improvement
• Staying Mentally Tough
• Creating a Legacy
• Chapter 22: The Ten Biggest Wealth Success Mistakes
• Starting Too Late … or Not Early Enough
• Lacking Clarity for Your Future
• Not Having a Written Wealth Strategy Plan
• Carrying High-Interest-Rate Consumer Debt
• Not Using “Good Debt” Wisely
• Not Having a Rainy-Day Fund
• Poor Estate Planning
• Going Alone without a Wealth Team
• Being Timid When Opportunity Arrives
• Not Remaining Married to Your First Spouse
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement