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My old Wall of Success before I started my travels abroad.

There is nothing wrong with self-promotion nor self-delight in your accomplishments, and a Wall of Success is a great start towards reminding yourself of your achievements!

What is a Wall of Success?

Every award, achievement, photograph, writing and even letter from others you look-up to is essentially stuck-up on one of your walls which you see daily. This is very simple to set-up with tape and tacks and the layout is completely up to you, you can sort however you wish with as much or as little information as you desire. Basically, this is YOUR wall to showcase your successes so far in your life. Nobody else has any other say. It also beats looking at a plain wall on a daily basis and may just motivate you enough to get that much more done on a daily basis.

Why a Wall of Success is essential?

Daily reminders of your achievement goes a great way towards motivating you, even at a subconscious level, towards maintaining a positive state of mind and continue on habits that create even more success! The wall can be as big or small as you wish, the point is that IT’S THERE, staring you in the face on a daily basis. It becomes the strongest of affirmations, showing what you have actually DONE instead of what you want to do. Actions, stories and lessons learned from each item will never be far from your mind as you try to achieve new heights of success in your life. You do stick pictures of your family on your wall, why not your achievements as well?

The consequences of a Wall of Success

There is a reason why you don’t see many Wall of Success in you houses you visit, because most people are either too humble or worse, achieved nothing of note in their lives. Remember, this will become a conversation piece. If you have a friend visit you, they will find this, I usually stick this right in the living room for ALL to see. If people have nothing but negative things to say about this, they are trying to keep you down to make themselves feel important. Negative people with their negative habits have no place in my life nor should they have in yours… success is to be congradulated, not hidden or used to belittle somebody.

Get others involved!

If you have kids or other people living with you, make this a group activity, maybe even a competition, as to who can achieve the most positive things in their life. For a child, maybe brushing their teeth for an entire month (which is an eternity for them) is something they can tell all their friends about when they come and visit. The amount or quality of the success is entirely up to you. Having a healthy level of competition within a family unit is a good thing, it helps bring everybody up!

Walls of Failure

Although I am a firm believer in the fact that failure teaches far more than success, the lessons you have learned, have stained you and as a result, I don’t see any positive aspect of exploring failure on a daily basis. Remember, the reason for a Wall of Success to begin with is to create positive, lasting successful habits, not negative, lasting negative thoughts. Remember, the difference between spending and investing are NILL, words are important especially when you are trying to keep as positive an outlook on your life as possible.

The Bottom Line

Success should be shown-off, not hidden.