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The Number 1 Tool You Need To Succeed. Hint: You Learned it as a Child

If you’re exploring Addicted2success.com, I’m sure that you’ve read, heard, and experienced a wide variety of tools and perspectives on what it takes to be successful. Gurus, coaches, and thought leaders from all over the world have their own idea of what it takes to be successful.
After reviewing a number of these and breaking down the messages to their most basic level, I believe I’ve discovered the number one tool you need in order to succeed.
But first, I’m going to frame this quickly. As Les Brown says “you have greatness within you”, meaning that the things you need in order to be ‘great’ come from within. With that in mind, I want you to imagine yourself as a toolbox. Inside you have things such as work ethic, observation skills, willpower, a sense of adventure, gratitude, etc.
All of the characteristics and qualities that many deem necessary in order to be successful. But as you begin on this journey, I believe that the first ‘tool’ you take from the toolbox of your soul is imagination.
Imagination is the number one tool you need to succeed
It’s a quality that we all share, and has unlimited potential. Imagination is that thing we were all told to use as kids all the time, before we “grew out of it” as we slowly became adults. The thing that we used to fly to Saturn on a spaceship made of marshmallows and Lincoln Logs driven by a team of monkeys. That thing that made us want to become firefighters, policemen, or superheroes. That thing that allowed us to build skyscrapers out of multicolored blocks. That thing that encouraged us to follow our dreams no matter how ridiculous or crazy it sounded. That ONE thing every human being has on this earth in some form or another.
We all have it, but we don’t USE it. Every great person began with a vision. Every athlete, every inventor, every great leader, every legend. All of them had a VISION for what they wanted. And where did that vision come from? Their imagination!
Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t just become a world famous body builder, actor, and politician by letting that sort of success fall into his lap. He knew it was coming because he had a vision for himself. And while it seemed that the odds were against him, he kept believing in that vision and made it happen time and time again. He knew that no dream was too big, as long as he kept working on becoming the greatest and the feeling of achievement.
Using your imagination the right way
How you use your imagination depends on what exactly it is you want. If your team wants to be the best in the league, then imagine that moment when your team’s name gets announced as the winner. Imagine you making that winning touchdown or scoring that final three-pointer as the buzzer sounds. Imagine, and make it so.
Don’t use your imagination to create material goals, try to imagine the FEELING that comes with achieving your goals and overcoming struggles. Addicted2Success founder Joel Brown spoke about how vision boards aren’t worth attracting what you want in life. He argues that we ought to focus on the emotions that come with success, rather than the material goods. And I agree.
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.” – Carl Sagan
If you want to become successful, you have to imagine it first. After that, the steps you take are crucial. And I can’t tell you what to do with the vision created by your imagination. I’ve witnessed hundreds of leaders and entrepreneurs take different steps to become who they are known today. But they were all driven by the vision of success they developed within their imagination.
How have you used imagination to find success? What is your vision for life? How do you find success? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below!
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How to Break the Cycles of Mediocrity and Manifest Your Greatness
There is no greatness without becoming and there is no becoming with authenticity

In just a few weeks, we will be wrapping up 2023. Can you believe it? This year has been absolutely incredible for me.
I have seen amazing doors opened, new relationships formed and I am seeing dreams realized in my life. While this seems like the hallmarks of a great year, this has also been the most challenging year of my life. With all of the change happening in my life, I have been forced out of my comfort zone and challenged to grow in every area of my life.
I can truly say that I have made the most of my moments this year and I have used everything as a catalyst for maximizing my greatest potential.
As a revolutionary leader, I have the pleasure of consulting and advising leaders around the world to fulfill purpose, realize their greatest potential and make an impact.
I want to share some insights with you that will help you to break cycles of mediocrity and manifest your greatness.
Everything legal must come through the matrix
I am sure that some of you are wondering why I am using the term matrix. However, what you have to understand is that I am trying to make a highly complex spiritual principle practical to understand.
Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, every life has an origin and I believe that origin is divine and begins with eternity. You are birthed from eternity and into time to fulfill a unique purpose and assignment in your lifetime and generation.
The matrix is simply the portal or vehicle that brings something out of the invisible realm and into tangible form. The problem with much of the teaching today is that it excludes the matrix. We are told to believe that success is instantaneous and overnight.
Nobody talks about how a dream progresses through stages beginning with visualization and ultimately culminating in manifestation. Without a matrix or portal then everything that you attempt to birth and build will be illegal.
The matrix not only makes you legal but it gives you the authority and power to function as the greatest expression of who you were created to be.
Every matrix has an incubation process
While many people admire and respect me today, I remember a time when nobody knew who I was or the significance of my message. How did I get to where I am today? I got here through an incubation process.
In other words, everything that has been destined for your life is incubating and awaiting a set time of manifestation. The problem is that most people live their entire lives idle and never initiate the incubation process.
What do I meany by that? Most people are living reckless and very few people are living intentionally. I am amazed at the number of people I have conversations with that have no vision, goals or strategies for their lives. They show great promise and they have undeniable potential.
However, without development they will die with their dreams still in them.
Everything that has been destined for your life must be incubated and converted to become realities born to time.
“Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin to build.” – Robert Collier
You must give expression to that which is not yet born to time
When you think about a matrix or a prophetic incubation process, you have to understand that potential is often unrealized and untapped. In other words, your potential is in raw form and your potential cannot serve you as long as it is untapped.
The thing that makes me valuable is that I have the ability to convert potential into power. I have done it in my own life and I have empowered leaders around the world to do the same. How do you convert potential into power?
First, it is important to note that you have to perceive potential. If you cannot perceive your potential then you can never cultivate your potential. In addition, you must take the time to cultivate your potential. We often get excited about our capabilities; however, we never expand our capacity in order to realize our greatest potential.
In other words, the strength of your potential is only discovered through your willingness to stretch. The more we are challenged the more we are empowered to expand our capacity for greatness. Most of all, you must begin to express your potential. The expression of potential is different for every person.
For example, the expression of my potential is best demonstrated through the thoughts, ideas, products, services, books, etc.
For another person the expression of potential may look like a screenplay, artwork, sports, scientific discoveries, medical breakthroughs, etc.
Regardless of the form of expression, I know that you will live empty and unfulfilled until you make the decision to express your potential. The expression of your potential gives voice to your dreams, life to your vision, significance to your moments and activates your true power.
You must manifest your greatness
As a revolutionary thinker and leader, my work has impacted people around the world. I am grateful that my life is a source of empowerment to so many people. However, before anyone could ever benefit from my life, I had to make a non-negotiable decision to become who I was born to be.
I wish I could tell you that this journey is easy and that you will get there overnight. However, in a world that celebrates us for doing we are often criticized for being. As a result, I wasted a lot of time trying to be who other people wanted me to be instead of being who I was born to be.
There is no greatness without becoming and there is no becoming with authenticity. It is through our bravery to be vulnerable that we ultimately manifest our greatness. We do not bless the world by being a duplicate. We bless the world when we honor our difference. When you honor your difference you honor your potential.
Ultimately, your difference is how you manifest your greatness.
When you present anything but your authentic self to the world, you are playing small and you are robbing the world of your significance. Manifesting your greatness requires you to master your gifts.
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Here’s a Young Man’s Antidote for the Uncertainty of the Modern World
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