In case you've missed the news, this past weekend there was a big party in England for the woman who has been Queen for 70 years. It's something that's very rarely accomplished in leadership, people don't tend to stay on the top for that long. But many people do live for 70 years, so today I thought we'd take a look at some of the things we can learn from this incredible woman and apply it to our success efforts.
First, choose to be in it for the long haul. While life does move much more rapidly than it used to, that doesn't mean that every success effort can be or should be completed in the span of days or weeks. Sometimes it does take years to see the progress you're after.
Second, don't be afraid of failure. Not all of the things you do will work out, and as we've discussed before one of the best indicators of your overall ability to be successful is your ability to get back up on the journey and keep going or start over if necessary.
Third, being in it for the long haul doesn't mean that you should not quit things. Sometimes in our success journeys we find that things just aren't working for us, we don't have the same goals any more, or the world has changed and what we were working on isn't as helpful as it used to be so future successes will be extremely limited. So even if you haven't (yet) failed or you've only achieved moderate levels of success, sometimes it's best to move on to something else whether it's something completely new, or a new direction or way of working on what you are still trying to achieve.
Finally, if you know you've got all this time ahead of you that you'll be working on this success journey, always come with a great attitude, smile and willingness to do the work. One of the things you hear time and again about the Queen is that she's a class act and she make sure she always shows up or someone shows up for her, which is why she's so well respected as a person and a leader. If it's your success journey or project, even if you've got a team of people working on it with you, you must be there and be an encouraging and contributing member of the team, because your participation is another thing that speaks significantly about your ability to achieve both present and future successes.
What are some of the overarching lessons on success you've learned throughout your whole life thus far?
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