The Key to Success

Working hard, knowing more than most, and even cultivating the right relationships, are often regarded as the keys to success. I have a different view. If I reflect on the things that have gone wrong in my life, the key factor in each incident is of my own doing. I have sabotaged myself from time to time, thankfully less often in recent decades.
I have spent the last week working with three schools in the Ballarat region along with Mindshoppers, Andrew Downard, Shane Bicknell, Julie Mason and Emily Mason. I did sneak back to Melbourne during the middle of the week, but in effect I donated four days of my time to help 18 Year 10 students. In Mindshop we designate this sort of giving as "Value To Others" (VTO). Mindshop has five core values and VTO is the key one.
I find that the more that I give, the higher my self-worth, and the higher my self-worth, the less I sabotage myself, and the less I sabotage myself, the more success I seem to attract. I believe the success opportunities are all around me, so as soon as I feel worthy of receiving them I stop doing silly things that stop them coming (or even send them away).
If I am right, the key to your success is to build your bank balance of giving to others in order to maximise your bank balance of self-worth. My great marriage, terrific kids, and a great business, is due (in part) to me feeling worthy. Thankfully most of the people I live and work with also believe in VTO, and the system works for them. Collectively we deserve everything that happens to us.
This coming week my wife Julie and eight other Mindshop people are working with 8 school groups, this time in Bendigo. This generosity will trigger each person's success. It takes a while for the VTO balance to accumulate so they shouldn't expect the rewards to come in the following week, or even months. It may take years to generate sufficient self-worth. I have been giving for many years so I am reaping the benefit daily.
If you are not getting the rewards you desire, give some thought to the reasons. Is your self-sabotaging behaviour a factor? Do you practice VTO?