31 May 4 Pillars of Success

This morning while taking my wife to work, we listened to the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Today's segment was the Ask Steve Segment. This young male caller asked the question "Steve,How Do You Maintain Focus." Steve answered him with what he called the 4 pillars of success. Now I had been practicing this concept for years just never had put a name to it. But just as as the pilars are important the order is just as important.

1. God - If you keep God First, then your motives for what you are doing will at least start in the right place. The Bible says to acknowledge God is all things and He will direct your path.

2. Family - Everybody needs a backbone. Your family is that backbone that holds you up. If you invest in this area you will reap great harvest. Family has to be cultivated. It is the area, as a man, that we usually lack in cultivating. But that is another post.

3. Education - Although education in this pillar can mean academic, it also means educating yourself in what ever you are trying to be successful. If you want to be successful at home are you reading books on this subject.  Are you putting yourself around positive people that can help you achieve your objectives.  To educate yourself means that you are updating your information daily.  There should be an element of education in your day everyday. I am constantly in a learning frame of mind.

4. Business - Once you have done the above three, you are ready to make your business successful. We are just not talking about a small business or entrepreneurial endeavor. Your business is whatever you do to make money. If you are in a 9 to 5, if you look at your position as as business within a business you will be more successful.  A business is nothing more than a set of systems operating to make a organization more successful and profitable.  Do you see how this pillar can permeate your life?

As stated earlier - the order is as important as the pillars themselves. If you get these out of order there will be problems. I am a living witness to this fact. Whenever I have gotten out of order there has been absolute chaos in my life.

How have you used the pillars in your life and what has been your results?