1. Principle #17 Keep Score of Your Success and Build on It

2. “You can’t build on failure; you can only build on success.”
What does this mean?
“You can’t build on failure; you can only build on success.”
-Anthony Robbins

3. Think About It (5 Minutes)
In your notes, brainstorm ideas for the T-chart below.
Mistakes I’ve Made in the Last Month
Successes I’ve Achieved in the Last Month
Now circle the side of the T-Chart you focus more of your attention on.

4. Why Do We Tend to Focus on Failures?
Behavior
Response from Parents
Defiance
Lose cell phone
“F” grade on report card
Grounded
Fighting with a sibling
Time out
Say a bad word
Spanking
Good behavior
Nothing
“A” grade on report card
“That’s what I expected you’d get.”
Getting along with your sibling
Nothing
Use appropriate language
Nothing
What types of behaviors get the most attention?

5. You’ve Been Trained Wrong
Is it any wonder why you focus on your failures?
Negative behaviors get more attention than positive ones
You need to retrain your brain to focus on successes

6. The Law of Attraction You get more of what you focus on.
If you focus on failures, you will continue to fail
If you focus on successes, you will continue to succeed
Successful people keep track of successes while learning from their failures

7. Different Focuses
Today Jenny was chosen as Homecoming Queen, I didn’t do as well as Jocelyn on the Algebra test, and I am no longer #1 in my class
Today I skipped rope 56 times, I got 3 gold stars, and I sold five boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

8. Compete with Yourself Challenge yourself to “beat your best score”
Avoid the temptation to compare yourself to others
Someone, somewhere will always be better than you.
Success is determined by how you evaluate your own accomplishments

9. Experiment
Look at the images on the following slides. Compare them to yourself.

10. How Do Your Looks Compare?

13. How Do Your Grades Compare?

14. How Do You Compare in Sports?

15. How Does Your Car Compare?

16. How Does Your Bank Account Compare?

17. How Does Your House Compare?

18. How Do Your Toys Compare?

19. Quick Write (5 Minutes)
In your notes, write how you felt about yourself when you compared yourself to what others look like or have.

20. Self-Esteem is Like Poker Chips
Imagine your self-esteem is measured in poker chips as seen below
Who is most confident?
Who will be least likely to take a risk? A B C

21. Self-Esteem is Like Poker Chips
Acknowledging and appreciating our past successes enlarges our pile of chips
A larger pile of chips gives us the courage to take risks
Risks lead to more opportunities for success

22. Compete with Yourself C-

23. Compete with Yourself

24. Compete with Yourself

25. Compete with Yourself

26. Compete with Yourself

27. Compete with Yourself

28. Silent Reading
Read about keeping score of your successes on pages in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy.
Take down one page of Cornell notes.

29. Measure Yourself
When you were little, your parents may have measured you from time to time to see your growth.
Do the same with your successes

30. Success Journal
In your Success Journal, begin by writing down 50 successes that you’ve already achieved in your. If you can’t remember the date, just leave it blank.