Five Principles for Success Lecture

Introduction

• Five Principles for Success: Behavioral frames to achieve goals
• Focus on how to behave and apply principles

Key Behavioral Frames

1. Orientation Towards Outcomes

• Focus on results instead of problems
• Example: NLP techniques emphasize outcomes over dwelling on issues
• How vs. Why Questions:
  • How questions lead to understanding and proactive steps
  • Why questions lead to justifications
  • Example from Robert Kiyosaki: "How can I afford this?" instead of "Why is this so expensive?"
• Reticular Activating System (RAS):
  • Powerful mental tool that provides necessary answers when asked how questions
  • Emphasize writing down plans to solidify outcomes

2. Feedback Instead of Failure

• No such thing as failure; only feedback
• Embracing feedback as a learning tool

3. Possibilities Instead of Necessities

• Run towards the light (goals) instead of away from the darkness (problems)
• Necessity-based motivation is short-term; possibilities lead to long-term motivation
• Concept of "What we resist persists"
• Importance of identity: e.g., saying "I am not a smoker" rather than "I want to stop smoking"

4. Adopt an Attitude of Curiosity

• Replace assumptions and clinging to facts with curiosity and fascination
• Curiosity leads to endless energy and inspiration
• Example: Albert Einstein's curiosity changed the scientific world
• John Cena's advice to follow curiosity to discover passion and purpose
• Curiosity attracts people like a magnet

5. Learned Behavior

• Every behavior is learned through repetition
• Four stages of learning:
  1. Unconscious Incompetence: Not knowing what you don't know
  2. Conscious Incompetence: Knowing what you don't know
  3. Conscious Competence: Knowing how to do something but needing to think about it
  4. Unconscious Competence: Doing something naturally without thinking
• Example: Learning to drive a car

Conclusion

• Emphasis on curiosity as a driver for success
• Curiosity leads to excitement, energy, and inspiration
• Personal anecdote: Speaker's curiosity led to his success and current position