“Without good soft skills, your only chance of success is buying the winning lottery ticket because, at this rate, you’ll be dead broke within two years.”
Most of the small group laughed when Jim, my accountant friend, ended his story with that line. But it wasn’t funny for everyone and may not be funny for you.
As NLP Trainers, Ronda and I know the need for good soft skills in your professional development.
We continue to see good people fail and blame current events on their lack of ability. Taking our NLP Training Online for excellent soft skills development could have easily enhanced these abilities.
Too many people rely on hope and optimism for success. Humans are creatures of habit, so they continue to do the same thing year after year.
I don’t like seeing people fail, so I will give you a wake-up shake and tell you to start paying attention to these startling facts about the future.
95% Chance You Won’t Be A Success
There is a 95% chance that you won’t be a success.
It’s true; the percentages are not on your side, especially not if your soft skills level is zero.
And what’s worse, if you are in the 95% group, and let’s face it, odds are you are, then what I’m about to say won’t make any difference anyway.
Because your success level is already decided.
These Statistics Prove It
According to data from the Social Security Administration …
Select any hundred people, with no biases, at the start of their working careers, and follow them for 40 years until they reach retirement age; here’s what you’ll find:
- Only 1 will be wealthy;
- 4 will be financially secure;
- 5 will continue working, not because they want to but because they have to;
- 36 will be dead, and
- 54 will be dead broke – dependent on their meagre Social Security checks, relatives, friends, and even charity for a minimum standard of living.
The first two groups, 1 wealthy and 4 financially secure, add up to 5%.
Now, compare that first group, those being successful, with the last three groups (95% of the population) who will be failures.
My Prediction? You’re In The 95% Group
No offence, but predicting you are in the 95% group is easy. And I’ll be correct 95% of the time!
Pretty good odds if I were at the casino or buying lottery tickets.
And here’s another kicker. If you’re in the 95% group that will fail, chances are you will stay in the 95% group. Otherwise, the 95% wouldn’t be so predictable, would it?
Unfortunately, a part of you agrees with me and believes that you don’t have what it takes to succeed. You’re wrong, of course, but it’s for that reason that so few people become successful – They Don’t Believe They Can!
It Gets Worse: Without Good Soft Skills
Of course, you can change your beliefs. However, you probably won’t because if you’re a true 95 percenter, you won’t believe or consider that you need soft skills for your development.
And just thinking you can be successful does not have the same powerful effect as genuinely believing it.
Are you starting to see the spot you’re in? As the saying goes, you’re between a rock and a hard place.
Well, for the 5% who see the spot you are in, this is what you must do …
Soft Skills Plus This Important Thing
To be in demand, you need soft skills; we give you that. But you will also need one other important thing. And that is, you must genuinely believe. And, yes, that’s built into our training, too.
Because when you genuinely believe you can accomplish anything, nothing can stop you. How could it?
It’s inevitable. It’s absolute.
IT – JUST – IS!!!
When things are certain in your mind, you look for and find ways to get whatever is necessary. Things like soft skills. Skills like our NLP Training Online. (if you’re going to get soft skills, you might as well get the best soft skills)
When you think something without really believing, sooner or later, it leads to thoughts of failure, giving up, and what’s the use. And that’s followed by reasons you can’t or won’t because it somehow has some attachment to your past or background.
Now, compare two different times in your life. One where you accomplished something and one where you didn’t. Basically, one where you succeeded and one where you didn’t.
As you think of it now, are you aware of having different thoughts about them?
My bet is you absolutely (at a deeper level) believed in the one where you were successful. And you didn’t have that same belief when you weren’t successful. (Remember, I have a 95% chance of being right!)
2 Takeaways – 1 Just For The 5%ers
There are 2 positive takeaways here, but 1 is only for those of you destined for the 5% group.
And don’t blame me. It’s not my fault if you’re in the 95% group. I didn’t create these numbers. As I stated, this is data from the Social Security Administration.
So here are your takeaways …
First, it proves my point about how solid and absolute beliefs are.
And second, for the real 5%, this knowledge gives you another link in your chain of success.
Because, as a true 5 percenter, you are always looking for knowledge that will help you achieve. You want excellent soft skills to become even more successful.
5% Believe – 95% Think They Believe
Success-driven people believe they will experience success, so they simply look for ways to get there.
And it’s guaranteed they will improve themselves with good soft skills.
Soft skills greatly enhance your ability to think more successfully, therefore believing more in your ability to succeed.
Especially when you take our NLP Training Online course. It gives you the ability to quickly change the beliefs that are holding you back.
And because changing beliefs about yourself and your place in the world is extremely important, it’s essential to get it right.
Because your future success also depends on your future health and well-being, you don’t want to create beliefs that can hurt you over time.
That can be as bad or worse than not having a belief that you can have success.
You will not reach success through chants trying to convince yourself, “I think I can, I think I can.” That just doesn’t work, and 95% prove it.
You’ll end up frustrated and tired like those in the 95% group who stand around muttering emphatically – that won’t work!
So, if you know you’re part of the 95% group, don’t be upset; just live with it. It’s your destiny.
On the other hand, if you’re in the Successful 5%, you’ll want every advantage to help you stay there. Because you never know when one of those 95 %ers might actually succeed and slip into your group, bumping you out.
The best advantage is our Life Potential NLP Training Online for excellent soft skills.