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Success is a lasting wave - Focusing Your Energy Towards Success

In this book Heinz Meloth decribes how everybody can be successfull. He tells a lot about himself and and what tools he used for his personal success. All this methodes he applies also to those people who join his personal coaching sessions.

In this book Heinz Meloth decribes how everybody can be successfull.

He tells a lot about himself and and what tools he used for his personal success. All this methodes he applies also to those people who join his personal coaching sessions.

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76 | P a g e<br />

My question to the students: “What do you think? Do<br />

you think that you can plan for success?” (Some of<br />

the students ra<strong>is</strong>e their hands to show that they think<br />

“yes.”)<br />

My answer: “Good, then I’ll ask you th<strong>is</strong>: Can you<br />

tell me how to plan for success?”<br />

Student: Hard work, determination.”<br />

I elaborate: “Yes, that’s part of it. Like the saying<br />

goes, no pain no gain. <strong>Success</strong> also has something to<br />

do with clarity, however, and with orientation. Now<br />

ask yourself how to get the energy to achieve your<br />

goals. To do work I need energy and that comes from<br />

my motivation. We should make a clear d<strong>is</strong>tinction<br />

between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, which I<br />

will further clarify later.<br />

Later in my lecture: “As I said earlier, what interests<br />

me the most are young people. I want to know how<br />

you “tick” as young people – different from the<br />

elderly? What motivates you today interests me,<br />

because you are the protagon<strong>is</strong>ts of the future.<br />

Therefore I would like to ask the following questions<br />

right off: Why are you here? What motivates you to<br />

attend th<strong>is</strong> lecture? I would like to engage you in a<br />

direct dialogue. You can ask any question you w<strong>is</strong>h;

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