The TOP...What or Where Is It?

Is there such thing as the top? Is the top a destination or is it really a journey? Have you ever been to the top one day and at the bottom the next? What do you think the top is?

The top can be seen differently by everyone. The top can be defined to some people as a new position at work or in your business, acquiring something you want, when you're rich, being envied or idolized, having over thousdand Facebook followers, retiring before the age of 50, taking vacations when you want to and i can keep going but i won't.

I'm going to share with you today what motivational speaker, best selling author Zig Ziglar feels that the top is. These 15 points were derived by his experiences, interviews with other successful people and the studying of all areas of life. After reading these 15 points i realized the Top isn't a physical place or thing, the Top is where you are mentally and spiritually, the Top is the point of life where you're constantly working on personal growth, the Top is when you establish the RIGHT mental attitude, the Top is when you are living in the NOW and not the past, that my friends is the Top! When you can reach the top in these things you truly have obtained success and reap the physical rewards of the journey.

Here are the 15 points...

1.You clearly understand that failure is an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night, and today is your brand-new day.

2.You have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and optimistic about your future.

3.You know that success (a win) doesn't make you, and failure (loss) doesn't break you.

4.You are filled with faith, hope, and love; and live without anger, greed, guilt, envy, or thoughts of revenge.

5.You are mature enough to delay gratification and shift your focus from your rights to your responsibilities.

6.You know that failure to stand for what is morally right is the prelude to being the victim of what is criminally wrong.

7.You are secure in who you are, so you are at peace with God and in fellowship with man.

8.You have made friends of your adversaries, and have gained the love and respect of those who know you best.

9.You understand that others can give you pleasure, but genuine happiness comes when you do things for others.

10.You are pleasant to the grouch, courteous to the rude, and generous to the needy.

11.You love the unlovable, give hope to the hopeless, friendship to the friendless, and encouragment to the discouraged.

12.You can look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

13.You know that "he who would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all."

14.You recognize, confess, develop, and use your God given physical, mental, and spiritual abilities to the glory of God and for the benefit of mankind.

15.You stand in front of the Creator of the universe, and He says to you, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."