"The Six Attitudes of High Achievers"

John R. Noe

1.Make no small plans: plan big 

“Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men's souls.”What I think this means is that you should always aim for what is big and not small. If you are trying to set new goals for yourself then do them but make sure you plan are something big not small. Yes you start out small but those are just the baby steps you need to take in order to reach the top.When life is very limited and short you want to make plans that you're going to be able to remember for the rest of your life. Also don't make big plans if they're bad make sure what you're doing is legal and fun just because it's bad but a big plan doesn't make it okay. Try to make plans with the people you love to be around because that will always make it more memorable. Don't affiliate yourself with negative people because then it may affect your mood and overall kill your plans. Just take any opportunity you can because a small activity can turn into the best night of your life.  

2. Do what they fear 

“Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”  What I think this means is that you should not be afraid of no one because that person may fear what you may not. I try to never fear anything and try to be fearless. Yet, I still have one fear. The fear to fail I hate losing and failing anything that has to do with failing. Do what they fear can also mean taking matter into your own hands. Like let's hypothetically say someone is getting bullied and others are just watching, you can not be afraid of the consequences and stand up and help the guy getting bullied. I like this example because it shows how you are doing what the other people around could not do. By standing up and showing others to be more mindful might be able to trigger their brain next time to help others. Maybe, they might be not as scared to stand up.

3. Willing to prepare 

Are You Willing to Prepare to Be Successful? No matter how successful we are, most of us want to be even more successful. This is a good thing. This is how we challenge ourselves. This is how we keep getting better. You must want to practice something not once or twice but hundreds of times to get perfection. Both those who prepare and those who skip the prep share many of the same excuses. But, those committed to realizing their full potential recognize that success is not an accident and then choose to prepare in spite of their excuses. They prepare to perform and be at their best whether they feel like it or not. Once the test begins, most students want an A, but were they motivated enough to postpone other more interesting activities and push through the possibly tedious subject matter before it was time to take the exam?High school football players want to win on Friday night. With the crowd cheering and the band playing, who wouldn’t want to win the big game? Everybody wants to win, but only a few are willing to prepare to win. If you become part of this magnificent minority, you can achieve results above and beyond your previous best.

4. Willing to risk failure

"Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on."  In order to learn a lesson you must first make a mistake. You must be willing to do that mistake in order to learn. Learn to do better from those errors you make in life. Fix them or correct them in any way. Many people might think its just too hard and give up. When no one is doing nothing, I will step in and risk the feeling of failure to provide hope that someone is doing something. An example of this would be a very heartbreaking story about a soccer team that they were in the finals to win the cup. Although something tragic happen on the plane on their way to the game. The plane crashed and kill all the players and staff. So the other team being aware of the event they decided that it was morally right to give the trophy to the other team that just lost all their players. This is a great example because the trophies were going to be given to them , but they decided to not receive it and lose and give it the the families of the lives that were lost. 

5. Are Teachable 

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. (Prov. 18:2). To be teachable means that you have the mind-set of a lifelong learner. You’re consistently open to learning from anyone at any time on any topic. There’s no way to escape the fact that being teachable is foundation to spiritual growth and character development in all areas of our walk with the Lord. In order to be this you must be able to be taught in diffrent ways. If you try doing something for example washing a car one way and there is someone who can show you how to do it a quicker, faster way then you should go ahead and do it. If a leader isn’t teachable, he will be resistant to hearing instruction both from God and from others and will likely make little progress when it comes to personal growth and spiritual maturity. The unteachable leader will eventually fall into other sins and disqualify himself. If a person is truly teachable, he’s open to whatever God might wish to show him on virtually any issue and in regard to all sin.