Successful people are continually seeking to find their core talents, skills and competencies so they can improve their personal strategy for success. They want to leverage that knowledge so they can add value to their personal life, relationships, their clients (internal or external) and become even more successful in their endeavors.

When asked to define a "winning personal success strategy" many business people, community leaders, educators, and other "successful individuals" in many walks of life, provide the following guidance.

1. Continuously read, absorb, and learn new and relevant information.
2. Listen well and speak clearly and convincingly.
3. Make sure your actions get results and have a positive impact on outcomes.
4. Manage your time wisely; spend it on the important things.
5. Always follow through on your commitments.
6. Accept you are living and working in a world of constant change and deal with it.
7. When possible, exercise your persuasion to influence change.
8. Be honest with yourself and others.
9. Never lose your sense of inquiry and curiosity.
10. Challenge the status quo and live outside your comfort zone.
11. Continually innovate or die.
12. Have a strong belief in a purpose and a willingness to express that conviction.
13. Deal respectfully with others even when there is a difference of opinion.
14. Welcome feedback from all sources.
15. Network, network, network, and then network some more.
16. Apply a positive attitude, it always makes the difference.
17. Demand more from yourself than from others.
18. Don't live the life of a spectator; you must stay in the "do" mode.
19. While you pursue what you want in life, be happy in what you have.
20. Persevere and success will be the obvious outcome.
21. A winning strategy always involves some level of risk.

Success in life comes from regular disciplined, daily effort success. Yes, developing a winning personal success strategy is built upon the most basic building block of time... the day. The key to your success will be a daily, disciplined, focused effort, directed tirelessly at applying the twenty-one hot tips for developing your winning personal success strategy.

Finally, if you live your life aligned with your personal strategy, you can leverage your abilities to the fullest and move through life with confidence, effectiveness, purpose and passion.

About Ingbretsen Consulting LLC:
Coach and author Roger Ingbretsen is a certified executive coach and organizational developer, providing organizational and career guidance to professionals, managers, supervisors and all individuals looking for "real world" career development and business information. His entrepreneurial approach will help you learn how to plan, lead and succeed in your career. Roger is the creator of the "Leadership Development Coaching Experience"