{"id":1322,"date":"2021-11-26T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2021-11-26T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:10:55","slug":"what-does-back-to-basics-mean-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"What Does Back to Basics Mean? Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does back to basics mean?\u00a0 I often heard this term when some very wise leaders engaged our team in problem-solving.\u00a0 To this day, that concept still leads me on my journey and I would encourage everyone to do the same &#8212; when they run into an issue, or when they run into an obstacle holding them back or when they just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/i-know-what-success-looks-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">want to make progress.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have built a fairly successful business using just that philosophy.\u00a0 Getting back to basics can simplify an entire organization, can help individuals focus, can help you make sure you are\u00a0 working from a foundation that will solidly hold whatever you build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>What Does Back to Basics Mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what does back to basics mean?\u00a0 It\u2019s a return to a simpler way of doing something or thinking about something.\u00a0 It\u2019s stressing simplicity and adherence to fundamentals.\u00a0 This is the foundation of my consulting business and the success available for all the <a href=\"http:\/\/masterkey.vision\/day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master Key Experience<\/a> members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a more personal level, what does back to basics mean?\u00a0 It\u2019s habits for living for those whose lives have become complicated.\u00a0 It\u2019s putting attention on simple, important ideas or activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple?\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 Easy?\u00a0 Well, I\u2019m not necessarily promising that.\u00a0 But my friend Mark J loves to use the term \u201ceffortless\u201d, and indeed it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Formulas Help us Succeed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember back in school when we learned formulas for the area of a rectangle, circle, or a triangle; perimeters and volumes of shapes, all designed, practiced and refined to help us solve problems?\u00a0 Once you got them down, solving problems became fairly effortless.  There are \u00a0also formulas to help us determine profits, losses, geometry, trigonometry, probability, physics, all helping us to understand how things work.  More importantly, they help us know how things WILL work so we can plan for any project and anticipate the outcome based on (in some cases) centuries of trial and error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work with manufacturing organizations, helping them to improve.\u00a0 Some come to me frustrated when they try to implement Lean principles, and don\u2019t get those results that they\u2019ve read about in other organizations.\u00a0 Instead, they get an expensive \u201cflavor of the month\u201d activity that falls flat causing discontent and hurting the organization instead of helping them.\u00a0 What I\u2019ve found is that they jump into implementation without having the foundation built first, without going back to basics to make sure this initiative will succeed, without applying the formula required for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The Master Key is based on absolute scientific truth and will unfold the possibilities that lie dormant in the individual, and teach how they may be brought into powerful action, to increase the person&#8217;s effective capacity, bringing added energy, discernment, vigor and mental elasticity.<\/p><cite>Charles Haanel, <em>The Master Key System<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What does back to basics mean when it comes to formulas?  Here&#8217;s some advice from <a href=\"https:\/\/exceljet.net\/top-10-reasons-to-learn-excel-formulas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dave Bruns, of Exceljet.net.<\/a>  \u201cFormulas are a powerful way to capture and save a working solution.\u00a0 They let you repeat the solution again whenever you like, always with perfect accuracy. They are far better than your faulty memory.&#8221;  Exceljet.net is a website devoted to helping people conquer Microsoft&#8217;s Excel computer program, but I found Dave&#8217;s words to remind me of the habits the MKE members work on developing, and the specific formula for success they\u2019re taught, using the basics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/water-generator-sized-by-Jan-Helebrant-on-Pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"What does back to basics mean\" class=\"wp-image-1324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/water-generator-sized-by-Jan-Helebrant-on-Pixabay-250x150.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/water-generator-sized-by-Jan-Helebrant-on-Pixabay.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Image by Jan Helebrant at Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Formulas help you translate your vision into reality. Ever felt like you can explain what you want to do in plain English, but you have no idea how to do it in Excel? Formulas let you build the analysis that&#8217;s in your head,&#8221; Dave Bruns suggests.  If I were to guess how Mark J might edit this advice, it would look something more like, \u201cFormulas help you translate your vision into reality.\u00a0 Ever felt like you can explain what you want in plain English, but you have no idea how to do it?\u00a0 Formulas let you build the success that\u2019s in your head.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>THE Back to Basics Formula for Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark and the Master Key Experience guides and staff help students to integrate the wisdom from <em>The Master Key System, Think and Grow Rich<\/em>, and <em>Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude<\/em>.\u00a0 But the course is not just those three books.\u00a0 His program integrates the philosophies and teachings that inspired these books and span centuries of wisdom, including those taught by the carpenter from Galilee, even those of Plato and Socrates.\u00a0 Mark was trained by the incredible W. Clement Stone, the man responsible for Napoleon Hill\u2019s success after <em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em> was first published, and he\u2019s put the formula to the test in his own life and found massive success for himself and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This magic formula works 100% of the time for 100% of the people who do the work and apply it properly.\u00a0 Mark has documented proof that this formula has helped more than 90% of his students achieve greater health, wealth, happiness, and manifestation of dreams that they never thought were possible previously.\u00a0 What happened to the others?\u00a0 They admittedly did not do the work and apply the formula in its entirety.  And here is that magic formula, which to me, fully answers the question what does back to basics mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"418\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mark-J-success-formula.jpg\" alt=\"what back to basics mean\" class=\"wp-image-1325\"\/><figcaption>Master Key Experience<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Too many people try to just read the books and take a piece of the formula here or there and ignore the rest.\u00a0 Well, just like solid formulas \u2013 chemical, mathematical, you name it, it only works if you use the ENTIRE formula and do it correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here is the explanation of each component so you can take steps to implement this formula for success and experience on your own the answers to what does back to basics mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.\u00a0 DMP \u2013 Be specific about what you want and write it out in 300 words or less.\u00a0 Make sure it aligns with your purpose for being on the planet and your driving core motive.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivingcoremotive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use this link<\/a> to find out, for free, what your driving core motive is. \u00a0During the class, Mark and his team go much deeper into how to determine your purpose and how to write a stellar DMP or (Definite Major Purpose). \u00a0You can start by checking out Napoleon Hill\u2019s discussion of a DMP in <em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em>.\u00a0 The other primary consideration is that your purpose statement must be backed with a burning desire.\u00a0 Once it\u2019s set, read it aloud three times a day with enthusiasm! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The student who gains an understanding of the mental laws which are unfolded will come into the possession of an ability to secure results hitherto undreamed of, and which has rewards hardly to be expressed in words.<\/p><cite>Charles Haanel, <em>The Master Key System<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>2.\u00a0 WPOA \u2013 A Written Plan of Action includes the steps you must take every day to move you forward.\u00a0 Without this plan, just like a trip, you won\u2019t go anywhere without it.\u00a0 Know where you\u2019re going and write out your steps to get there.\u00a0 Of course, a loving, supportive Universe, God, Infinite Intelligence, may open another pathway along your journey, but you have to at least get started.\u00a0 The other trick to this is that your written plan of action must be expressed in continuous action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. PMA* \u2013 A Positive Mental Attitude is a critical component of success.\u00a0 You cannot doubt, question, or allow negativity in your thoughts at all.\u00a0 Click here to get a free copy of the 7-Day Mental Diet to help you learn how to do this properly.\u00a0 Now this one, granted, it extremely tough, but you CAN do it!\u00a0 So many others have!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.\u00a0 MMA \u2013 A Master Mind Alliance, which is what our community offers \u2013 partners, guides, coaches &#8212; all to help you, keep you on track and support you along the way.\u00a0 This support can come in a variety of ways, but it\u2019s essential that you have someone who understands, and operates, in the description of a Master Mind Alliance, described by Napoleon Hill,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;The coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Napoleon Hill, <em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2>Now It&#8217;s Your Turn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do you actually apply this formula?  Here\u2019s how my friend and fellow guide, Arlene, <a href=\"https:\/\/whoarethebestlifecoaches.com\/yes-for-real-my-boston-marathon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">applied this magic formula <\/a>to create amazement in her life.\u00a0 She really understands the answer to what does back to basics mean and how to apply the simplest of formulas for success!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s your turn.\u00a0 Start putting this formula into your life and watch the magic of manifestation happen effortlessly.\u00a0 Need help?\u00a0 You can leave a comment here for us to get back to you, or <a href=\"https:\/\/masterkey.vision\/day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sign up to be on the list for our next class!<\/a>\u00a0 You can&#8217;t buy it.  It&#8217;s a scholarship-only course.  We&#8217;ll send you an application in the fall.  Meanwhile, wishing you success and a full understanding of what does back to basics mean!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does back to basics mean?\u00a0 I often heard this term when some very wise leaders engaged our team in problem-solving.\u00a0 To this day, that concept still leads me on my journey and I would encourage everyone to do the same &#8212; when they run into an issue, or when they run into an obstacle &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}