>As per (Gawain, S 1982, p37) in her book Creative Visualizations: there are 3 necessary elements to be successful. She was referring to creating visualizations, but I would like to add success in general as part of the elements: Your needs will be: desire, belief and acceptance.
 You first must have a very strong desire to make the changes you need to make in order to be successful, next you have to believe in yourself and your abilities and finally you need to be willing to accept and hold dear what you are seeking. Sometimes we persue things we do not really need or want.