The 3 Most Powerful Words in the English Language

If you are looking for the road to success, you won't find any clear signposts. You won't find any magical answers. There is no wizard to grant your wishes, no yellow brick road that will lead you and others who walk along it directly to the land of Oz, to fame and fortune. Of all the high achievers I work with, not one took the same path as any other.

However, what they did have was an attitude of expectation. They expect things to turn out well and have confidence in their own abilities to make that happen.

What happens when you ask someone how a project is going to turn out, or if they're going to accomplish their goals, the answer you usually hear is, "I'm going to try my very best." But when you ask people who believe in themselves, people who have achieved success against the odds, they will answer with the three most powerful words in the English language: "Yes I will."

They are so positive, and their expectations are so strong, they will prevail over any obstacles in their way. Other people recognize their strength and either move out of the way to let them through, or find a way to hop on board.

Like the waves of the sea are the ways of fate as we voyage through life. 'Tis the set of the soul which decides its goal and not the calm or the strife.

—Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
writer