Book excerpt: In working towards success, we wish to acquire pillars that best support and help us towards our mission--goals. These will often include gaining specific knowledge and developing new skillsets. We then use this knowledge gained from previous successes to move forward and achieve newer goals. Our foremost mission now becomes the accomplishment of our new goals; however, our current unique abilities may require us to acquire different pillars or methods to achieve them. The pillars successful people most o en utilize include specialized knowledge, planning, and perseverance. The greatest detracting elements are typically procrastination, inaction and analysis paralysis - these provide a convenient conduit to allow us to extract ourselves out of such ventures. To execute our plans, our desire to succeed must be greater than our fear of failure. The Celebrity Experts(R) in this book have achieved success in various fields. By observation and following their methods, we can reduce the time we spend experimenting with our own procedures - often a trial-and-error approach. These authors invariably tried and likely failed many times in their efforts to reach their goal, but their mentoring can save you untold amounts of time and heartbreak on your journey to success. They can show you PILLARS OF SUCCESS you will most likely need to accomplish your goal.