Author - Tom McLaughlin
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OWN YOUR FUTURE
STEP BY STEP
Success isn’t about doing everything at once. It’s about you doing the right thing, one step at a time. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by multitasking madness, or endless advice pulling you in different directions, you’re not alone. But here’s the truth: the key to success isn’t more, it’s focus.
“How to Be Successful” is your guide to mastering success. Whether you take an hour, a day, or a week to absorb a chapter, you focus on one key skill at a time, ensuring lasting progress. You’ll get clear, actionable lessons that help you define success and overcome challenges.
This book shows you how to identify skills that matter most to growing at your own pace, without distractions. And you don’t need to break the bank. For less than the cost of a cappuccino, you’ll unlock a lifetime of knowledge you can revisit anytime.
It’s time to OWN YOUR FUTURE with wisdom, focus, and steady progress. Your success story starts here. Will you take the next step?
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USE GURUS LAST
Basics First...
Gurus may promise shortcuts to success. But they may distract you by pushing you into chasing new habits, strategies, and ideas simultaneously leaving you scattered and burned out. You’re pulled into theirs instead of helping you focus on your path.
This is exactly where my book “How to Be Successful” comes in. It’s not another hype-filled promise of instant success, it’s a practical guide that helps you master core skills and develop discipline. Each lesson is bite-sized and easy to absorb, giving you time to fully master one skill before moving on. With this approach, you don’t just make progress, you make progress that sticks.
Returning to the fundamentals is powerful even if you have already advanced in your career. Success isn’t just about making money, it’s about building a life where achievement and happiness go hand in hand. My book helps you do that by cutting through the noise, keeping you focused, and giving you the tools to make better decisions and long-term gains.
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Winning the Game
First Things First
Athletes don’t start by running drills or perfecting game strategies. First, they master the basics; diet, exercise, sleep, and routines. Without these fundamentals, even the best coach can’t lead you to victory.
The same rules apply when it comes to success. Whether your goal is building a career, starting a business, or simply becoming your best self, you need the essentials before you dive into your bigger ambitions.
That’s why “How to Be Successful” focuses on what matters most, mastering core skills and habits. This book guides you through focused lessons so you can absorb them at your own pace. This helps to create a foundation for discipline, focus, and practical progress. Each step builds on the last, ensuring your progress sticks and sets you up for long-term gains.
Just like an athlete can’t excel on game day without proper training, you can’t prepare for success without first mastering the basics.
Get things in order. Build your foundation first. Success isn’t about rushing ahead, it’s about being ready to win when the opportunity comes. Let “How to Be Successful” help you take that first step and every step thereafter.
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Tom McLaughlin
Real-World Expertise
When I think back, my real success started in 1968. It was on a rainy night at the NYU Downtown Graduate Center in New York City. At that time, I was 29, married, with two young daughters.
Before 1968, I had just about finished high school. There were various odd jobs, like transporting new VWs from Port Newark and working shifts at Phillips 66 gas stations. Somewhere along the way, I worked nights for American Airlines at LaGuardia and Kennedy airports. Being pretty good with a wrench, I bought a Shell gas station and named it Tom’s Service. Doing both jobs, day and night, lasted about two years.
In 1966 I became employed by IBM. I was hired as a keypunch technician. A keypunch is now just an antiquated data entry machine. After training, I worked in the NYC downtown financial district. This was when the original World Trade Center was being built, only a few blocks away.
Returning to that rainy night at NYU, I was covering for another IBMer and took a service call at the grad center. As I stood waiting for an elevator, dripping and toting a heavy tool bag, I became surrounded by a growing throng of students. They were all chatting away, totally disinterested in their soggy companion.
At that moment it became apparent that I was much older than anyone in the group and had only accomplished a high school equivalency diploma. It was then and there that I promised myself that if I were ever given the chance, I would pursue going to college.
After about a year with IBM, I was selected for an early career development program and became a new manager. About that time the second shift manager (four to midnight) wanted off. No other manager in the office wanted the post, so I threw my hat into the ring with one condition. I would take the assignment if I could stay on shift for the time needed to get a degree. My terms were gladly accepted.
Pace University was just a few blocks from the office, where I enrolled as an undergraduate. I spent the next three years in classes, early in the day, and at IBM in the evening. I graduated with honors from Pace with a BA in Psychology.
Since the night shift deal was satisfied, I was offered a marketing position at IBM headquarters. I made another deal. If I could engage in an Executive MBA program on alternated Fridays, I would take the job. Two years later, I had my MBA, again with honors.
Mort Jaffe and I had become fast friends at Pace. Years later in 1978, I had told Mort of a way to improve the service on certain IBM equipment. Mort liked the idea and said, “I have $20,000 to get you started.”
The rest is history. I raised enough to get the venture off the ground. I left IBM and founded Technical Support Services (TSSI). Long story short, in year 2000, with over 500 employees servicing banks across the USA, TSSI grossed over $20 million.
More recently, in 2012, I founded DRSONLYLAB LLC to produce a pain-relief gel product. Distribution grew to include many medical clients. This business is still in operation.
Finally, my book, “How to Be Successful- After Motorcycles and Girls”. I loved that time in my life. But as just related, at some point, getting real and growing up doesn’t just happen. You need to be committed to making it happen.
The book is meant to be your guide, to help you understand what you need upfront to master success: just practical, easy-to-apply lessons designed to fit into your life. All the lessons are from my struggles, many of which would have benefitted from the wisdom in the book.
My goal is to help you avoid being bombarded with vague theories or overloaded with information that’s not needed. Instead, the book provides clear, actionable lessons that help you define success, overcome challenges, and build momentum.
Just as I had experienced, right now could be when you finally decide to take control of your growth, and your idea of success. Success isn’t about following my life or my blueprint. It’s all your journey, your plan.
My book shows you how to identify and hone the skills that may soon matter in your quest to change your situation. This may be the chance you need to develop clarity and purpose for your inspiration.
Forget the expensive coaching programs or guru meetups for now. This book is a simple, accessible investment in yourself with exponential returns. Think about it…
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