Attitude

Individuals who reach the highest levels of success begin with a 100 percent commitment, and their attitudes reflect such a commitment. They focus exclusively on what they’re striving to become. To the extent that they keep everything they think, say and do in harmony with the individuals they profess that they’re striving to become, they succeed.

Aspiration

As individuals commit to live their values and achieve their goals with an unwavering, 100-percent attitude, they set aspirations with clarity. Their aspirations enable those on the Straight-A Guide to envision exactly what they’re striving to become. The visions, or aspirations empower them with energy from within, reasons to invest all of their thoughts, actions, and words into becoming those aspirations—whatever they may be

Action

As participants in the Straight-A Guide programs demonstrate their commitment to success with their 100-percent attitudes, and those attitudes lead to aspirations, the aspirations lead to clearly-defined, carefully calculated, incremental actions steps. Aspirations with 100 percent commitment or actions plans rarely amount to more than fantasy. Straight-A Guide participants succeed to the extent that they calculate and take deliberate action steps, leaving as little to chance, randomness, or luck as possible.

Accountability

With their absolute commitment to leading deliberate lives, those embrace principles of the Straight-A Guide take incremental steps with clearly-defined time lines and milestones. They announce all that they strive to achieve, further their own commitment to success and inviting others to hold them accountable. By developing tools to record their incremental progress, Straight-A Guide participants have the necessary instruments to evaluate their performance, making purposeful adjustments when necessary.

Awareness

In leading deliberate, values-based, goal-driven lives, those who commit to the Straight-A Guide sharpen their awareness. That awareness has a double benefit. It enables Straight-A Guide devotees to make the most effective use of atmospherics and resources around them. Further, an ancillary benefit comes through the awareness of others. Individuals who commit to the Straight-A Guide programs engender an awareness that that leads to respect, admiration, and support. The more individuals live with transparency, and integrity, the more awareness they generate, and with that awareness comes vested interests in success.

Achievement

Those who commit to the Straight-A Guide celebrate every achievement. They understand that overnight success requires years of carefully crafted aforethought. It requires a 100-percent attitude and incremental action steps that lead to clearly-defined aspirations. In order to foster a continuously renewable energy, they celebrate every achievement. Success is a journey that lasts a lifetime, with each incremental step being an achievement to celebrate.

Appreciation

Devotees of the Straight-A Guide live in a continuous state of gratitude. They appreciate the myriad blessings around them, striving to take every opportunity to thank God and those around them for inspiration to lead a values-based, goal directed lives. They create opportunities, meaning, and fulfilment from the choices they make throughout every day.

Michael Santos with Straight-A Guide participants at Taft Camp; October 2011

Michael Santos with a Straight-A Guide Participant at Taft Camp

Michael Santos with a Straight-A Guide participant