Do you know who Tracii Guns is? How about Ole Beich? Or Rob Gardner? Probably not. They were the original lead guitarist, bassist, and drummer for Guns N' Roses. But they left long before the band exploded into international success. They each continued playing music, but none of them came close to matching the success of GNR.

Do you know anyone like Guns, Beich, and Gardner? Someone who gets close to a great situation, then sabotages their own success with destructive behavior or bad decisions? Psychologists say that people like this do what they do for two main reasons. Either they feel they don't deserve success because of their past, or they are afraid of success in the future.

RockStars don't let either get in the way of being successful.

Most of us have things in our past that we'd rather forget. We may carry guilt over the things we've done, or didn't do. If you're holding yourself back because of this, there's only one piece of advice I can give you -- if it's in the past, leave it there! You can't change the past, but you can build a successful future.

And, let's face it. The future can be scary. But when you re-invent yourself and become a RockStar, you are facing the future head-on. When you achieve the success you desire, it will be because you worked smart, worked outside your comfort zone, and stretched yourself in amazing ways.

Becoming a RockStar means you earn every bit of the success that comes to you. So look forward to it, and savor it when it happens!