This page lists the ten rules for success from a YouTube video titled “Eckhart Tolle’s Top 10 Rules For Success,” uploaded by the channel suresh anand. The list is the video creator’s summary. It isn’t a set of direct quotations from Eckhart Tolle, and we haven’t traced it to a particular talk or book.
How to Achieve Success
For many of us, the path to success feels elusive. We think we know what we want but aren’t sure how to get there, and the distance between where we are and where we want to be can feel overwhelming. The list below starts with small steps.
About Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle was born in Lünen, Germany in 1948. He’s best known as a spiritual teacher, and for his best-selling books The Power of Now and A New Earth. By his own account, after suffering from depression and anxiety for many years he experienced a sudden awakening at the age of 29, which involved the dissolution of any sense of self. He describes realizing that the self is a construct and an illusion, and says this brought him a great sense of inner peace.
As part of your mindfulness practice, you might watch the video at the top of this page alongside the list, and see which of the ten rules fits your daily life.
The 10 Rules for Success in the Video
- Take the Small Steps that Lead to Greatness
- Enjoy the Journey
- Find Satisfaction in Your Work
- Ask the Right Questions
- Find Your Inner Purpose
- Direct Your Attention
- Be Compassionate With Yourself
- Don’t Get Stuck in Unhappiness
- Contribute to a Better World
- Change Your State of Consciousness
If you want to help others bring ideas like these into their daily lives, you might look at the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.


