The Success Steps

Success is something of which we all want more.

Most people believe that success is difficult, it’s actually not!

Success isn’t really that difficult. There is a significant portion of people, that actually want and need success to be hard! Why? So they then have a built-in excuse when things don’t go their way!

For those of you who are serious about having more, doing more, giving more and being more, success is achievable with some understanding of what to do, some discipline around planning and execution of those plans and belief that you can achieve your desires.

The Truth About Success

The first thing to remember about success is that it is a process – nothing more, nothing less. There is really no magic to it and it’s not reserved only for a select few people. As such, success really has nothing to do with luck, coincidence or fate. It really comes down to understanding the steps in the process and then executing on those steps.

There are basically six key areas to higher achievement.

Making the decision

If success is a process with a number of defined steps, then it is just like any other process. So, what is the first step in any process?

Making a decision to do something, this is the first step. We all know that nothing moves until someone makes a decision. The first action is always in making the decision to proceed. This is a fundamental step, which most people overlook.

So, make the decision to move forward. Commit your decision to paper, just to bring it into focus. Then, go for it!

Develop your vision

Having a vision of purpose and a clear picture of what you desire, is probably the single most important factor in achievement.

Why is your vision so important?

Its sets the direction and path you want your life to take.

The sad thing is the majority of people have no clue about what they truly want. They have no vision.

So how do we get our vision? Simply by asking ourselves lots of questions: What do I really want? What does success look like to me? Why do I want a particular thing? How will this achievement change my life? How can I use this success to make a difference for others?

Understand what you want, why you want it and what it will do for you. This is a critical factor and as such, is probably the most difficult step. For this reason, most people never complete this aspect, then wonder why life is so difficult!

Once you have a clear understanding of what you want, it is critical that you engage in setting SMART goals.

SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Sensitive - S-M-A-R-T. Knowing what you want and setting SMART goals will help you achieve your vision.

Focus

Focus is having the unwavering attention to complete what you set out to do. There are a million distractions in every part of our lives. Telephones and e-mail, clients and managers, spouses and kids, TV, newspapers and radio. These distractions are everywhere and endless. Everyone wants a piece of us and the result can be totally overwhelming.

So, how can we stay on course with all the distractions in our lives? Willpower is a good start, but it’s very difficult to stay on track simply through willpower.

The best way is to develop and follow a plan. Start with your goals in mind and then work backwards to develop the plan. What steps are required to get you to the goals? Make the plan as detailed as possible. Try to visualize and then plan for, every possible setback. Commit the plan to paper and then keep it with you at all times. Review it regularly and ensure that every step takes you closer to your vision and goals. If the plan doesn’t support the vision then change it!

Along with your plans, you should consider developing an action orientation that will keep you motivated to move forward at all times. This requires a little self-discipline, but is a crucial component to achievement of any kind. Before starting any new activity, ask yourself if that activity will move you closer to your goals. If the answer is no, you may want to reconsider doing it at that time.

The below questions will help you prioritize the activities you undertake, and help determine if when you should conduct the activity, if somebody else can undertake the activity on your behalf or if it is really has to be done at all.

Does the activity have to be done now?
Can it be done by someone else?
Does it need to be done at all?

Commitment

Commitment is something that comes from understanding that everything has its price and then having the willingness to pay that price. This is important because nobody wants to put significant effort into something, only to find out after the fact that the price was too high.

The price is something not necessarily defined as financial. It could be time, effort, sacrifice, money or perhaps, something else. The point is that we must be fully aware of the price and be willing to pay it, if we want to have success.

Belief

This is perhaps the single biggest obstacle that you must overcome in order to be successful.

We all carry a lot of beliefs, thanks to our upbringing. The majority of people carry with them, an entire series of self-limiting beliefs that will absolutely stop and hold them back from success.

Things like “I’m not good enough”, “I’m not smart enough”, “I’m not lucky enough”, and the worst, “I’m not worthy” are but a few of the self-limiting beliefs people carry.

The old expression is absolutely true, whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right!

You need to begin shedding these non-supportive beliefs and replacing them with beliefs that will accomplish your desires.

It is truly amazing the damage that parents, family and friends can inflict on you. So why do they do it? For the most part, they don’t do it intentionally. In the majority of cases, the cause is a well-meaning but unskilled or un-thinking individual, who says the wrong thing at the wrong time and that message sticks.

The bottom line is that you must shed the bad beliefs and replace them with good beliefs.

Taking Action

Not all of the decision-making, vision, planning, focus and belief in the world, will get you to where you want to be, without taking action!

Action involves putting your plans into play. It is what will get you to the destination.

Get the oars in the water and start rowing. Execution is the single biggest factor in achievement, so the faster and better your execution, the quicker you will get to the goals!

These six steps will help you to achieve success in all your desire, whether it is your business or personal life.

You now have the opportunity to push ahead and reach your potential. No more excuses, make the commitment to take action TODAY!

Figure out what you want, put a plan together to achieve it, understand the cost, believe in yourself then go and get it!

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