Three Steps To Success

Hi

This article is about the Three Steps You Can Take To Be Successful.

Whatever you are doing and whatever you want to do there are certain steps you must take to achieve. If you are reading this wanting to be successful in life or you are reading this because you want to lose weight or have any sort of goal you are aiming for the principles are just the same.

These steps are the secret to your success, and the good news is, there is no secret.

I have been searching for an answer for a while to understand why some people appear to be more successful than others and can I achieve what I really want and what is it I really want. But after much research and frustration at times I believe these are the steps to success. More good news, the steps are free of charge. Now don’t get me wrong they come at a price but we all know there is nothing for free in life, no free lunch, no free ride and all the other cliches that go with the word free. But when you look at what this could bring you, when you truly understand the power of it all and the freedom this will give you, you will realise the price is worth paying. So just to keep adding to the good news again this does not require any monetary outlay by you. Please don’t misunderstand this because at some stage it will cost you but only when you are ready and you realise the monetary cost you invest is self investment. In fact until you realise this you won’t pay out any money any way.

So enough of my waffle lets get down to the  Steps To Success. Again I can’t take credit for this because this has been around for years and years but sometimes we all just need someone to go “hey I can make this simple for you”.

And I will, because sharing my new found knowledge and wealth is like having the keys to a brand new world, not one that shuns from sharing but realises giving is a way to succeed. It’s not one of the steps I’m covering today because I could probably write forever but these are the first of many steps but probably the most important ones to help you realise your goals or even your true potential. So for all of those of you who want to change in some way, shape or form lets go.

Step One

Write down what it is you want.

Now some people would call this goal setting but I don’t think we need to put a label on this step. What do you really want?. Is it to lose weight, be more positive, get a specific job, earn more money, follow a dream. Whatever it is write it down so it’s physical. Write it so you can see it and read it every single day.

Why? because you want to make it real, you want that goal, dream, ambition, desire, whatever you want to call it to be real. Because whilst it’s just in your head it’s a thought and when it’s on paper it’s a plan of sorts.

Step Two

Be determined, be dog determined, because you can bet your bottom dollar you will not get what you want at your first try and this my friends is one of the biggest reasons people don’t achieve what they want.

Lets look at this practically. You want to lose a stone, so you start dieting and all is going well and then you get invited out and the diet gets blown for one day. Now many people get to this stage and will go ok I’ll start again and they do. But then for some reason their plans get disrupted and the shopping they had planned doesn’t happen and they work late and they get home hungry, knowing they have nothing in the house to eat and I’m afraid they succumb to ease. So no problem you think I’ll start again. Now the people who keep starting again will eventually succeed but the truth is most people will go “oh I failed,  I’ll start again another time, life is just too busy at the moment.” Do they start again? I think we all know the answer to this question and it’s not just about losing weight.

The jogger who wants to run a marathon. They start the training but life becomes a little bit busy so a few runs get deferred and then a few more and then the marathon place get deferred to the next year and you know what the marathon never gets run because life just got in the way, the excuses became easier than the action.

We’ve all done it, I have, I procrastinate and make excuses as well as the next person, in fact we all probably spend more time finding reasons not to start or continue than we do to get on, pick ourselves up and follow the action through.

Be honest with yourself right now. How many of you have done the above. How many of you have purchased a set of DVDs or books and never used them, you know the ones learning anew language, the fitness DVD, how to complete a triathlon. I have loads of books like this, in fact I just sold my learn the guitar CDs as I’d had them for about 10 years and most were still in the wrapper!

Step Three

Be organised.

You see this is the one that gets missed out by so many people. This is the one which I know I keep missing. You see I can set my goals and I have my desire. I’ve done all the things I’ve read about and those in the know recommend but it suddenly dawned on me as I spent another couple of hours in front of the computer not really achieving very much. I’m not organised each day.

I’m organised in the fact I set time aside each night to work on my projects but i get side tracked so very easily by other things I read. I’m also not realistic, I think I have the knowledge to proceed with things when really they will take me a good few weeks to learn that next step.

The secret to this step is be organised. Write down each day what you are going to realistically achieve, what it is that day is going to bring to you.

If it’s weight lose write down what you are going to eat that day and stick to it. If it’s training know what you are going to do in that hour when you get home. If it’s trying to find a job or a new job write down what you will do, like write your CV or research for the role.

If you follow these steps and keep following them you will achieve your goals, you will move towards your dreams and you will be successful, for success is different to each one of us and never ever let anyone tell you your dreams aren’t worth following, because that is just not true.

Yours in success

Nicky