The greatness of a “savvy gal” is not measured in just her success but in the tenacity she withstood in the face of her many failures. If you never failed at something, how can you measure your success? How can you learn from mistakes? Today I am going to give you my cliff notes on success. These are the seven steps to creating success in your life.
1. Focus on the positive
2. Take action
3. Write out your road map
4. Be flexible
5. Seeing is believing
6. Don’t be afraid to take chances
7. Never stop learning
Focus on the positive
In life and in business we tend to prioritize things by “pressing issues”: Whatever I have let go by the way side, whoever is angry with me or what deadline is staring me right in the face.
We are letting negativity lead us around by the nose; no wonder by the end of the day we’re exhausted and in a bad mood. Dr. Daniel G. Amen, a clinical neuroscientist, author, and New York Times best seller has said, “A negative thought is like pollution to your system. Just as pollution affects everyone who goes outside, so, too do negative thoughts pollute your mind and your body.”
Look around you; take assessment of your life. Remember no matter how bad you may have it, there is someone who has it worse. Start by focusing on the things you love to do and figure out a plan and system so that you can spend more of your day doing those things. If you are surrounded by negative friends or even family, you may need to consider to lovingly let them go. Your frame of mind is the single most important thing for you to be effective, successful and happy.
Take Action:
We are all striving for some sort of success, from finishing school, getting a job or even buying a dream house and having a family; it’s a thought or a goal that we want to enjoy a good life.
But there are other people who strive for more abundance and prosperity. They are looking for a bigger house, a more prosperous business, traveling the world, and even helping others who may be in need.
If you fall into the latter group you can’t get there unless you first take action. Napoleon Hill, author of “Think and Grow Rich,” said, “Don’t wait; the time will never be just right.” There is never a good time to take that first step or make that first call. By actually putting your intension into a goal you have set the wheels in motion. You may stumble or even fail but you will learn some tricks along the way; who to call, or what to say, but the point is you learned something and you are now that much closer to your goal than you were 30 seconds before you made your move.
Whenever you are feeling stuck and you continue to procrastinate, think about this: Whatever it is that you fear or dread, will be what you will have to break through to get to your success. The Nike motto sums it up best. “Just do it.”
Write our Your Road Map:
I love to travel. Nowadays I prefer to get in my car and drive it’s less hassle and I can listen to my CDs while traveling to a new place to get a little R & R. I’m lucky that I have a GPS system in my car but before I leave I always take a map and write out a travel log of where I’m going just to make sure I don’t get lost or inadvertently take a wrong turn. I don’t think my travel habits are strange, in fact, most people do the same thing when they are getting ready to take a road trip — so why not use those same tactics for your life?!
If you have specific plans or goals and you never write out a plan on how you intend to reach them, how do you know if you’re on track? What’s your timetable and once you get there how are you planning on keeping the goal alive?
This is your opportunity to take a dream that you’ve been kicking around in your head and actually make it happen. Here are some tips to help you do this.
1. Always write your goals out in the positive
2. Write out your goals in complete detail — don’t leave anything out (colors, places, people anything that makes this a complete picture and helps you visualize it).
3. Write out your goals in the present tense as if they are currently happening.
4. Re-write your goals. Every time you write something down, you are drilling this into your conscious and subconscious, therefore making it real.
“A very successful man taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment,” Anthony Robbins; Life Coach, Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur.
Part 2, continued next week….
Alisa Weinstein is a certified coach, business executive, and entrepreneur. As owner of Coaching Element, she supports other entrepreneurs to create businesses starting with focus, vision and action. She serves clients through individual and group coaching, seminars and public speaking. For more information, please visit www.CoachingElement.com.