09/03/2020
*MONDAY MOTIVATION*
🗝️ *KEYS TO SUCCESS AND HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL*
Trying to figure out how to be successful in life? Although success looks different for everyone, there is one simple equation you can use to achieve the results you’re ultimately after.
The ultimate formula for success consists of five steps: know your desired outcome, know your motivation, take massive action, notice your results and change your approach. Here, we’ll dive deeper into how to become successful, so you can take these steps and apply them to your own life.
HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL
1. DEFINE SUCCESS
Clarity is power. Knowing what success looks like to you is a critical component in achieving any kind of improvement. Are you looking to deepen your personal relationships? Maybe your goal is to advance your career. The more specific you are about what you want, the easier it will be to take the actionable steps needed to achieve it.
For instance, “I want to get a promotion” doesn’t give you a lot to build on. What role, specifically, do you want and how will obtaining that role better your life? Refine your vision to be something like, “I want to be Vice President of the company within six months, making $300,000 per year.” It’s an ambitious jump, but it gives you a clear end result and something you can track your progress against along the way.
It may also be I want to a be Top Sales man in my company selling 10 plots of High Ticket Land and 10 Apartments this month and Earn A Nice Commission.
I want to qualify for incentives to travel and a SUV or Toyota Camry Big Daddy. For Example.
You must know your reasons for wanting to be successful and achieve your goals. Because when you have absolute clarity of purpose, you’ll keep that goal in mind even when things get tough.
2. ADOPT THE RIGHT MINDSET
Energy follows focus.
By focusing on everything that could go wrong, you’re essentially setting up a self-fulfilling prophecy. Persistent negative thoughts about yourself, like “I don’t think I can do this” or “Someone much smarter than me is better suited,” are called limiting thoughts. Your energy will flow toward whatever is on your mind, and if you’re approaching a situation full of doubt and negativity, you’re likely to receive the outcome you feared.
Why send your energy toward things you don’t want? Instead, clarify for yourself what you do want and train your brain to notice things that can help you make it happen. When a negative thought pops up, replace it with a positive one. Try thinking, “I can do this” or “I’m going to figure this out.” Instead of dwelling on worst-case scenarios, imagine extraordinary results.
When things get challenging, reflect on what caused you to pursue this change in the first place. Were you conventionally successful but internally unhappy? Have you not utilized your skills as much as you’d like to? Whatever your reason for wanting to succeed, use these motivations as the cornerstone of your desire to work hard and achieve more.
3. TAKE ACTION
Determining what you want and adopting a good mindset is only part of learning how to be successful. Your goals and dreams won’t come to you just because you think about them; only by taking massive action can you produce massive results. This means shaking up your routines drastically, learning a new skill set and replacing bad habits with good ones.
Working toward your goals can involve long hours, lots of practice and getting outside your comfort zone. And remember, failure is often part of the process. If you take massive action and experience failure along the way, keep going. Some of the greatest leaders of our time failed terribly before ultimately succeeding.
4. STUDY THE PATHS OF OTHERS
No matter what field you’re in or what you’re trying to do with your life, someone else has done it before. You can study their strategies and modify them for your own purposes. This is called “modeling,” because you’re modeling your efforts on theirs.
Successfully practicing modeling requires you to pick the right person and learn everything you can about them. What challenges did they face, and how did they overcome them? Do you see similarities between their roadblocks and your own? As you dig into their life and understand their setbacks, you can build a strategy for yourself.
5. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
When you find yourself repeatedly saying “I want to be successful” and working toward your goal, don’t forget to stop to check your progress along the way. Noticing your results is critical to unlocking how to become successful, because you must accurately assess your progress. Are the things you’re doing leading you closer to your goal? Have you hit a plateau as far as progress is concerned? Objectively look at the things you’re doing in your everyday life, and decide whether or not they’re helping you to become the type of person you want to be.
6. BE FLEXIBLE
No great success was achieved without any effort, or in only one try. Thomas Edison said: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” The ability to shift gears and try new things is an important key to success. It feels the same way: “I have plenty of failures, but I don’t look at them that way, not because I am in denial but because I make myself learn something from it. Then it becomes a stepping stone instead of a failure.”
If one attempt doesn’t work, change your strategy and try again. A willingness to look at things from a different perspective will take you far.
Above all, if you need help, ask for it. Society glorifies those who get everything done on their own, but the reality is learning to be successful doesn’t happen in a vacuum. You will find people – friends, family and colleagues – who want to offer their assistance. They may see a challenge from a different angle, or notice a pattern that you don’t. You might also look into working with a coach who has helped others become successful. They’ve seen exactly what you’re going through and will be able to help you work through whatever challenges you’re facing.
As you continue exploring how to be successful and what success means to you personally, never be afraid to start over and switch up what you’re doing. The path to personal growth is long and ever-changing. Although you can trust that success doesn’t mean the same thing for any two people, you can rest easily knowing no one finds it without effort and action.
*Question of the day*
What did you learn from this keys to success and how will you apply them to achieve success in your life and career this week.
Thanks for your attention and Do Have a Productive and Successful Week.
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