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by Abe Cherian
Goals are the single most important factor in achieving success.
Without a realistic goal, how will you
ever know when you have
reached your success level. All successful people set goals. All
goals must be realistic, short term, measurable and obtainable
within the bounds of your own perception. As time passes, your goals
can always be adjusted upward to reach your ultimate goal of success
by using 7 essential tips:
1. Passion - All truly successful people such as Warren
Buffett have a driving force within them that sets them apart from
others. A desire, an energy that gives them the fuel to reach their
true potential.
This force is a part of them 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It never subsides. Their total existence is sustained for the
fulfillment of their goals. The passion within this individual to
achieve has been so deeply implanted, that their mental power is
driven by this force and will not let them do anything other than
achieve.
2. Belief - "They can because they think they
can". You will only make $100,000 this year if you first
believe you can. If you do not believe you can you are telling
yourself you want it, but it is truly not obtainable.
The truth of life is that man's limits are self imposed by what
the mind is given to believe. If you expand your belief of your own
abilities, you will also expand your true realm of accomplishment. A
man of whom all are aware, lived his life with adversity, but he
constantly believed he could achieve.
3. Strategy - A strategy is your game plan of life. The
road map you will use to accomplish your goals, ambitions and
desires. Just to believe you can earn $100,000 a year is not enough,
you must design a strategy that gives your life direction and
navigates you toward success. The key to strategy is to design a
proper strategy to achieve your success without the detours of life,
to find the shortest distance between two points.
4. Clarity of Values - Man must first determine which
things in life are most valuable to him. He must determine his
feeling about such things as patriotism, pride, love, freedom,
excellence, ownership and tolerance. These are values in society,
the moral, ethical and fundamental judgments that we, as
individuals, deem important.
Without a clear system of values for ourselves, it is impossible
to believe in something with a passion that has no value to us. Once
we have established our individual value system we are then able to
determine how we can achieve success based on our priority of
values. What must we five up in one hand to accomplish what we
desire on the other. Without a value system we can never move
forward for we may be trading without increasing our potential for
success.
5. Energy - Without the physical vitality to take action,
nothing would ever come of our system to this point. The passion
could build, our belief of accomplishment could be overwhelming, we
could have the best strategy or map to achieve the ultimate value
for our own life, but if not for taking the first step, nothing
could ever be accomplished.
Great success cannot be separated from physical, spiritual and
mental energy that allows us, compels us, to accomplish the most
with what we have to work with. Physical energy comes from the
strength of the body itself fueled by our intake of nourishment.
It is therefore important that we fuel our engine with premium
fuel (good eating habits), not low grade regular (junk food). Our
spiritual and intellectual energy evolves from our environment and
it is therefore important that we assess our own personal
environment to maximize the energy that we can obtain.
6. Bonding Power - We have all known people that have
exhibited the ability to get along with anyone and everyone. The
ability to be a chameleon is truly the ability to connect with and
bond with others. The ability to build rapport. Being able to deal
with others as Mr. Robbins says "To effectively communicate, we
must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the
world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication
with others."
7. Mastery of Communication - To take charge and run your
own mind. To learn the techniques of NLP and no longer allow our
mind to run our lives, but rather take charge of our own mental
abilities and cause them to work for our own accomplishment of
success.
A positive attitude is contagious and when it is sincere, the
people with whom you come in contact will relate to you and your
activities with a vitality and positive attitude that causes a
winning, successful environment.
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