Seventh Step To Success

Only 5 percent of the population, in a world filled with opportunities, ever reach the status of being truly financially independent! How can that possibly be? We all have the drive and desire to succeed. Why is it even with a lifetime of learning experiences and hard work, most of us often no better off than when starting out? Why do some people become successful? There are eight basic key elements individuals either utilize or over look that affect their chances of reaching a high level of success or not.

The process of achieving success for every individual is different. Obviously the processes for Bill Gates and Mother Teresa were very, very different. But for both of them, the process was the right one. Your individual values will set the direction you personally take.

All of the best intended goals and the strongest desires are useless, unless you have a plan detailing how you intend to accomplish your goal. Many people have good intentions but they just get caught up in everyday living. They soon realize a year or two has passed and those goals are still sitting in the desk drawer because they failed to set up a plan of action. Often we procrastinate because we're not sure of what we should do or how we should get started.

There are those of us who just waste away the hours and the days doing things just for the sake of passing the time.

But the best way to keep from wasting away time is to have a specific plan of action to accomplish those goals you've set. Get those goals out one more time. After each goal and after each reason you need to achieve those goals, make a step-by-step list of how you intend to get from where you are to where you want to be. If one of your goals, for instance, is learning to fly a plane, you might list your steps this way:

1. Check phone book for nearest flight school.

2. Go to airport and get information on costs, schedules, instructors.

3. Get required medical exam.

4. Schedule first lesson.

5. Finish course within six months.

List every small step you need to take. Then take that first step immediately. Not next week. Not next month. But today or tomorrow get going. If you wait until tomorrow it will then be today and time to get moving. What this does is put your plan of action, into action. Taking those first steps cements the goal in place making it more real in your mind.

Make your actions as much a part of you as your goals.