You find yourself at a place in life where you are satisfied. You have a base from which to work, and you are contemplating easing out of that comfort zone and follow a dream, reach a target you’ve set yourself. It will be a new chapter in your life and you are wondering how to go about it, how to do it well. I have listed here 7 steps that will help you succeed in anything you do, from making healthy changes to your lifestyle, to changing your career, to saving for a new house and home.
Step 1: The Dream, the Goal. Once you know what it is you want in your life, make it your intention. Live it. Be as clear as you possibly can be, and don’t do things half-cocked. Only do things that you have a passion for. If you cannot do something with all of your heart, then look for what you can. Then do it to the best of your ability.
Step 2: Commit
See your goal as a journey that has your dream waiting for you at the end of it. If you don’t know where you are going, your any decisions or destinations will be a random result of your environment, what is around you. Take full responsibility of your journey, commit to seeing it through, especially in those moments where things don’t go to plan.When those moments happen, stay committed and remind yourself that it is not the end of the road, only a hurdle. Persevere, and when you need a bit of reassurance focus on the positive and practice gratitude. Realising a dream, reaching goals take time and effort. Most people don’t work hard enough and many dreams and aspirations fall by the wayside. Adapt a positive mind set to help you stay committed.
3. Don’t get lost. The path to happiness and success will have twists and turns. Don’t go down the wrong path for too long. Stay agile and flexible enough so that you can change direction if you need to. Make adjustments when needed so that your choices and decisions match what you intend to accomplish, create room for the new. Any inconsistencies will block progress and create frustration. Be committed, be flexible.
4. Don’t allow negative into your life. You must conserve your energy for your passions. You have a limited amount of time and energy to invest in the things you want in life. Invest your energies into the people and the projects that share and/or understand your passions. Choose who you spend your time with carefully. You are the average of the people you spend time with, and you will become like them. They will will influence you for good and for bad. Accept the right people, positive people, into your life and you will be the richer for it.
Step 5: Expect to Succeed. Visualise.
Expect to succeed and have faith that it will happen. Visualise yourself being successful. Use any success already in place to help you stay motivated or to help you believe in yourself and your ability to reach your goal. Success breeds motivation. Be sure to also celebrate the small things, stops and accomplishments along the way to receive small forms of success. Every night when you go to bed, imagine how you want your life to be in the future. Experience it, believe it, lock on to that as your goal. Each morning remember your “Why”, the reason you are doing this. Then focus on becoming that person.
Step 6: Take Pride
Take pride in who you are and in what you do. Be the best version of yourself as you go through your journey, and lead with it by expecting to get the best in return. Align yourself with your values, integrity and beliefs and align them with you, so that there are no double standards in your way of living, creating a flow in what you put out and what you take in — bringing balance to you and your journey.
Step 7: Have Enough
Have enough. Remember, you are on a journey, and yes, there is a goal that will be reached and a dream accomplished, but give yourself credit along the way. Be grateful for reaching that health goal, or your first savings goal reached, or for making a business plan, and appreciate yourself for it. The more you appreciate, the more grateful you will be and the more you will be able to enjoy the present moment and feel as if you have enough and you are doing enough.
Happiness is found in accomplishment. living the life you choose is satisfying and you will be the happier while exploring your life journey, rather than doing what you have to. Wake up a little earlier, have the freedom to spend your time and energy the way that you choose, that is embodiment of success and happiness. Know who you are and what you are doing. New career, lose a dress size, go for a healthy walk. Your life and you are living it. Be Happy.
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