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Enhance Your Chance Of Success

Written by: Andrew Rondeau

Article Overview: GPS usually stands for "Global Positioning System" But it could stand for "Growth Plan for Success." You need a plan to reach any stage of success, and success usually is a result of personal growth. So what should you consider for your plan?

Enhance Your Chance Of Success

GPS usually stands for "Global Positioning System" But it could stand for "Growth Plan for Success." You need a plan to reach any stage of success, and success usually is a result of personal growth.

So what should you consider for your plan:

Thinking And Acting Positively

Thinking and acting positively is part of training yourself to feel and believe you are going to be successful. It is your self-fulfilling prophecy! However, it will only work if you make it work. You need to create your own GPS, not one someone else has created. Others can give you suggestions, but only you can decide what will work for you and your circumstances.

Success Is No Accident

Success is no accident; you do need to make a plan. First, you need to plan your long-term goals. Decide where you want to be, and then you need to decide on your strategy and have an action plan for things you want to achieve and target dates for reaching those goals.

Set your short-term goals after you determine your long-term goals. Review them on a regular basis.

Each successive goal should be just a little harder than you think you can manage. Always make sure you are aiming higher than you think you can reasonably reach at each stage.

Even if you do not quite make that higher goal, most likely you will have accomplished more than if you had set your goal lower. Dream dreams, dream big dreams!

Make It Highly Visible

Your GPS needs to be a highly visible part of your life every day. It should be a written plan and be somewhere you can see it every morning. You need to review your goals, and review the steps you will take to achieve them. Every day you should pick at least one thing to achieve that takes you nearer to your long-term goal.

Take one-step at a time, one turn in a new direction at a time, but never stop moving forward, never lose your momentum. It is much harder to start over than it is to keep following your GPS.

If you fail to keep sight of your goals, you will never achieve them.

Create A Dream Board

If possible, create a dream board with the things you want to do or have when you reach your "destination."

Be as specific as possible.

The things you put on your board should be things you get emotional about when you think about them. Do not put a picture of money up there, put a picture of what you want to buy with that money. Think about why it is you want that "thing".

Then, make a chart of the steps you need to take to reach your goals so that you can cross each item off as you complete them. This will give you a great sense of accomplishment and a realization that you are in control of your success every day by taking at least one-step forward.

See Yourself In The Future

One way to help you believe in yourself and in your ability to reach your goals is to see yourself in the future one year, two years, or five years from where you are right now.

Imagine yourself doubling your current income.

How would that make you feel?

What would you do with the extra money?

What if you tripled your income?

What would you do with all of that money?

Chances are you may find it difficult to spend all of that money.

The more "real" your vision, the deeper the desire becomes and the closer to your "reality" it will become. The universe will already be in motion to give you what you request if you just keep moving forward with your plan.

Use Your Time Wisely

Make the best use of your time as possible.

If you let fear hold you back, you will put off starting on your "trip", whether it is fear of failure or fear of success. Yes, you could actually be afraid to succeed, afraid of what your friends and family will think of you. Procrastination sets in and you may find yourself looking for any excuse not to get started.

Maybe you need just one more cup of coffee or you have to read your email first. This is not the way to get to the "road to success." Get focused and get started. It just needs to be progress, it does not need to be perfect.

It Is OK To Be fearful

It's OK to be fearful, that is natural. Take on a task in stages and work out short periods of time to do at least a part of a task. Think of it as stepping-stones on a path that you can only see a short distance in front of you.

As you step on the next stone, the path in front of you opens up a little more. You do not have to see all the way to the end of the path, you just need to see the next stepping-stone and keep moving along the path. Stay focused and do not allow distractions.

Allow yourself peace and quiet. Put a sign on the door if necessary to let family members know you are hard at work on your "GPS."

Learn to work the plan, live with the plan, and see the plan as your roadmap to success. Do not treat it as an enemy--actually, it is your best friend. Review your progress and goals frequently.

Mistakes Are Part Of Being Successful

Learn from your mistakes and grow with each step of the process. You will never be the same person in the end that you were in the beginning, whether or not you reach your ultimate "destination."

Every successful step you take makes you a different person, with more knowledge and skills.

Each unsuccessful step you take also makes you a different person, with a different kind of knowledge that will steer you in a different direction.

Enjoy Your Journey

Make sure your plan allows time for you to enjoy the journey, to think about where you want to go, and why. Enjoy the personal growth you have made along the way. It is the journey that is the most fun, don't miss it while you look into the future.

Plan your future with a success plan, your own "GPS" that becomes your daily routine. Keep challenging yourself to improve your knowledge and skills to succeed, not just in business, but in life as well.

Keep moving forward. You will find that success you are looking for.

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