3 Components For Goals To Empower Us-Sudy Goals

Now, for all our goals to come through, as teenagers, there is one very important goal that has to be achieved first. That is, study goals.

How well must you do to get to where you want? How well must you do to get into the university of YOUR choice? Or, getting the dipoma, degree that can trust you forward to your goals in life? You have to know how and what to get you to your dreams.

Simple. Write down what is your current or next academic goal. A degree? A diploma? End-of-year exams? Or in Singapore education, O’ levels, N’ levels, A’ levels? How many distinctions? By when? End of the year?

Or maybe being even more specific? Eg, I want to score at least 5 distictions in my O’ levels. Or, I aim to be the highest in the cohort taking the current degree or diploma? Your choice.

Most importantly, WORK IT OUT!!! All these goals will got to waste. All the believing is just lying to yourself. As the saying goes, ” Faith without works is dead”. Work out what you believe in and see it happen.

In the next few posts, I will be giving you a step by step guide on planning and achieving goals. Its a more specific guide instead of just knowing you have to write down. Work hard! Lets be the generation that can beat the odds that the older generation has said we can’t!!! All the best

3 Components For Goals To Empower Us-Professional Goals

This is to follow up on the SMMART goals. The recent stop in posts is due the exams I am doing. Apologies.

Now, after planning out your goals, knowing what you want to be as a professional is fairly important. Without thinking professionally, are you saying that you are not going to that extend of being successful? Example- you want to serve up good dishes as a chef;your dream. But are you aiming to be a celebrity chef or just the man or woman of the house cooking up good dishes for your family? Two differences of aiming professionally. Please do not get me wrong. I am not saying that being man or woman of the house is a job that is not significant at all. They are the most significant responsibility can do for their family. If not, we will not be growing up healthily now. Its a responsibility that one can do well. But a profession is something that requires hardwork. A dream to succeed, to aim for.

All you need just to have 2 professional goals written down. From there, keep track. A simple goal that you can potentially hit with the hardwork you are willing to pay. Please do share with me what you think about achieving your goals and any comments about my wordpress. All the best!

3 Components For Goals to Empower Us-SMMART goals

Like I have said, the upcoming goals will be to teach you how to be able to set goals in life that we want to achieve and how to achieve them. This series might take about a week, one post per day. I will start by introducing SMMART goals. I believe all of us have goals that we want to achieve yet. But sometimes we mistake them with dreams that we want or rather dreamt about. SMMART goals will help you to be able to see your goals more clearly. Dreams can be turned into goals if you actually think and plan about it.

S-Specific

Our goals must be specific. We must see what we want EXACTLY before actually being able to get there. For example, alot of people want to be rich in their lives. But,  exactly how rich or what kind of wealth do you want?To some people, owning a car might be rich, having a 4-digit figure pay per month might be rich, having alot of assets might be rich. Is it material wealth or cash in your bank account? Be so specific, like 10 million dollars in your bank account or having a lumborghini gallardo. These are just examples taht can help you think about your goals.

 M-Measurable

Your goals must be measurable to the extent that its not a fantasy at all. I have heard of some that just want to a musician no matter what it takes and end up losing out when he has failed in an audition for a singing competition while others have already have some form of success when he is the only one that does not even know what a guitar is and just find that its cool. Or maybe some want to as rich as Warren Buffet at the age of 35? Possible but is it just a fantasy? There are true-life stories that really inspires young people like the creator of Facebook. He is the youngest of all young billionaires, 23-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is quite possibly the world’s youngest self-made billionaire ever. Yes, all these are possible, only if we work hard. This will furthur be enhanced in my points later.

M-Motivational

Being able to motivate yourself with what you believe in achieving is very much important. Its based on one theory: What you see is what you get or What you think is what you get. Visioning yourself passing the upcoming fitness test can eventually help you to achieve it. If you are planning something that is so mundane, boring, might as well not set that goal in the 1st place, waste of time. If it is a goal that will motivate you daily to do your best to achieve that goal, no harm setting it because it will help you get there. There are other ways to motivate yourself to get that goal. Read up on success stories of our time, see how they did it and learn. The good thing is, we can learn from their mistake. Another way is to have inspirational quotes in your mind in each they as they can play quite a strong part in empowering our thoughts of success each day. For example, if you have google mail, add the daily inspiration quotes at your home page. Everytime you open your homepage, a new quote will pop up, it has taught me quite abit just from that simple sentence each day.

Achievable

Similar to measurable but simply, do not day dream about being the wife of a young prince, picking up a suitcase full of money, suddenly out of nowhere someone offers you a million dollar deal. Not just that, be realistic about it. If you cannot sing as well now, don’t try and be the next celine dion or josh groban. But remember one thing. You can achieve what you can and want if the hardwork is put in. Always remember that.

Realistic

Always, always stick to what you want. Don’t just side track about a single detail and forget what you want or what your goal is. An example can be, you want to be rich. BUt you want to pursue a particular degree or master or bachelor in a particular course. You focus about studying all the while and just forget about what you want and actually drift of to THINK that you want to be the cleverest person amongst your friends. Abit confusing? Just remember this, anything is possible on if you can put your mind and soul to it.

Timebound

You must set the time you want to spend on a particular goal you want to achieve. If there is no time bound, you never know when you want to achieve it. If you want to a millionaire, you can be one definetely, at the age of 90!!! So know your goals as if its your best friend. Know when you want to achieve it by.

Above is the 1st component for goals to empower us in our lives towards success. The next few days will be the other 2 components. These might sound as if you might already know and that I am actually just the same person telling me on another website. But, you have not understood these points till you put it into action. So, work hard towards a brighter future. Its not me, your friends or for the world to see. But its for yourself, your future and your destiny.

Focus On The Outcome

 Focus on the outcome. People judge you by your performance, so focus on the outcome. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. Advertise. If they don’t know it, they won’t buy your product.

 What is Results-Based Leadership?

Results-based leadership has relentless emphasis on results. It’s simple equation:

Effective leadership =  attributes × results.

“This equation suggests that leaders must strive for excellence in both terms: that is, they must both demonstrate attributes and achieve results. Each term of the equation multiplies each other; they are not cumulative.”¹

The Foundation of Leadership

By: Brian Tracy

The most important quality of leadership, the one quality for which you want to be known, is extraordinary performance, with the goal of achieving extraordinary results. These results then serve as an inspiration to others to perform at equally exceptional levels. People ascribe leadership to those men and women who they feel can most enable them to achieve important goals or objectives…

Why Results-Based Leadership?

 What is missing in most leadership-related writings and teachings, is the lack of attention to results. Most of them focus on organizational capabilities – such as adaptability, agility, mission-directed, or values-based – or on leadership competencies – such as vision, character, trust, and other exemplary attributes, competencies and capabilities. All well and good, but what is seriously missing is the connection between these critical capabilities and results. And this is what results-based leadership is all about: how organizational capabilities and leadership competencies lead to and are connected to desired results.

Benefits of Results-Based Leadership

By helping leaders at all levels get results, results-based leadership frees productivity from constraints of hierarchy and the limitations of position.

Results-based leaders define results by understanding audience and customer needs. They continually ask and answer the question – “What is wanted?” – before they decided how to meet these needs.

Employees willingly follow result-based leaders who know both who they are (their own leadership attributes) and where they are going (their targeted results). “Such leaders instill confidence and inspire trust in others because theу are direct, focused, and consistent.”¹

Results-based leadership makes performance measurement easier. “Without a results focus, calibration of leadership becomes extremely difficult. Measuring results helps organizations in many ways, from tracking leaders’ individual growth, to comparing leadership effectiveness in similar roles, to clarifying the leader selection process, to structuring leadership development programs, to using results as the standard filters who should enter an organization and how they should be trained.”

 This is what an effective teen would do to make his or her life a better one each day or when they are on the path to success. Having the end result in mind means having a particular goal you want to achieve in your life. But let me tell you this, that your goal must be able to be something that you LIKE to do. If not, why set it in the 1st place? In the next few posts I will share on what I have learnt to set my goals for a better future ahead. Get ready, because it must just help you be more confident in your future. Though in this post, I included some leadership skills, read it. You might never know that you might need it when running your own company or landing in a leadership role in future… 

 

article taken from http://www.1000advices.com/guru/leader_corporate_12_success_rules_sj.html on the 29th march 2008

Problems Are Challenges That We Can Choose To Love.

I must say that the last two weeks have been wonderful, great and simply superb. The students from Coral Sec have really reinforced my passion and love for training with their new found dedication and drive for the future. These students are simply wonderful and adorable.

Anyway, to ALL coralites and ALL, while life will pose many challenges to you and it may seem daunting at times, I just want you to read the following real life story.

>>>A man asked the champion body builder, “How did you train your muscles to be so huge?”. To which, his reply was, “Do you REALLY want to know or are you just asking?” “Yeah, I really want to know.” With that, the champion flexed his huge right bicep, and with a serious look in his eyes staring down at the man, he replied, “See this? Everyday, I push my muscle against resistance. And as I push myself against more and more resistance, I commanded my muscle to expand by demand. This muscle is the result of pushing against resistance.”<<<

Well, some of you may be lost by now. Don’t be. Let me help you understand.

Challenges (I prefer challenges to problems) in life are resistance that makes us strong, if we choose to push against them. Challenges are life’s way of making us grow, let us learn, to be wiser, to be better. Challenges are life’s way to excite us and surprise us. Challenges are our allies. Challenges are GREAT!

Talk about mental shift, huh. But, that’s true (or so I CHOSE to believe).

So, how do see your challenges as? Your choice.

 Challenges are the strong tools, I would say, that push us on when we are so weak. However,according to the post, its how we view i that makes a big difference. It can either thrust us so far, turning every challenge to an opportunity that can potentially let us learn and grow ourselves. But to some people, they just view it as a prblem that cannot be solved and they let the problem or challenge takeover them. In this world, a competitive world, that its that degree or bachelor that decideswhere you go or work in future, we cannot let any problem takeover us or else, time and the problem will kill us…facing every challenge positively will enable us to be successful like anyone who has aleady achieved. Whoever is your inspiration, especially those in the business world, they only got to where they are now because they chose not to throw away prblems but see it as a opportunity to gow…Be inspired 

Don’t Follow The Crowd Or You Will Lose Out

 http://kenkohklan.blogspot.com/2008/03/dont-just-follow-crowdor-you-will-lose.html

Today, this article is written about a little irritant that I know, and about the clueless people that he has cheated for so long and so many years. So, I hope that by writing this, some people can start to spread the news, and the TRUTH and save others from falling into his tricks. DON’T BE TRICKED.

For the sake of my own safety, and to avoid any possible law suits, I cannot and shall not name anyone. So, if you connect what I said and can link to SOMEONE, it is YOU, not me ok! It just shows that you are smart enough to conjure up the “truth”. hehehe.

Alright, let me give this guy a nick name first. Kay Eh (Fake One in Hokkien).

Now, Kay Eh has been telling the whole world how, at a young age, he became millionaire lah, through his own business lah, through his own investment lah, through his hardwork and natural abilities lah. And because nice people, like you, are always compelled by the “bad boy turned good” success stories, they actually believed him, and alot actually buy his lies. And these people paid like huge amounts of money, not to mention, a huge price to pay for his services.

Well, HELLO. All those who have bought or intend to buy from Kay Eh. Please think and rethink again! Because, what I am going to say, is the true story. And if you have already bought for him, I am sure that you are going to kick yourself for believing him. Don’t kick yourself…too hard. Learn from this one time, and remember it well.

Ok, the truth of the story is this. Kay Eh, did become a millionaire at the young age, as compared to most people. But did anyone ever ask, who his dad and mom were? Did anyone even ask how he got his first million?

Looking at things, most probably no.

Before I tell you the whole story. Let me ask you this. Did you know that his dad is actually the Chairman of one of the biggest governing (not Government lah, Governing…there is a difference ok. ) agencies in the country and the mom is actually the Chief of one of the biggest (not in size literally) magazine in the country as well? Both of whom are like…erm…RICH??? Really RICH. So maths question one. 1RD + 1RM = Probability of 1 RS. Please guess the probability of 1 RS if, 1RD = 1 Rich Dad, 1RM = 1 Rich Mom, and 1RS = 1 Rich son. (1 being BOH KOH LENG [Impossible in Hokkien] to 10 being NO BRAINER CONFIRMED PLUS STAMPED)

Aaaah, that’s not all though. Kay Eh was already BORN better off than most others. That’s why, when he was considered as “Stupid” when young, his parents could affored to find him a good teacher to coach him. Where he finally changed for the better, because of the good teacher. Now, the second part of the story.

Kay Eh begged his teacher of 10 overs years to help him. So, he asked his teacher to create a product for him and allow him to run and profit from there more. Which, his teacher did and allowed him the freeplay to grow. Oh, of course he did grow. His teacher is one of the best around.

So Kay Eh was becoming richer and better off. But, I guess he felt it was not fast enough for him. So, he decided, why not become a “millionaire” at a young age, and sell the story, so people will buy more from his story? Which he did.

Now, at this point of time, Kay Eh became really, really intelligent. To get what he wanted, he betrayed his teacher, copied all his products, left him, and started the same kind of things going against his teacher, not to mention a similar company. Then, he got $800,000 which his RM left for him before she left. So combined with the $200,000 he got from the product his teacher helped him with, and the 800,000…ermm….please do maths problem 2. The answer of the total is? (Make a guess, it was mentioned in the earlier paragraphs.)

So if you ask me, how to become a millionaire? Well, in Kay Eh’s case, have rich parents, steal from people, and betray them. WOW, aren’t you just impressed with his character? And you thought that this kind of bad egg morons only appear in movies?

The reason why I have to bring this up, is because, Kay Eh has been influencing alot of people with the wrong value, teaching them the wrong things, and impacting them the wrong way. I come across alot of those who worked with him, and they ended up worse off. For those who don’t get help after him, or can’t afford to, their life just got worse. So, I just feel that I need to highlight this, before things get worse because there are many out there who do not know of the true stories, and foolishly follows him, he gets rich, off them.

So, I must first warn you, beware of those who keeps telling you they are millionaires, whether in the TV, Newspapers, Radio, or magazines. Ask yourself this question first, “Can he be trusted? What is his origin, the true origin?” before putting your money down. Don’t make the lousy guys rich, and end up poorer, yourself.

Of course, there are others who really worked their way up. And if you learn from them, you benefit alot. Like Sim Wong Hoo, Olivia Lum, and in the future, ME…hehehe

This is a post taken from one successful man that I have heard of. A mixture of his personal style because he is a Singaporean. Do not of this post. He has taught and made an impact in peoples’ lives even mine. To be successful, you lead yourself because you must see the end result first before moving on. The classic example above is just what can happen you do if you follow blindly. I advice you, follow WISELY! Let me ask you, does his passage make sense? That will determine much on how we think. If it does not make sense, I have nothing to say. If its because of the language, I urge you to post a comment and let me know so that I can explain so that this post can let you learn much instead of wasting your time reading this. Think then act, not the other way round. Thanks for reading, fellow successor in life.

This article is taken from  http://kenkohklan.blogspot.com/2008/03/dont-just-follow-crowdor-you-will-lose.html on the 27th march 2008.

3 Reasons Why People Don’t Succeed

Now, for most of you reading this post, you might already know the 3 reasons why people don’t succeed. It is not that they fail; they simply don’t succeed. We also know that there are no failures in life, only outcomes. But let’s not even talk about that. Let’s just talk about why most people don’t succeed.

The sad part about this is that there are countless people who know about it but still did not do anything about it! Worse, some are in denial! So, what are the 3 reasons why people don’t succeed?

My mentor, Ernest, shared with me the reasons why people don’t succeed. It is because they:
1) Give Excuses 2) Blame 3) Justify

First, they give 101 excuses why they can’t succeed. They say things like, “I’ve no time.” “I have no money.” “I don’t have the resources.” “I’m not that smart.” “My parents don’t support me.” and so on.

Second, they blame other people for not starting. They blame the environment, they blame the weather, they blame their friends, they blame their parents, etc. Basically, they blame everything and everyone else except themselves. Do you know of such people?

Third, they justify their actions or their inaction. In the dictionary, justify means to show or prove to be right or reasonable. No matter what they do, no matter what happens, they will do their best to prove that they are right. Sounds familiar?

Recently, I got a chance to chat online with one of my students. We started talking about each others’ dreams and stuff. And she told me that she don’t want to be a millionaire. I was quite taken aback and I naturally asked her why. She said that she wants to become a billionaire. Oh my! Why didn’t I think of that? Good for her. There’s nothing wrong with that. It only means she needs to put in the necessary work to become a billionaire. And it is not easy to become a billionaire. According to Forbes in 2008, there are only 1,125 billionaires in the whole wide world! That translate to only about o.oooo17% of the world’s population!!! Not even close to 1%.

Then she told me that she wants to become a chef and asked me if she can become rich by being a chef. The answer is definitely yes. It depends on how rich you want to be. But how rich you can be is determined by how good you are. If you are a good chef, you can probably be rich. But if you want to be extremely wealthy, then you have to move up to the next level. That is, you can’t stop at being a chef. You can own the restaurant, set up a training academy for chefs, franchise the business in different countries and so on. Only when you own a business, then being rich is a lot easier.

She then said that it would take a long time to do achieve it and currently, she only knows how to fry eggs!!! I said so what? Remember, it is not how good you are but how good you want to be. Yes, it may take a long time, but is there a shorter way to accomplish it? The answer is yes. She just needs to start training now and talk to the right people to get going. Because if you wait, then success will come even later. Let me ask you, when is the earliest time to start? The answer is NOW!!!

Guess what happen next to our conversation? My student then told me that her mom won’t allow her to cook at home, she don’t know how to cook, don’t know who to talk to, don’t know where to start, no money, no time and etc. So I asked her if she know why people don’t succeed and she said she know. Then I asked her if she falls into any of the categories and guess what she said? She said no! Can you believe it? If those things that she mentioned above are not excuses, I don’t know what they are.

She continued to say that those were not excuses, they are facts. I just laughed. Do you see it now? The sad thing is that people know about all these and yet they do nothing about it. They even deny and justify that they are facts. Yes, those things that she mentioned were real problems. But the question will be, what are you going to do about that? Are you going to allow your problems to stop you from achieving your goals. So what if your mom don’t allow you to cook at home? Go to your friend’s house, go enroll in a cooking course, go find ways to convince your mom, go do something about it!

Let me just say this, Successful people succeed in spite of their problems. Let me repeat, Successful people succeed in spite of their problems. Successful don’t give excuses, they don’t blame, they don’t justify their actions. They simply find ways to overcome their problems and do whatever it takes to succeed. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to succeed? How much effort and work are you willing to put in? How badly do you want to succeed?

If you are not committed, then it doesn’t matter what you do. But if you are truly committed, then you’ll definitely find a way round your problems. You’ll succeed in spite of your problems. So, the question is, do you fall into any of the 3 categories on why people don’t succeed? Are you giving excuses? Are you blaming? Are you justifying? If so, then it is about time you make the change.

And once you make the change, your LIFE, WILL NEVER, EEEEE………EEE……EEVER, BE THE SAME AGAIN!!!

This is a post from one of the trainers in a programme I just attended in school. During this 3 day course, I learnt alot from the trainers, all successful people in the professions that they are in. These are people that put in the hardwork since young to get to where they are currently. I respect them. Its a superteen workshop to help teenagers achieve success in life, if i can say. It has impacted the graduating batch of students in my school. But with success that comes along, what I have posted is prevent anyone to have a reason not to succeed. what were you born for? Just to eat, sleep and play? Why not choose to have a good life and make your 70-100 years on earth a purposeful one? As a saying goes, ” Every man lives and dies the same. Its what the man does in between that makes the difference”. Are you going to make that difference?

 article taken from http://peter-lau.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html ont he 26th march 2008.

How To Deal With Negetivity

How To Deal With Negativity

One of the most common questions I get asked is how to deal with a spouse, relative or close friend who has a tendency to be negative. Clearly in this situation you can’t simply walk away and spend all your time with positive people

Imagine for a moment that your spouse, relative or friend is like a glass that is filled with a dark liquid which represents their negativity

A lot of people try to rectify this situation by saying things like, “I really wish you’d stop being so negative all the time!”

The problem with this approach is that criticism is a form of negative energy and you are therefore adding more negativity to the situation which usually makes things worse not better.

So what’s the answer?

The answer is to pour positive energy into their glass instead!

As you continue to pour positive energy into their glass their negativity will slowly be diluted. Here are five ways to do this in the real world:

(1) Share fun and enjoyable experiences together. It is hard for people to be negative when they are having fun.

(2) Don’t dwell on negative conversations. When your spouse, relative or friend starts being negative, redirect the conversation to a less contentious topic. An effective way to do this is by asking a qustion about a new topic.

(3) Be a positive example. Continue to enjoy your life even if you initially have to do it alone. As you enjoy yourself, continually invite your spouse, relative or friend to join in the fun.

(4) Coordinate an Escape. Often negativity comes from staying in a negative environment for too long. A great way to help your spouse, relative or friend is to assist them to escape that environment on a regular basis. This can be as simple as getting out of the house and going for a walk. A complete change of scene can often act as a pressure valve and help you reconnect.

(5) Identify and Replace negative routines. Review how you spend time with your spouse, relative or friend and identify negative routines such as complaining about your job every week at Friday night drinks. Once you’ve identified a negative routine, replace it with something different to break the pattern of negativity.

At the end of the day, we all have a tendency to be negative at times and what we need at those times is someone to help lift us up rather than criticise us for being negative. Therefore the most effective way to deal with negativity is to dilute it with positive experiences and positive energy.

Until next time,

Dare To Dream!

article from http://www.anthonyfernando.com/2007/12/01/how-to-deal-with-negative-people/ on the 11/02/2008

Formula For Success

The winners in life know the rules of the game and have a plan. Whether you’re looking to heal a relationship, get a new job, lose weight or find inner peace, consider these characteristics which Dr. Phil says are common to people who succeed.

Have a vision.
Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won’t get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

Make a strategy.
People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

Find a passion.
Are you excited to get up in the morning? People with a passion are, and they’re energized about what they are doing. You need to live and breathe what it is that you want, and be passionately invested in both the journey and the goal.

Live the truth.
People who consistently win have no room in their lives for denial, fantasy or fiction. They are self-critical rather than self-deluding, and they hold themselves to high but realistic standards. They deal with the truth, since they recognize that nothing else will make their vision obtainable.

Be flexible.
Life is not a success-only journey. Even the best-laid plans sometimes must be altered and changed. Be open to input and consider any potentially viable alternative. Be willing to be wrong and be willing to start over.

Take risks.
People who consistently win are willing to get out of their comfort zone and try new things. Be willing to plunge into the unknown if necessary, and leave behind the safe, unchallenging, and familiar existence in order to have more.

Create a strong nucleus.
Surround yourself with a group of people who want you to succeed. They will move with you toward your goal. Choose and bond with people who have skills, talents and abilities that you do not. Winners give and receive by being part of other people’s nuclear groups.

Take action.
Do it! People who succeed don’t just sit and think about what they want to do. They take meaningful, purposeful, directional action consistently and persistently. Every step they take puts them toward the outcome they’re looking for.

Set priorities.
People who are consistent winners manage their challenges in hierarchical fashion. They commit to managing their time in such a way that does not allow them to spend time grinding along on priority number two or three if priority number one needs their attention.

Take care of yourself.
People who consistently win are consciously committed to self-management. They are the most important resource they have in achieving their goals. They actively manage their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health.

Summary of what you can do to be success. Simple enough to start taking some actions towards a victorious life. Enjoy!

article taken from http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/15 on the 5th of february 2008

7 Steps To Reaching Your Goals

Successfully executing any personal strategic plan for change requires that as you develop your plan, you effectively incorporate these seven steps for attaining each and every goal.

1. Express your goal in terms of specific events or behaviors.
For a dream to become a goal, it has to be specifically defined in terms of operations, meaning what will be done. When a goal is broken down into steps, it can be managed and pursued much more directly. “Being happy,” for example, is neither an event nor a behavior. When you set out to identify a goal, define what you want in clear and specific terms.

2. Express your goal in terms that can be measured.
How else will you be able to determine your level of progress, or even know when you have successfully arrived where you wanted to be? For instance, how much money do you aspire to make?

3. Assign a timeline to your goal.
Once you have determined precisely what it is you want, you must decide on a timeframe for having it. The deadline you’ve created fosters a sense of urgency or purpose, which in turn will serve as an important motivator, and prevent inertia or procrastination.

4. Choose a goal you can control.
Unlike dreams, which allow you to fantasize about events over which you have no control, goals have to do with aspects of your existence that you control and can therefore manipulate. In identifying your goal, strive for what you can create, not for what you can’t.

5. Plan and program a strategy that will get you to your goal. Pursuing a goal seriously requires that you realistically assess the obstacles and resources involved, and that you create a strategy for navigating that reality. Willpower is unreliable, fickle fuel because it is based on your emotions. Your environment, your schedule and your accountability must be programmed in such a way that all three support you — long after an emotional high is gone. Life is full of temptations and opportunities to fail. Those temptations and opportunities compete with your more constructive and task-oriented behavior. Without programming, you will find it much harder to stay the course.

6. Define your goal in terms of steps.
Major life changes don’t just happen; they happen one step at a time. Steady progress, through well-chosen, realistic, interval steps, produces results in the end. Know what those steps are before you set out.

7. Create accountability for your progress toward your goal.

Without accountability, people are apt to con themselves. If you know precisely what you want, when you want it — and there are real consequences for not doing the assigned work — you are much more likely to continue in your pursuit of your goal. Find someone in your circle of family or friends to whom you can be accountable. Make periodic reports on your progress.

These are simple but practical steps that you can take towards success. This can be used in any kind of success you desire. All the best in your future!

article taken from http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/45 on the 4th of february 2008