Four Actions Needed for Success
" Success doesn't
come to you. You have to chase it down."
- Darren Hardy
Author/Publisher
We all know that success, in any form, does not happen by
itself. It take work. Deliberate and consistent work. Success-minded people know that just because
you are busy and running around does not mean you are moving forward. Not all movement is action. Action takes you some place. Action is purposeful and focused. Nothing happens without action.
I want
to quickly give you four actions that you can take, every day, to move you
toward your goal. Each goal has it specific
actions to take, however, these four general action steps are necessary for any
goal achieved by any person.
Action #1. Be Focused
When I use the word
"deliberate" I am talking about being focused. The most successful people are the ones who
have developed the habit of focusing in on what they are doing like a
laser. If there is a task to be done,
they work on it till it is achieved.
People who lack the discipline of focus will go from one thing to another
and never really do anything. Oh, they
are busy, some run themselves into the ground, but they are not focused and
therefore the really get nothing done.
Success comes from learning to focus in stay focused till you have
achieved the task.
Action #2. Always look for ways to
improve
No one is ever so together that
there is no room for improvement. We all
have more to learn and more to do.
Successful people are constantly improving what they do and improving
themselves. Whatever your area of work,
study to be the best at it, the most knowledgeable of it and the greatest innovator
for it. The more you learn the more you
know. The more you know the better you
will be. Always work and compete with
your greatest competitor - yourself.
Action #3. Take action!
You can have all the knowledge
in the world. You can have ever advantage
and opportunity there is to be had.
However, if there is no action there is no success. Action, the "doing" part of
success, is the most important element of any success plan. Taking action is to know what needs to be
done, when it needs to be done and actually doing it. Once again, simply put, nothing happens
without action.
Action #4. Keep on going
The greatest discipline any
success-minded person can gain is that of persistence. Success is not easy and there will be times
you will fall, face set backs and fail.
It is at those time when the ability to persist is so very needed. I love what Zig Ziglar said, "Winners
are not those who never fail, but those that never quite." Set backs are all a part of the pursuit of a
goal, however, getting up and going on is the action that achieves the goal.
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