Success Secret #2

Develop a Clear Sense of Direction

A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road. -Thomas Carlyle

I knew it! The reason I'm not getting anywhere is because I don't have any sense of solid direction yet. Huh! it's pretty sad. It's one thing I should cultivate and figure out now before embarking or risking on anything.

I know I want to be successful. But I'm clueless as to what to really do in order for me to get it. I have been thinking a lot of bad things about myself lately. Maybe that's one that I should work out - to be positive about myself even if the going gets tough or bad memories haunt me.

"You become what you think about most of the time." This is one thing that I should always remember. They said that successful people think about their goals most of the time.

Seven-step formula for setting and achieving goals

Decide exactly what I want in each area of my life, especially in my financial life.
Write down my goals clearly and specifically.
Set a deadline for each goal. Set subdeadlines if a goal is big enough. Give myself a target to aim at.
Make a list of everything I can think of that I will have to do to achieve each goal.
Organize my list into a plan of action. Determine what I am going to do first and what I will do later. Decide what is important and what is less important.
Take action on my plan immediately.
Do something everyday that moves me at least one step closer to my most important goal.

Assignment:

Take a sheet of paper and write the word "Goals" at the top page with today's date.
Make a list of 10 goals that I would like to achieve over the next 12 months.
Write goals in the present tense, as though a year has passed and I have already achieved them.
Go over the list of 10 goals and ask myself this question, "Which one goal on this list, if I were to achieve it, would have the greatest positive impact on my life?"
Make that goal my number one goal for the future.
Set a deadline, make a plan, take action on my plan.
Do something every day that moves me toward that goal.