Secrets To Success: 5-Steps To Success You Need To Understand
Posted on September 9, 2009
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People have many different definitions of success. To some, having lots of money represents success; to others, success may mean being happy and healthy. But, regardless of your definition of success, it always follows the same process; success always takes the same path. When you understand the steps that lead to success, you can create practically any kind of success you might imagine.
Perhaps we should start with a more useful definition of success. Achievement, accomplishment, victory, triumph and realization are all good definitions of success. To create or realize some desired reality or goal – no matter what that may be – is what success truly is. Lots of money is not necessarily success; someone could have simply given you the money and, in the event you lost it, you may not have any idea how to replace it. On the other hand, if you want to make lots of money, and you envision that reality and create it for yourself, you can indeed say that you have succeeded in achieving your goal or desire of having lots of money – that you are a success.
The steps along the path to success are: Desire; Vision; Plan; Action; and Realization. When you have realized your desire, or turned what was once only a desire into a reality, then you have reached success. Let’s look at these steps individually in order to get a better picture of what is involved in the successful realization of any goal or desire.
Step One: Desire. Your desire is what you want or what you want to happen; it is an experience you would like to create in your future. You can desire practically anything, but the desires in your heart are the easiest to create. One warning: Be careful what you wish for because anything is possible and you are likely to experience some version of anything you set your heart on.
Step Two: Vision. You must be able to see your desire in your mind’s eye. In one way or another, you must be able to imagine what your desire will be like when it is a reality. Vision and imagination are actually the same things; but your vision must be focused on your desire. You must be able to clearly think about what you want and what it will be like when you’ve achieved it.
Step Three: Plan. Once you’ve imagined what you desire, you’ll need to create a plan, or a series of plans, that could potentially lead to the realization of your desire. A recipe is one example of a plan to turn a desire (cookies, for instance) into a reality (cookies, for instance). A blueprint is another example of a more concrete form of someone’s idea for a new building – first comes the need or desire for a new building, then the concept or idea (vision), and then the plan or blueprint that will guide the construction.
Step Four: Once you have a plan, you need to mobilize your resources in order to put your plan into action. Just as construction workers follow a blueprint to guide their work actions, you can take steps in the direction of your desire. These steps may be big or small and sometimes they may seem like you aren’t even taking steps at all, but with a clear desire and a good plan, you’ll know when it is time to act and what you need to do.
Step Five: Realization. Finishing your project is one way to succeed. Just imagine building your own house; when the work stops, and the house is complete, you have succeeded. Sometimes, realization simply means accepting something that you’ve asked for; sometimes success can come quite easily. But, one way or another, if you follow these steps and don’t give up, you will succeed. Just remember, if you don’t at first succeed, keep trying until you do. You may need a better plan, a clearer vision, or even a little more effort, but when all of these ingredients come together, you will experience success.
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Bless you for this inspiring post. It’s so easy to get bogged down in either the minutiae of creating our dreams or to get overwhelmed by the perceived enormity of what we’re trying to achieve. The five steps detailed here are easy to understand and implement, as well as a being a terrific new tool for my “tool box”. Thanks!