10 tips for Sustained Success
Becoming successful and achieving life goals takes consistent motivation & dedication. During your pursuit, you will find many key factors that have major impacts in your success.
what is success?
Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. Therefore, everyone will have a unique definition of what it is to be successful. The key secret to success is consistency: Doing certain things every day that help move you forward in achieving your goals, which leads to the realization of your dreams. Many self-made millionaires create consistency by adopting daily habits that are tied to their goals and dreams.
10 tips to your success
- Focus – by focusing you can achieve anything, when you allow yourself to be distracted all the time and don’t have a clear, singular goal, you’ll waste a lot of precious time, and time is your most limited and important resource. You can always earn more money, but you can’t earn more time. The power of Focusing is the cure to our procrastination, lack of direction, and productivity. By applying your focus you can overcome the things that keep you from achieving your objectives and become the best version of yourself. It all starts with a focused mind.
2. Take Risks– Risk is, in fact, a neutral concept. Whether it’s thought of as positive or negative that depends on the person doing the thinking. One thing is certain: in order to achieve our goals, we need to take risks. When we recognize the need for change, we calculate the potential loss the change will create compared to the potential gain. We risk nothing in making that comparison. We take a risk only when we make a move. The calculated assessment is this: What will I give up to gain something better? When we ask ourselves, What’s the worst that could happen?, we are assessing risk. Taking risks can change you fundamentally. They make you braver, stronger, and more confident. They show that you have what it takes to make a decision, commit, and create the life you want. You build faith in yourself knowing you have done it before and can do it again.
3. Keep Learning-Continuous learning is the key to success. Learning opens our mind and eyes to understand and see the bigger picture. Continuous learning helps you improve your way of living and vision, so you will get more experience each day. Learning also keeps your mind engaged and body active. It helps you get new and knowledge-based perspectives on the world around you, gain new experiences, trains your brain to handle a wide range of challenges, and keeps your neural pathways active. Learning new skill sets is important for an individual’s competitiveness and employability, but also enhances social inclusion, cognitive skills and personal development.
4. Be Passionate & Do what you LOVE– Being happy at work and loving what you do is an overall productivity booster and enhances performance. People who enjoy their jobs are more likely to be optimistic, motivated, learn faster, make fewer mistakes, and better business decisions. Doing so is very valuable to your life in many ways, including greatly increasing your probability of financial success. “A job that you love … gives you extra motivation to meet your goals, and when you do, the sense of accomplishment is outstanding”! You will carry and radiate that success wherever you go, helping yourself in other aspects of your life.
5. Take initiative– Taking initiative requires foresight and the ability to teach yourself new skills. In the long run, it’s a way to improve your professional life and reach your personal goals. Taking initiative means taking responsibility for your own success. This is because taking initiative demonstrates confidence, high self esteem and a willingness to work hard. This is also the case in your personal life, as being confident helps you to feel ready for whatever life throws at you. Taking initiative also means setting goals, achieving goals and completing tasks. Initiative is the ability to be resourceful and work without always being told what to do. It requires resilience and determination. People who show initiative demonstrate they can think for themselves and take action when necessary. It means using your head, and having the drive to achieve your goals.
6. Set Goals- Setting goals helps trigger new behaviors, guides your focus and helps you sustain that momentum in life. Goals also help align your center of attention and promote a sense of self-mastery. In the end, you can’t manage what you don’t measure and you can’t improve upon something that you don’t properly manage. Therefore, the benefits of setting goals include greater direction, increased productivity, and higher levels of motivation. Goals are the ones that drive us forward in life and help us achieve our desired results. They motivate us to do more & keep us on track to accomplishment.
7. Stay Organized- Staying organized and helps you stay focused and complete tasks on time. When you are organized you can prioritize work and excel productivity which aids your daily & personal progress to success. The less organized you are, the more time you spend hunting and searching for things in frustration, which can lead to stress. A lack of organization can also cause you to be constantly late or miss important deadlines, which can also create a great deal of stress and deplete your motivation. Organizing is all about keeping things in proper order, it plays a significant role in helping you achieve your goals. Practicing effective organizational skills will help you personally and professionally, and will be reflected in the completion of all of your everyday responsibilities. A few benefits of organization is less stress, better sleep, healthier lifestyle & improved performance.
8. Apply Expectation without Impatience- Negative capability is a phrase first used by Romantic poet John Keats in 1817 to explain ….. You have to hold your mind in a state of expectation without impatience. Keats’ theory of negative capability can help you cultivate a creative mindset. Negative Capability is when one is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries or doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. The imperative of negative capability isn’t about being indecisive or making blurry arguments, it’s about cultivating empathy. People do their best work when they learn to step outside themselves. Despite its name, negative capability is not harmful. It is only negative because its opposition to false dichotomies, fixed mindsets, and complete confidence in your thoughts. It is about resisting quick explanations, sitting with our doubts, and questioning our assumptions. Not only can it lead to better creativity, but negative capability can also help us become more curious and humble. Negative capability goes hand in hand with continuous learning, discouraging arrogance and encouraging personal growth. By accepting that we don’t know what we don’t know, we are more prone to view our knowledge as ever-evolving and our selves as a constant work in progress.
9. Create Consistency- Consistency in your daily efforts leads to self-discipline, teaches you self-control, improves your overall personality, and builds momentum. When you are consistent, you have a sense of accountability and direction that translates to progress. Being the critical driver for success, consistency means dedicating yourself to your goals and staying focused on the things and activities to achieve your goals. Consistency requires a long-term commitment from you and involves sustained effort. Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements obtained slowly over time. Success is usually not instant, it is a journey. One step at a time! So, choose a routine or create habits that you can maintain, and then build on it.
10. Invest- Investing offers the best means to achieve your long-term financial goals, but how you invest in yourself can certainly propel the process. It’s important to invest in yourself first because it helps you diversify your knowledge, improves decision making, helps you be more prepared financially, maximizes your career or business choices, and more. Investing in your future means investing your time, energy and money in something that might not give you immediate return, but which could give you tremendous value later. It also means preparing yourself mentally, emotionally & financially for the uncertainties of the future. To invest in yourself sets the foundation to making your current and future life better.
Conclusion
Remember, instead of focusing on things that will not increase your wealth in the long term, look for ways to expand your knowledge and make your life better. Always leave room for growth on your journey to sustained success.
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!Cheers to your journey on sustained success, growth & good vibes! 😉 – Tills
