May
16
2010
How To Be Successful In Three Easy Steps, No Matter What
Author: adminIf you have a worthy goal in mind that you want to obtain, no matter how big or small, you will benefit tremendously by following the three steps I am about to cover. Too often people get derailed long before achieving success. When I reference ‘success’, it can mean anything. Money, sports, relationships or whatever you are seeking to succeed at. Lets get right into it shall we?
Be Your Best, Not Better
Please never be better than anyone else. However, how successful you can do no better than anyone? I can not get better and now I have someone there? The answer is yes. But … I like to measure yourself to focus on someone unknown. The only things you can control when and how to prepare what to do. Why not prepare yourself to be better than others? It may be half of what you are.
Work Within Your Gifts
Your focus should be on what you can control. God gave you your height. There is nothing you can do about that. In basketball, I can’t control if my opponents are taller than me. But I can control how well I dribble or pass. Maximize the area you can control, and practice. Repetition is a huge area of preparation.
Preparation Is King.
The best way to prepare for facing adversity have to remind you. What can you learn from this? The growth comes only out of need to learn how to identify what works and what does not? Let the other guy to avoid adversity. They embrace, and harvest all the knowledge you can from him. Since we do not have the ability to go in the future, you have the things you do today to concentrate. The things that you (or not do) is what shapes the future. If you recognize your mistakes and correct them and build on your strengths today, you find yourself consistently to the success of position.
To resist the temptation to celebrate the ending or stay around
The last step is to avoid peaks and valleys. You must look at your goal as a war with many battles to be fought. You will lose some along the way. If you allow yourself to get discouraged, you may drop your intensity and quit or lose. Likewise, if you experience a victory, you could allow yourself to ‘peak’ and celebrate as if the war was won. All this does is pervert reality. Your celebration distracts from the real objective which hasn’t been achieved yet. I’m not saying don‘t feel good about a victory, what I’m saying is don‘t let down your guard and lose sight of whats really important. Maintain balance physically and emotionally. I laugh when I see football players beating their chest and exalting themselves after one good play. Then the next play they get beaten for a touchdown. Wouldn’t that make you look stupid? The final score is the key, not the play. This is what separates good teams and players fro great ones. Being Honest With Yourself To Identify Area Of Opportunity The bottom line is this. Focus on being the best you can be. Don’t settle for being better than someone else. The way to do it is to prepare by being honest about your weaknesses. Use past adversity to learn how you handled something well and how you could have done better. Stay balanced and measure your progress every day.
Yours in Success,
Ben Bradley