Many of us at one time or another have been stuck on the question, how can I be successful in life? Everybody wants to know how to get success in life. And nobody begins an organization of any sort, off-line or on-line, wanting to fail.

The unfortunate reality of being successful in life is over 75% of offline and over 90% of web services will fail in the first year. Most web organizations will never make any earnings at all.

Exactly what can you do to ensure your success?

Luckily these actions are fairly easy, trial and error and re-checked steps considerably increases your chances.

• Set Proper Objectives and Goals

When you ask yourself, how can I be successful in life, remember that success indicates different definitions to each of us.

A self-made entrepreneur worth countless wealth would be thought to be highly effective by the majority of the world.

If that businessman just rarely sees his family, never ever gets to enjoy fun times and spends all of his time travelling and in airports and hotels, is that truly being successful in life?

Would that business person be answering to, how can I be successful in life?

Probably not.

If that guy had set himself objectives and goals for his company, social and personal lives he at least has some way of determining his achievements.

Prior to beginning on any venture- set your objectives and goals.

To begin answering to, how can I be successful in life, begin making certain your objectives and goals that are specific enough where you know when you have actually attained them.

For example, “I wish to generate income on the internet” is weak. “I wish to make upper 5 figures next year and into a 6 figure income the year after” is much stronger.

Do not forget to include your personal and social goals while you are contemplating and planning for, how can I be successful in life.

Many rich people grumble that they have all the muscle that money can deliver to them – however cash can’t buy the time to enjoy exactly what they have actually earned.

• Always be Planning

In scuba diving they teach “Always be breathing” while deep under water, and here it is the same, with entrepreneurial or even personal success, “Always be planning.”

If the primary secret to success in retailing is area, location and space, the primary key to success in organization is plan, plan, plan.

Keep in mind the important ‘P’ words for answering to, how can I be successful in life, which are – Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.

(When I was taught this in the U.S. Air Force there was another ‘P’ word – for the sake of a combined audience I have actually left this out. Use your imagination – you’ll think exactly what it was).

If you’ve done your objective and goal setting you know exactly what you are going to achieve. The point of planning is how you are going to do it.

Break each objective down into constituent actions needed for its achievement.

For each action make choices for exactly how you will grow successfully and what, who, where and when it is to be done.

The Course in Miracles states, “Yet what you do not realize, each time you choose, is that your choice is your evaluation of yourself.”

Be sensible and ensure that every action is attainable in the time set.

Be prepared – when you plan-out all that you have to do, the quantity of work can be daunting.

Better to know this up-front than walk merrily into a venture just to discover it is a huge monster that is going to take you a life time to eliminate.

• Taking Action brings Results

(Here’s another article I feel is appropriate about how to take steps to change your life by considering action verbs for your way to success.) 

I’ve seen some lovely plans.

Highly researched, well thought out and presented.

I’ll chat with one of my readers beginning a business and they’ll state, “We’ve got a plan” and, after searching around for a while, we still have not decided to take action, we’re waiting to see what the market does (or some excuse like that).

“So, why aren’t you using it”, I’ll ask. Most of the time the plan was produced to obtain funding. Once financing is received the plan is put to one side and disregarded, regardless of the really great work to produce the plan.

Huge error! Acting is the only thing that counts. And the plan ensures that your actions provide your goals.

To get to the bottom of, how can I be successful in life, every effective organization I have taken a look at has clear, existing service, operational and marketing strategies.

It does not matter whether your business is online or offline – effective plans deliver results. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the internet.

The people who succeed are the ones who are passionate and see a life of purpose.

These people let the power of self-belief drive them beyond a scarcity mindset and on to where they are heading.

The Course in Miracles helps here when it states, “Be not content with littleness. But be sure you understand what littleness is, and why you could never be content with it.”

Push yourself with passion- no matter how good your plan you need to provide a huge push to get it moving. Your strategy inevitably involves modification.

Achieving modification takes effort.

Think of it as if you were aiming to move a boulder.

To get that mega rock uphill and moving downhill takes a great deal of muscle and effort. Once it is moving though it ends up being a lot easier.

Perseverance – Getting started is reasonably easy. After all, you are all fired up with energy and interest at that time. Few things worth achieving happen overnight.

Revenue – OK, OK it’s routine. Follow the steps here, equip yourself to supply these ‘P’ words and you will succeed.

Nobody can answer for you, how can I be successful in life, but you can significantly increase your possibilities of success through these basic, very well established principles.

The question is, “WILL YOU”?

(I also suggest this related article on how to just believe in yourself and let the power of self-belief lead you.) 

To being successful in life,

James Nussbaumer

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