Key Success Factors
If you are looking for the key success factors that have created famous entrepreneurs and other successful business people, you will find many of those keys listed on this site along with suggestions that can help you. For more detailed guidance read and study the books that many successful people read, like “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles and get a list from your local librarian. I hope what is here will help you to become inspired and motivated to reach for your dreams.
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Key Success Factors
1. Have a clear idea of what you want and the steps necessary to get there
2. Know your motivation, what drives you emotionally
3. Have a plan but be flexible, allow for inspiration, creativity and synchronicity
4. Tenacity is a necessity, you will run into brick walls, but they can be broken down, gone over or around. Hang in there until you find a way to move forward.
5. Live as much of your dream now as possible, expose yourself to the best experiences you can afford now
6. Become an expert in your field. Educate yourself in every way about your field/subject
7. Your circle needs to be the level you want to achieve, join groups, build relationships
Look for mentors
8. Know your strengths and weaknesses, build on your strengths and find ways to make up for your weaknesses, trade with others, emulate those you admire, outsource
9. What do you offer that will help others? Give more value than expected for the money you receive. Give freely first.
10. Stay focused, don’t get distracted, use your time effectively
11. Resolve, never let anything or anyone deter you in reaching your dream.
12. Nurture and feed yourself along the way .mentally, emotionally, physically
13. Be grateful and appreciative of everything and everyone in your life
14. Choose to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln said a person is as happy as he chooses to be. Happy people get more opportunities than unhappy people.
15. Enjoy the journey. If you wait until you achieve your goals to enjoy yourself you may not enjoy it then. There are no guarantees, beyond the moment. Even as you dream about the future and set your mind to it, enjoy the now. It is the place where you have the most influence and exercise the most power.
Know what you want
Envision the life you want. What kind of home will you have? What kind of car will you drive? What is really important to you? How would you like to spend your time if you had financial freedom?
Would you like a boat or a yacht? Would you like a ranch or a beach home, or both?
How much money do you need to live the life you desire? Don’t guess. Make a list of all the things you want to live the life of your dreams, including the groceries, the cook, the housekeeper, the gardener and anything else that is important to you. Cover all the details. Have fun. It doesn’t cost anything to dream and you may discover some things about yourself you didn’t know.
Now go over your list and consider what each item would cost in monthly payments. If you aren’t sure, go online and start pricing things. Look in the classifieds. Look on real estate sites and loan sites to get financing and pricing information.
Make a complete list of costs next to the items on your dream list. Now you will have an idea what this lifestyle would cost you and you will know what you need to make in income monthly to support it.
do you want it? What will you feel if you have it? What is the emotion that is motivating you? Security, fun, freedom, love for your family, are all possible motivators. The stronger the motivation, the more likely you will be to reach your financial goal. As you examine each item, some may not seem that important. If that is the case, go ahead and remove it and change the income difference. You may find some things you didn’t include that are important to you. If so, add them in and adjust your income accordingly.
When you are finally satisfied with your list, know as close as possible what it will cost you and know why you want it, you are ready to break down the income into goals. Take your monthly income desired and determine what it will take for you to reach it. How many gidgets will you have to sell or create and market each day to create the profit that will add up to your desired income.
Do you need to make some corrections in your current course to reach your financial goals? Do you need more education? Do you need to create an entirely new career or business plan?
Immerse Yourself in Success
Some motivational experts will tell you to examine your life. Who are the five people closest to you? Are they success oriented or successful?
Do you spend time with people who support the life you want to live? If you don’t know any successful people how do you meet them? How do you develop the relationships that will help you begin to focus on your success
and create the life you want?
One way to get to know successful people is to read books about them. Read the biographies of famous entrepreneurs and people who are successful in the field in which you want to create a business or career.
Attend seminars and workshops where you can meet others who are success oriented. Get to know them and form relationships. You may be able to form or become part of a mastermind group who will keep you accountable and on track while you work toward your goals.
Make appointments when possible with people who are already successful in your field to interview them. Let them know you consider them an expert and want to know as much as possible about what they did to get where they are. If it is an online marketer that you admire, then get on their mailing list and read everything they write.
Volunteer in activities that you know will involve the leaders in your community. Be sure you are there to give and in the process you will meet lots of people who could be important to your future.
Whenever you travel try to stay in or at least visit the best hotels and five star restaurants. This will help you begin to envision this as your normal lifestyle. It will also bring you in contact with people who are living the lifestyle you desire. The more you immerse yourself the better you will be able to hold your vision for your future. If you are on a really tight budget you may only be able to visit the gift shop or have coffee at the bar. Do it.
Go test drive your dream car. Take a friend and a camera and get a photo of you in the driver’s seat to put on a vision board where you see it regularly. Tour your dream home and take pictures. Put these on your dream board also. Get travel brochures to look at and put on your board. Cut photos out of catalogues and magazines until you have completed a vision that you can see everyday.
Creating Your Success
By now you have probably heard of the law of attraction, and for good reason. It works. (If you have not heard of this law, get the book and read it)
It is not something that works by itself. It requires you to interact and take action. Many people saw the movie “The Secret” and got excited, but are still waiting for the things they dreamed about to materialize.
The reality is we create our lives based on who we are not on who we wish we were. We have to feel and know the reality of what we are creating or it will not happen. It is important to completely move into the world we want to create as though it was already happening, mentally, emotionally and subconsciously. If we are not clear, our subconscious will not work with us and may even work against us.
It is important to know yourself, to be absolutely genuine and authentic in how you present yourself to others and how you conduct your life. If you violate your character to get something, you will lose more than you gain, if you gain anything.
Love others as yourself is the golden rule most people believe and attempt to adhere to, but how do you love yourself?
It is important to treat yourself with respect and honor and refuse to do anything that is not in keeping with that as you proceed toward your goals. It is equally important to do the same for others.
When determining what you will do it is important to determine what you will give or trade for what you desire. You must be willing to give far more value than you receive in value. You must determine how you can help or what you can give to help others achieve what they desire. In doing so you will find your own success and satisfaction. It has been said, the more people you help get what they want, the more you will get what you want. This needs to come from your heart not be a tactic you use. People will feel and know when they are with you, if you are genuine.
Gratefulness and appreciation are important keys to success in any field. Find every opportunity to appreciate others. Be grateful for every detail of your life. It will help you to be a truly happy person and a happy person has far more opportunities than an unhappy person.