SEVEN SURE KEYS TO ATTAINING SUCCESS.

 
   Success (the opposite of failure) is the status of having achieved and accomplished an aim or objective. Being successful means the achievement of desired visions and planned goals. Furthermore, success can be a certain social status that describes a prosperous person that could also have gained fame for its favorable outcome. The dictionary describes success as the following: “attaining wealth, prosperity and/or fame”. Les Brown, a motivational public speaker and influencer also gave a relative and measurable definition of success, he puts "success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm".

   Many people will always say "forget about motivational speakers and their speechless, if it doesn't put money on my table then forget it". And you might be pushed to asking them how far they have come with their life without listening or subscribing to one form of motivational talk or the other. Like it or not, we all are products of motivation! If theirs one thing that moves life forward, then it will sure be MOTIVATION. The conflict here, is that many people think motivation is a quick ordeal to making or accumulating massive wealth, but this be far from the truth. Been motivated is a process, and processes take time, and sometimes lots of time. But at the end, the process will thus be payable.

   This brings me to introducing my major seven keys to attaining success.

 1. DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. One of the worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all. Hence, the need for you to CLEARLY define that which you truly want in life. And before you become by defining what you want, make sure it's something achievable, and not some fancy tales from the land of dreams. Your goals must be viable, and clearly seen by you. It must be like a picture you have in your head that you can hold it with your hands at anytime.

 2. WRITE IT DOWN. This is otherwise known as "Think on paper". A goal that is not or an objective not written is merely a wish or a fantasy. It means your goals have no energy behind it. And unwritten goals lead to confusion, vagueness, misdirection and numerous mistake. Have you heard of the six "P" formula? It states, "Proper prior planning prevents poor performance". At such, discretion is needed in opining down your goals, to avoid over ambiguous stating and focusing on key life's goals.

 3.  SET A DEADLINE ON YOUR GOAL. A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end. It is like throwing your life outside to anything that will come in. If possible, set sub-deadlines for your long term goals {otherwise meaning to live the life of a short term goal man on the run to long term goals}. The law of efficiency clearly states that, there is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing. Subsequently, you need to switch on your deadline alarm to help you determine and maximize on the most important goals of your life.

 4. Make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have or to do to achieve your goal. According to Alan Lakein {author on personal time management}, planning is bringing the future into the present, so you can do something about it now. Hence, the need for your list. Under here, you need total concentration, as this is the biggest secret to success, otherwise called FOCUS.

 5. ORGANIZE THE LIST INTO PLAN. Organize your list by priority and sequence. This means making your list from the most important factors to the least of everything that can aid you in achieving your goals.

 6. TAKE ACTION ON YOUR PLAN IMMEDIATELY. This means executing your ideas into achievable steps, by simply casting away procastination.

 7. Resolve to do something every single day that moves you towards your major goal. And have it at the back of your mind that "failures do what is "tension relieving" while winners do what is "goal acheiving".

   "Time equals to life, therefore waste your time and you waste your life, or master your time and master your life", Alan Lakein.

   Time is life, therefore use it appropriately.