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How to Be Successful -- It's Not as Hard as You Think 

by Alex Work

how to be successfulOctober 6, 2011 (Vancouver, BC) -- Want to learn how to be successful? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? There is a myth out there that success is only for a select number of people. That you have to possess a specific background or that you have to be lucky to learn how to be successful. This is not true.

We all have different ideas of what it means to be successful. Similar to how we all love different things, have different talents and ambitions, we all have varying ideas of how to be successful that are as individual as ourselves.

While our individual perception of our own personal success may differ, the methods and tactics that can help you learn how to be successful are universal. We start by deciding what learning how to be successful means to us, set a plan, and then execute it. The difference between those who struggle with how to be successful and those that have no idea how to be successful lies in the knowledge of this process that looks simple from the outside.

Today I am going to share with you six techniques that you can put into place now to get you started on learning how to be successful. Afterwards I will share with you a tool that you can implement in less than 20 minutes that will help you supercharge your life and get you on the track to learning how to be successful faster than you thought imaginable.

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL -- 6 TECHNIQUES

1. Love What You Are Doing. An easy way to measure this is to ask yourself, “Would I do this job for free for six months with no guarantee of getting paid in the end?” If you are not excited and passionate about what you are doing, it will not last. Ironically, passion also comes out of mastery. When you master something, whether it is a skill, an ability or a vocation, you find yourself more passionate about it because, well, you are simply so darn good at it!

2. Don’t Be Afraid to Plan. Discovering how to be successful comes a lot quicker the moment you ditch the resistence you have to planning your goals and success. Obviously we cannot plan for every last little thing in life (this is discussed more in #4) but we can choose a direction that we want to take our lives in. And the first significant step in choosing the direction you want to take in learning how to be successful is by plotting the stepping stones to achieving your goals. how to be successful

TIP: Plan better by planning from the end. Start from you achieved goal and work your way back to where you stand (or rather, sit) at this very moment. Make sure the first step in your journey is also something that you can do today.

3. Evaluate. Monitoring and evaluating your progress towards your specific idea of being successful is instrumental in helping you stay on track, keep motivated, and to see where things are going well and where things are going poorly. Having this bird’s eye view of your success will give you a sense of empowerment over the process as well, which is a nice little confidence booster.

4. Expect Mistakes and Failure. Nothing worth achieving was done smoothly. The fact is, learning how to be successful is a messy business. You can plan as much as you want, but inevitably life will have something to say about your plans. Make sure that you prepared mentally for those first few setbacks and commit yourself 100% to achieving the final outcome no matter what failures and setbacks you encounter.

5. Be Ruthless About Your Success. You really want to learn how to be successful? Dedicate yourself. I mean, truly. Take a look at the way you are living your life, about the people you surround yourself, of the activities that you participate in, the way you are spending your time. Are they counter-productive to your success? Sit down and think long and hard about the things and people in your life and decide if they are helping you learn how to be successful, or if they are impeding your progress.

6. Avoid Open-Ended Deadlines. Never, ever say something like “Someday I will ____.” Someday is not on the calendar for a reason – it never happens! Be specific about what it is you want to achieve, otherwise I can promise you that you will never even get started.

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