Are you living the life you wished you would or something completely different? Maybe you are almost there but are missing an important piece of the puzzle. Is your dream life just a fantasy or a desire you are willing to go after?
If you are not willing to put some effort to realize your dream, then you may as well stop reading this article. You may as well stop looking anywhere to make them come true actually. That lottery mentality only happens to a very select few. The real winners actually put some effort into their dreams for them to come true. Other than that, you are living in a fantasy world.
If you are looking for a plan to realize that dream and make it happen, you must realize it will take some work. It doesn’t mean you have to work real hard, but at the very least, work smart. There are 10 steps to a better action plan. All successful people do these steps. If you want to be as successful as they are, follow this game plan.
1. What is success to you? I can ask this question to 100 people and get 100 different answers. You must determine in details what this represents for you. Write it down. If it is money, how much? Do you have a physical goal like weight loss? Then how much weight. The best way to define your success is to write all of the dreams you have down; things you want to have, place to go, who you want to become, etc. Any achievement you really want can go on this list, doesn’t just have to be huge dreams, it could be your first thousand dollars made with online marketing. You decide. But make sure you write them all down. A good list should start at 100 dreams. If you have never opened your mind to this before, it will be challenging, but keep adding to it.
2. Establish a period of time, a date for those dreams. Go through your list and write dates beside them. When would you like to have them in your life? For example, you write you want to make a million dollar income per year. Decide now when you want to achieve it.
3. What are you willing to give up to get those goals? A friend of mine is a golfer. He dreams about it when he sleeps and when he is awake. He thinks of golf more than he thinks of his own wife. He had a hard time fitting games because of his work. Aside from those weekend games, his schedule was very full. One day, he decided to change his mindset, He gave up golf for 4 years and worked on a business plan that would free him forever for golf. Today, because of the game he gave up, he is free to go back and play all week. He bought a golf course, closed it down and made it private to him and his closest friends. He even built his doll house furniture near the ninth hole and plays anytime he wants.
4 Put a plan into action. How will you achieve those goals you have written down? Doing overtime at work may not be the best solution if you want to be rich, or see your family more. Watching 8 hours of television a day is not what you must do if you want to lose 50 lbs. Be specific, and again, write it down.
5. Write a clear statement. In that statement, write down your most desirable target, your time frame to achieve it, what you are willing to give up for it and your plan. Read that statement at least twice a day, preferably 10 times, and see yourself achieving that target. Also tell yourself that “everyday, in everyway, you are getting better and better”.
6. Write your mission statement. What is your purpose, the reason for achieving that specific dream? And how are you willing to pay back before, during and after you have reached that dream? Without getting into all that secret of attraction, you must know that almost all successful people get there by paying back to society one way or another.
7. Make a real commitment to your dream. Times will get tough. Other things or people will take your mind away from your dreams, or at the very least try to take you away from them. You must stay committed and remember why you are doing all that work. If you concentrate on the reason you are doing this rather than the work itself, this will be an easier step. Be persistent and never give up. It took Thomas Edison thousands of tries to invent the light bulb. Where would we be today if he gave up?
8. Develop a mastermind group.