Are you achieving all the success you want in your business and workplace? What gets in our way so often are rather common problems: poor goal clarity, lack of self-confidence, poor time and energy management, poor planning, lack of support and a helpful team, limiting beliefs about ourselves and our capabilities, and poor focus and attention. We are the common element but the good news is that all the aforementioned areas can be changed. So, here are seven steps to assist in improving your business success:
Be clear about what you want. It unfortunately is true that many people have no idea what they really want. Write down what you want for yourself and your business. You will feel more excited about your goals on a daily basis.
Change your thoughts, change your results. That is the motto for the Success and Mindset Group. The difference between those who are successful and those who are not often resides in the thoughts and beliefs we harbor about ourselves. Are your thoughts and beliefs limiting? You can change them. The first step is in identifying the beliefs and then challenging their validity. You can learn more about this by downloading my free eBook titled S.U.E. Your Way to Success on our website www.successandmindset.com. There you can learn strategies to reduce your tendencies to global, overgeneralized, and overly internalized (blaming) thoughts about yourself.
Develop productive habits. You need good time and energy management to achieve success. Poor focus and attention can limit you. Do you know your attentional style which influences your ability to focus and your relationship with your co-workers and team? As you will see in other posts on the website, attentional styles influence different areas of the brain and your thoughts/beliefs as well. All of these areas are part of our SAMURAI Success System (Success and Mindset Underscore the Relationship of Attention and Interpersonal Characteristics).
Develop your skills and knowledge. The late Dr. Stephen Covey, in his highly acclaimed book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, observed that taking time out to “sharpen the saw” pays dividends. Immerse yourself in continuing education to take your life and career to a new level.
Develop and carry out a plan. As Dr. Covey indicated, start with the end in mind. Decide what end result you want and then reverse engineer the steps needed to get to that end result. You will have to break down your steps into small ones. Adjust your plan as needed.
Build a team and use them. You cannot do it all alone. All successful people have developed teams. If you are the team leader, it is imperative that you develop the most cohesive team you can. That is a topic in itself for a different time. For now, get yourself a coach, advisor, and mentor, find people who have achieved what you want.
Celebrate your victories. Mr. Blair Singer, consultant and trainer, recommends celebrating your little victories on the way to bigger victories. This helps anchor your progress. If you only celebrate if /when you reach your final goal, you may become discouraged along the way.
Embrace these steps to lead yourself to increased business and personal success, fulfillment, and happiness. The SAMURAI Success System, mentioned above, incorporates all these steps and others as well. See the website www.successandmindset.com for additional information. Be sure to download your free eBook. Remember, change your thoughts, change your results. Wishing you the best.