HOW TO STRATEGIZE FOR SUCCESS- PART TWO

     Strategizing for your success is important in order to attain the goals you have set for yourself. Moreover, as pointed out in part 1 you have to give all what you have in order to achieve. You have to do the necessary things.

ADD VALUE TO YOUR LIFE

     One important step in this direction is education. You have to be educated along the line of your profession if you want to achieve. You need to add value into your life by acquiring skills that will make the achievement of your goals easy. You cannot remain as you are and hope to attain better status. By the time you acquire the needed skills you have set up yourself for success. You have to be before you can have. You need to attend courses, workshops and read books that will enlighten you and give you the needed skills and right mental attitude.

 DUPLICATION OF SUCCESS METHODS

     You need to duplicate success methods. You can do this by studying the methods of successful people along your life of interest and adopt their methods. If you model your activity after their methods, the probability is high that you will get the same result. Look at the areas of your life where you need improvement and search for people who have done well along that line, then copy them. There is no need for you to start from the scratch and making mistakes, this people have gone through it all for you, get the best of their methods and achieve your goals faster.

HARD-WORK AND PERSISTENCE

     You need to work hard and focus on your goals. There is nothing that can replace hard work even if you have all the talent and you are still lazy, you will go nowhere. Also, you have to work intelligently, give room for relaxation and rest often. Delegate work to others when necessary. You need to combine it with persistence. Some goals are not easily achievable until you have persisted in your effort. Persistence always win however, you need to appraise your methods or techniques often with the intent of refining and improving them.

TAKE PRODUCTIVE ACTIONS

     See to it that you take actions that will move you closer to your goals everyday. Examine your activities, anything or anyone that will not let you achieve your goals should be cut off. While socializing is good, excess of it is detrimental to success especially if you socialize with those who do not believe in your goals. Some people are not ready to improve their lives and these should not be associated with. In fact, they tend to demoralize you through their negative utterances and discouragement. On the other hand, associate with those who are goal-oriented and achievement conscious.

BE OPPORTUNITY-CONSCIOUS

     When you work hard and persist in your effort, opportunities will be coming to you whom you are. You have to open your eyes and ears in order to seize these opportunities and advance your course. People will alert you to opportunities because they know you are serious minded and hardworking. This is where your social network comes in as discussed in part 1.

HOW TO STRATEGIZE FOR SUCCESS----- PART ONE

Every human being desire to be successful in life. We have the inner urge to succeed in everything we do. Unfortunately, this is not always the case; many people fail to attain the success they so much desire. However, this suppose not to be the case, if certain steps are taken. Success should be designed and planned, if not it will be elusive.

The first step is to know what you want. If you know what you want to achieve, that is the beginning of your success journey. Look at all the areas of your life, be it social, marital, career, education and so on and determine what you wish to achieve in these areas. Write these down as your goals and the date you wish to achieve each of these goals. Read your goals aloud early in the morning and late in the night. You should continually dwell on your goals and be consumed by them. Figure out ways by which you can bring these goals to reality.

Commit yourself to achieving your goals; don’t be distracted by other things. Focus your attention on how you can reach them.  Commit your time, money and energy to actualizing your dreams. Be single-minded and pursue them vigorously until you achieve them. There is power in concentrating on a particular goal.

Determine to surmount hurdles that might come up when pursuing your goals. When you have strong determination to succeed, forces will be set in motion to propel you forward. Obstacles will begin to yield when faced with the fire power of determination. Be assured that there is no problem without solution, only if you diligently search for it. When you eventually succeed, you will be more empowered to embark on great projects and goals. In other words, success induces further success.

Identify your strengths and weaknesses. You should capitalize on your strength to attain success. Your weaknesses should be relegated or totally ignored. Use the resources you have to get what you want. These resources might be financial, ability or competence and even your social network. If you use the little you have, you would be surprised on how much you can achieve with that. Talent or ability is not enough, but your willingness to put it into use is the deciding factor of how much you can achieve.

Social networking is another important factor in the attainment of success. You need to be connected with people who can help you to achieve your goals. Search for people who can help and befriend them. Think of ways you can help as many people as possible to get what they want. In the process, they will help you to get what you want. If at all, they don’t have what you need, there is probability that they know somebody who can help you. Be diplomatic in your relations with other people. Make sure they benefit in one way or the other from your friendship or interaction with them. This is where mentorship is important, search out for those people who have succeeded in your area of interest and befriend them. Ask them questions on how they have succeeded and about the likely pitfalls on the way. Be receptive to their ideas and be willing to learn. If you do as they did, you will get the same result they got if not more.