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What actions will take you closer to your goals?
Decide upon the steps and write them down.
Review them until you feel comfortable with those steps.
Then repeat them at least once a day, crossing them off as
you accomplish them.
"I believe there is no escape from the rule that we must do
many, many little things to accomplish even just one big
thing," said James Dupont. "This gives me patience when I
need it most."
The most rewarding accomplishments are those that take long
to achieve and present difficulties. It is only through
these difficulties that a person can rise above the rest to
be the unusual, the outspoken and the well-deserved.
As if building a kit, follow your own instructions.
Decide your best course of action.
Whether the steps are small or large, make them achievable
and then do them.
Don't commit yourself to things that you never intend to do.
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if
you just sit there," said Will Rogers.
Don't be paralyzed by inaction; rather act upon your own
convictions.
Set yourself up for rewards.
Don't give yourself goals that have no feeling of
satisfaction or no monetary rewards.
If you want to be an artist, be the best and learn from the
best. Don't dwell on imperfections or the awkwardness of
unpolished skills.
If you go into business, do it for profit or reinvestment.
"In business, the earning of profit is something more than
an incident of success. It is an essential condition of
success, because the continued absence of profit itself
spells failure," said Justice Brandeis.
Marchant wrote, "To be a success in business, be daring, be
first, be different."
Think of ways to achieve the best; formulas to increase
productivity or decrease overhead. Profit is your drive.
"Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the
enterprise," wrote Peter Drucker.
And, profitability is the core of any achievement - whether
financial or artistic.
Once you achieve your goals, think of ways to benefit
others.
"Money-getters are the benefactors of our race," said P.T.
Barnum. "To them we are indebted for our institutions of
learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches."
How can you benefit humankind and still keep enough to
fulfil your own desires?
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