- 1 Define what success means to you. For some people, success is as simple as being able to pay the bills with a little left over, while others define it as making millions of dollars.
- 2 Set financial goals that will help you to achieve your vision of success. Keep your current financial status in mind, as well as the economic climate, to ensure that your goals are reasonable and achievable. The Federal Citizen Information Centre suggests that you create goals that are SMART -- specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-related.
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Make a plan that includes
relevant and measurable milestones along the way that will help to keep
you on track. Keep other priorities in mind when planning for financial
success to be sure that you can accommodate them as well. Other
priorities might include family relationships, professional goals or
physical health.
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Consult an experienced and
reputable financial planner and investment specialist who can help you
to avoid pitfalls along the way. After reviewing your plan, a
professional can advise you about potential tax implications and
investment strategies to help you achieve financial success along your
timeline. Become informed by attending seminars or joining investment
clubs in which you can learn from other people's successes and failures.
- 5 Take action and begin working on your plan as soon as possible. The difference between dreamers and achievers is that the latter act on their dreams. If you find it difficult to start, take small steps, such as opening a brokerage account or investing in some safe mutual funds.
- 6 Be flexible and make course corrections as necessary. Follow the advice of former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, who said "I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success." Things can happen that might be out of your control, such as a downturn in the housing market or the loss of a job. You should not let external factors stop you from achieving success. Instead, adapt your plan and continue on with your goals.
While there are many components to living a successful life, there are few major things that can make all the difference between living a life of success and a life filled with mediocrity or failure.
I wanted to share with you the 4 things that stand out as the biggest keys to a successful life.
Be disciplined- I think is by far and away the most important of the 4 I have listed. If you want success with anything you do in life you have to be disciplined. If you want to lose weight you need to be disciplined in exercise and eating right. If you want to do well in a business you need to have discipline to put
in the work. As one of my favorite authors, Jim Rohn puts it, “We all
must suffer 2 pains. The pain of regret or the pain of discipline. The
difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”
Learn gratitude and how to be happy- I believe you live a far more successful life when you learn how to live in gratitude and learn how to be happy. When you live a life filled with gratitude and happiness you learn to celebrate
even the smallest blessings in life. Another one of my favorite
authors, Brian Tracy puts it this way, “Develop an attitude of
gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”
-Brian Tracy
Live life to the fullest- I believe successful people live life to the fullest by learning to live well. Living well means you need to make the most of what you have. To live life to the fullest means not getting wrapped up in the past, worrying about what will happen in the future and learning how to overcome failure.
Learn how to navigate change- Change can be a tough thing for some people to deal with but it is something you need to embrace. In order to find success you need to be adaptable in a variety of situations. It seems in today’s world this is especially true as technology has so rapidly changed us and the way we live our lives. We need to be on our toes and willing to adapt to change.
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