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Patterns Of Success
How to Create a Pattern of
Success
By Mike Krutza
Once you experience success you will be able to look back
and realize that you achieve all success pretty much the same way – a pattern
of success.
You set a goal, follow through on the tasks needed to be done
for achieving results, keep an open mind, learn from others, track your
successes and learn from failure.
It’s the same thing, over and
over again. And it works.
If you want to create a pattern of success in your life, you can
start now by learning the secret that successful people know.
Successful people are only
special because they are doers and follow through.
They are not smarter than
others; in fact, it is entirely possible you are smarter on paper than they
are. You just don’t follow through.
Become a Goal
Setting Expert
Start at the top and learn how to craft the best goals for
yourself.
Know that the goal is
something that can be accomplished and know that the goal is measurable before
you finish writing it. Most of all, make sure it’s a goal that you really want
to achieve.
Schedule
Everything
People who achieve are doers. If you want to get something done,
schedule it no matter how silly it might seem to you.
If you put it in a schedule
at a particular time, and not just on a generic “to do” list, it will be more
likely that you get it done.
You can also use goal setting tools to
help you achieve more.
For instance, if you have set a goal to write a 80,000-word
novel by a certain date, then you should know how many pages you need to get
done each week and which days you can work on it, which times, hours, and how
long it takes you to write a page.
Successful writers write;
they don’t wait for inspiration to strike. They schedule it and do it.
The same can be said for
anything you want to achieve. You don’t wait until you want to do it; you do it
on schedule.
Automate the
Mundane
There are a lot of things that need to be done but that can
escalate easily into “busy work” which doesn’t get you closer to a goal.
Bookkeeping, for instance, is
something that can be accomplished today, with the right software, almost
automatically.
You can schedule payments to
happen automatically; you can also use software that enters everything for you
in the ledger.
Freeing up your time to
focus on scheduled activities that must be done to achieve the goal is a more
productive use of time.
Get Outside
Expert Help
To be a success doesn’t mean you have to do everything yourself.
You’re not on your own.
The best scientists, professors,
doctors, lawyers, and CEOs have assistants who help them look great.
You too can hire outside help
and contractors to help you do the tasks needed to reach your goals.
Other than doing exercise for
you and thing you must do physically for yourself, there isn’t much you can’t
outsource today.
Stop
Reinventing the Wheel
In most cases, someone has already done it before you. Someone
has already worked out the kinks and devised a plan of action that will work
for you too with hardly any tweaks.
Learn from other people’s
mistakes and realize that you can gain valuable information from what others
are already doing.
Never Stop
Learning
They say it takes ten thousand hours of reading about a topic to
become an expert on any subject. Keep this in mind as you look toward your
future and set your goals.
If you want to be an expert,
you’ll need to start today building up those ten thousand hours. Even if you
know nothing about a topic today, you can be an expert in just ten thousand
hours.
Know Your Core
Values
As you set goals to create a pattern of success, it’s imperative
that you know what your core values are in terms of family, personal, financial
and your physical life.
Everyone has different areas
they need to work on more than others – you need to know what your areas are to
set realistic goals that you want to meet.
Track, Assess,
Repeat
Nothing is ever done without the paperwork, as they say. Well,
that includes creating a pattern of success.
Only by setting goals, then
tracking and assessing the results of the goals, and then repeating what works
will you create a pattern of success.
Creating a pattern of success requires knowledge of goal
setting, and goal achieving, and in-depth knowledge of yourself.
Starting today you can gain
that knowledge and create a real pattern of success in your life.
Mike Krutza helps individuals and teams find their own 'elegant
courage' in handling tough leadership challenges. His extraordinary sense of
vision and common sense amazes clients. As a past CEO of a financial company,
he understands both the bottom line and human side of making a company
successful.
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