The First Steps To Being Successful
Many millions of people are striving to be successful; to improve their situations
, provide better for their families, and to pull themselves out of poverty or debt. But to many people, it seems impossible. They don't have money to start a business, or they don't have skills, and they just feel like it's impossible. But it is possible!
To start working towards your dream may seem as daunting as eating an elephant. How do you eat an elephant?
First you decide you are going eat it.
To eat an elephant, you take one bite at a time.
To eat an elephant, you have to realise you gonna be there awhile.
To eat an elephant, you need to live with the fact that you may get sick of eating elephant before you're half done!
THE BIG DECISION.
Deciding to go for your dream is actually the first and most important step. If you don't make a strong, definite decision you will take 3 bites of the elephant and then decide that you don't feel like elephant anymore, or you're "full!" Best practice is to write your decision down, along with reasons, rationale and motive for the decision. Put the date on it and sign it, and keep it handy so you can get it out and remind yourself what you are doing this for when things get rough.
ONE BITE AT A TIME
So to succeed, you have to tackle your goal one small step at a time. For example, if you want to write a book, first step is to write the first page. Then figure out a plot. Don't even think about publishing it yet - that's step 437!
YOU GOING TO BE THERE AWHILE
Most people take a long time to realise their dream. There is the odd exception where the person gets rich overnight, but that's not the norm. In fact, if you looked into the guys life, you would probably find that he's tried a hundred other things before he struck it rich with the one everybody sees. People seldom crow about their failures.
So we are talking about endurance. Don't let minor (or even major) failures discourage you. We all have them. You need to just get up and try again. You HAVE to get it right eventually! Edison, the famous inventor, tried to make a better working light bulb, and failed something like ten THOUSAND times (according to some sources) but he never gave up, and eventually was successful.
YOU WILL PROBABLY GET VERY SICK OF EATING ELEPHANT
On the way to achieving your dream, you will encounter times that are boring and tedious. You may have built an amazing invention, and now you have to do reams of paperwork for the patent office. But fight on through these times. They will come to an end eventually. And they are necessary to the success of your endeavours. Don't be like the joke about the marathon runner, who was 2 miles from the end when he said "Boy, I'm too tired to carry on! I'm going back...!" When it seems like the boring work will never end, that's usually when you're on the brink of success. And of course, you will never know how close you are until success actually happens.
AFTER THE ELEPHANT COMES THE DESSERT!
We must keep our eyes on our goal and plough on through the mountainous seas, like a ship going through a storm, knowing the safe harbour is just over the horizon. Looking forward to that thrill of success can keep us going. Never give up - you HAVE to succeed sometime!
The First Steps To Being Successful
By: Duncan Kelly
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