Empowering Young Entrepreneurs to Learn The Five Steps to Success

Determine what you really want.  You must know what you want before you can go after it.  Think about why you want this thing and what it will mean to you.  Visualize it in detail to the best of your ability.  Write it down.  Make a vision board.  Focus on your desire as much as possible.

 

Set a specific goal to obtain it.  To be effective, this goal must include a specific time frame and plan for its accomplishment. The goal should also be written down and studied regularly. Having a specific, written goal with a date for completion is the key to opening the power of your subconscious mind. As you read your goal, visualize or picture in your mind the achievement of what you desire.

 

Gain knowledge about your goal.  Learn everything that you can about the thing you desire.  Learn it from different perspectives, learn about people who have achieved your desire and about how they did it.  Listen to tapes, talk to experts, go to seminars to learn about it.  The more you know the easier it will be to spot opportunities and open doors and make good decisions.

 

Associate with people who share your goals and attitudes while avoiding those who don’t.  Don’t allow yourself to be with people who try to bring you down and try to convince you that you don’t have a chance of reaching your goal.  Find people who, like you, have a burning desire for something and are doing everything they can to reach that goal.  Join communities through social media of people who either want or already have what you want.  Talk with them, ask them questions, share the journey with them.

 

Don’t stop until you get it.  Do not ever give up or quit trying to get what you want.

 

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Alan Miles - July 9, 2012

Great advice Julia. I’m trying to persuade businesses to build this kind of specificity right into the job description – I call it an achievement plan – so that right from day 1, people are clear about timeframes and goals. We spend a lot of time telling people what we want them to do, and not enough about what we want them to achieve.
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    Julia - July 9, 2012

    Alan, I learned this approach as a therapist. All my treatment plan goals had to be specific, goal oriented with measurable outcomes. It was far more effective than “client needs to develop coping skills.” Or some other nebulous type of goal. You’re a wise man and hopefully these businesses will pay attention to your guidance. I love that term “achievement plan.”

Nanette Levin - July 9, 2012

You’re singing to the choir on this one, Julia. What you think, how you plan and who you surround yourself with can make a huge difference in how your life goes, can’t it?
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    Julia - July 9, 2012

    Yes Nanette, it certainly can. It’s a very important lesson for some of my young clients, and one of the most difficult. They don’t often have many people in their life so letting go of anyone is a tough challenge. And if they are connected to a gang, it’s a far more complicated issue. Being older and wiser :-), I’ve learned that letting go opens the door to something better, but it took experience to learn that lesson.

    Thank you for your comment.

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