The gift of success

Each of us view and define success very differently. For those of you who, like me see success as achieving goals, then this is the post for you.  To me success equates to hitting my goals, also feeling of content and having abundance in my life to share.

Set goals: I always knew I wanted to be a published author and some day work for myself. I had no idea at the time I had this as a goal, what I was going to write about or what I was going to do or for that matter how I was going to get there. I just knew that is what I wanted.

As I went along through my experiences and somewhat fumbled through life, there was more clarity. I was going to help people in business learn how to speak to one another, by helping them connect with their compassion and change the way they think. To help create a working environment that encouraged collaboration and co-creation. I was going to help other people be successful while on my own journey of success. And so my goal was clear.

Fail to plan, plan to fail: It was 6 years ago that my vision and mission were finally clear. And since then I have been working through a road map I had set myself, of what I was going to do and by when. I had planned and researched which courses I needed to do, the cost of each one and when was I going to do them. These would then give me the skills of how to help people. 

I still needed to make money to pay for all these things, pay the mortgage, pay for a wedding. You know, general life things that happen along the way, the life events that enrich the road map of places you have detoured to visit. Some people are a bit less distracted by the "tourist attractions signs" that cause detours, than me. I just extended my time line to achieve and fit in new mini goals and adventures along the way. The fact is that regardless of the time it takes you to achieve your goal. you have to have a plan of action. its no good just one day waking up and quitting your job, just because you suddenly want to start your own business. There are practicalities of life that have to be taken into consideration, so put a plan together, do the necessary research and look at your finances.

Make it happen: They say the best athletes rehearse, plan and visualise their win. Just because you are good at visualisation and know what you want to achieve, if you never move into action i.e. do the actual work... then all of the energy you spent on clarifying the goal and creating your plan, would have been nothing more than one big day dream. And a total waste of time. 

No one said it was easy to keep going and it's OK to slip up now and again. To have a couple of days or even weeks, where you might procrastinate and not get much or anything done. Think of it like when someone goes on a diet, if they have been eating healthy for a month and then one day they feel like a massive meal of fish and chips, followed by a huge slice of chocolate cake and ice cream. Should they just then say, "f$%k it" to the diet and eat badly from here on out because they will never have the body of their dreams, so whats the point? Hell no! Your goals are the same, just because you slip up or other things get in the way, doesn't mean you stop working towards making them a reality. Your goal might be to get the most incredible body, but if you never work towards it it's never going to happen. If you have too many fish and chip days then it will just take you longer and may be twice as hard to get there, but it doesn't mean you won't. If you never do anything to get what you want, then you will never find out if you could or not. 

We can be our own worst enemies when it comes to getting what we want in life. Our stories, our inner child...all the baggage just gets in the way. before you start on your journey remember pack light so you can go further. The more baggage we refuse to let go of the slower our walk will be.