THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL SUCCESS
One of the challenges we have in modern life is that
there are so many options to do so many great things. There are so many things
throughout our lives vying for our attention, that if we don’t manage modern
life, it will manage us. Part of managing it is just making the choice that
this is what I feel, this is important to me, and then really focusing on your
gut.
-Joe Polish, interview Dean Graziosi
What the heck are you
going? In your life, that is. Many people struggle with this seemingly obvious
question. Want to see the evidence to this struggle? During the week, ask five
random people what they don’t want out of life. I can all but guarantee they’ll
have sizeable lists.
WHERE ARE YOU? DON’T
LIE
Before I ask you to take
stock of your life at this moment, let me make a request: be honest. I’m
going to be asking you some tough questions. Don’t try to answer what you think
I want to hear or what make you feel good. This is what most people do without
thinking, and though I understand the reflex, I’d like you to think about the
important of being truthful. It is only once we are honest with ourselves that
we can move onward and upward to out dreams, aspirations, and desires. So with
that thought in mind, let’s start with where you are in your life right this
second. What does that mean exactly? What I don’t mean is for you to answer
literally—that you’re reading this on your couch or an vacation or in the
bathroom. I’m not talking about where you are physically.
What mean is: what
situation or situations are you currently experiencing in your life?
Stop reading right now and
take a pad, or your phone, or your computer, and make a note of, “where am I in life?” you can go beyond just your finances and write down where you are in the
different areas of your life that matter most: love, intimacy, health, your
career, and your family. Go ahead and break out these areas on a piece of paper
and, next to each one, describe where you are. Don’t write other people’s
perceptions of you. Instead, when you look in the mirror and you’re dead honest
with yourself, where are you? Before we can create your ideal destination, we
need to know your starting point.
GET CLEAR ON WHERE
YOU WANT TO GO
The “positive point.” And
the more you practice this. The more likely you’ll look only at the clearing
when life puts you in a spin. For years l’ve taught this truth: when you focus
on the outcome rather than the obstacle, your life will never be the same.
The richest Men and Women
in the world became so successful? By having a clear vision of where they
wanted to go and then taking action toward it. Most of us want more out of
life, but we aren’t specific enough with our intentions, so we don’t know how
to get there.
However, first and
foremost, you must have your destination locked in and create the map you need
to get to that next level of life. Once you find a truly crystal-clear vision,
things that once bugged you or slowed you down no longer have any power to stop
you from achieving your goal.
LOOK BACK FROM THE
FUTURE
we know that goal-setting
is arguably the most important step to success. But let’s be honest here: sometimes
setting goals the traditional way by just looking forward a year, two years, or
even five years is hard. We lead crazy, busy lives, and we can become so bogged
down in the details of things that we can’t look up and see the future clearly.
With your business, your family, your work, and so many other things moving so
fast, it’s difficult to focus on the road ahead. You spend so much time just
managing what you can see—what is within your reach—that looking into the
future may be difficult.
Imagine it’s one year from
today and when looking back over the past year, you realize that it was the
best year of your life. What does that look like to you? What would have had to
happen for you to wake up every morning on fire, free of dissatisfaction, and
convinced you weren’t wasting you potential?
More specifically, ask
yourself the following questions when you look back at this year:
·
How much
money are you making? How much money do you have saved away for your family’s
security? Who are you taking care of financially?
·
Where do
you work every day? Do you have a home office or are you driving to a new
location?
·
Are you
taking your existing company to the next level? Are you starting your own
company? Are you evolving through the ranks at your job? Do you have a better
relationship with your boss? Better yet, are you the boss?
·
How does
your spouse or your partner look at you in the morning or after a long day?
·
What
exactly does you life look like when it’s a year in the future and you look
back and it was the best year ever?
IDENTIFY YOUR “WHY”
The piece that makes your
vision become your reality. This is the step you must complete to make it
real: understand your “why.” Here are critical “why” questions you should
answer:
·
Why do
you want to take your income from where it is to a “next level”?
·
Why do
you want to start you own business?
·
Why do
you want your company to evolve, or to quit your job, or to rise up through the
ranks at your current job?
·
Why do
you want your parents or your spouse to retire?
·
Why do
you want to lose weight, have more intimacy in your life, have more passion in
your actions, have more joy on a daily basis, and live a life with more smiles
that frowns?
The issue with most people
is that they simply don’t go deep enough into their hearts and souls to find
out the truth about why they want what they want. It’s unfortunate that out
brains can so powerfully obscure what’s in our hearts and souls.
The question we usually
don’t ask ourselves is, “what is the purpose behind our actions?” which is
crazy, because it’s question we should be asking ourselves daily. When we can
uncover our true “why”, our driving purpose in life, and translate that into
actions, we obtain the momentum we need to push forward, faster than ever.
WHY IS YOUR “WHY” SO
IMPORTANT?
Because so often, fear is
the brake on our momentum, slowing us down so much that we eventually come to a
discovering the tools, strategies, and recipes that lead to the habits that can
help you demolish any obstacles.
LET’S GO SEVEN LEVELS
DEEP
It was an epiphany, this
seventh “why.” I don’t want anybody to tell me how to dress, where to live, or
even how to raise my kids. I don’t want anybody to tell me where I can eat, how
I can function, what I can to with my time, or how much money I can make. I
want to be in control so I can make the decisions that empower me.
WHAT’S YOUR DEEPER
“WHY”?
When you have a tough day,
when things don’t go your way, when your new business fails, when things go
wrong in your relationship, when you kids disappoint you, what pushes you to
keep moving forward? Financial Freedom? That’s not deep enough. You need to
find the root of your “why.”
This Article is Taken From
Millionaire Success Habits
Written by Arshad. A
