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Achieving success at anything comes from having a clear picture of what you want to achieve, and a winning mindset. Without those you’ll give up when the going gets tough – and it WILL get tough!

So here are 6 steps I go through in order to be successful in whatever I’m doing:

1. I have a clear Vision of what I want to achieve. This doesn’t include the ‘How I’ll achieve it’, just the ‘What I will Achieve’. E.g. – I will have a successful online business, making $100,000 clear profit per annum. I’m specific to make it more real.
2. I define clearly WHY I want to achieve this. Maybe it’s so I can spend more time with my family, or give up working for the Man, or to buy that new powerboat. I write down my reason WHY and review it every day. I especially review it when things are not going well. When I visualize my success (step 3), it’s of me enjoying the benefits of my ‘WHY’
3. I visualise my success. I create a clear picture in my mind of me enjoying the successful achievement of my Vision. I make it real, I add colour, detail and emotion. For example, I see myself on my powerboat on a glorious sunny day with my family, knowing that my online business is making sales of my software product even while I’m enjoying my time in the boat. I make sure that when I see this picture in my mind’s eye I feel a surge of motivation!
4. I work out the Major Things I need to do to achieve my vision. Again – not the details, just the major things. For example: a) Develop a downloadable software product, b) set up a website, c) set up an Adwords campaign, etc. Then I take each one in order and get it done!
5. I make sure that I complete at least one thing every day that gets me towards achieving the Major Thing I’m working on. (If you keep moving forwards, one step at a time, you’ll get there!)
6. I write out my current favourite motivational slogan and stick it up where it stares me in the face – maybe on top of my PC screen. My current favourite (and a good one for when things aren’t going so well) is: ‘Failure is NOT an option’.

Mixing the ‘soft’ techniques (e.g. visualization, the reason why) with the ‘hard’ techniques (e.g. Major Things to be done, do one thing every day) works well for me – they’re both equally important elements of success.