A message on how to succeed. How to achieve success in life yourself. Environment first

Today I decided to list my personal life principles on how to achieve my goal. I try to stick to them, whether it works or not... well, I try. 🙂

Perhaps someone has their own experience and I'd love to hear it, so feel free to comment. It's not just about achieving goals in work, but in life in general. Creativity, personal life, sports, raising children, whatever. In my opinion, the most important thing is not to burn out in the flames of enthusiasm at first and not to get stuck in the swamp of routine later. So, let's begin.

1. Ignore criticism. There is no useful criticism, no matter what anyone says. An assessment of another person, even an authoritative and competent one, is only a subjective opinion. No one will appreciate your work better than you. Be demanding of yourself: if you admit that everything turned out well and you are not ashamed of what you are doing, then this means that the chosen direction is the right one.

Do not enter into arguments with critics, do not try to justify your position - this blurs your attention and brings doubts. “Don’t let the noise of other people’s opinions drown out your inner voice,” said Steve Jobs and he was right a thousand times.

2. Study other people's experiences. Some may think that this point contradicts the previous one, but this is not so. Other people's experience is a source of invaluable knowledge and inspiration, but know how to use it. Don't take on everything you learn: only seek advice when you really need it. Specific advice means its specific implementation in your work. No knowledge for the future - without immediate practice, it is not only useless, but also harmful.

3. Do only things that give you real pleasure. Make sure that your favorite job brings you money at least for food, but don’t stop thinking about how to increase your professional level and income. If you are persistent and consistent, you will sooner or later achieve what you want. There are no areas where a real specialist cannot earn money. Passion for what you do and sincere interest is a reinforced concrete battering ram that nothing can resist.

4. Don't go deep into theory until you've had at least basic practice. Don’t carry tons of information into your head about the subject you are going to study. Don't go to seminars with people who teach something they've never done professionally. Don’t ask the billionaire for secrets about how he made his first million, ask Vasya how he opened his first stall.

Someone may say something like: if you want to earn a million, you need to earn a million. Is not more than beautiful phrase, in fact, behind every million there are their own “stalls”. Get a job in the field in which you are going to do business - even the smallest practice is worth a big theory.

5. Perceive movement towards the goal not as a decisive battle, but as a long war. Many people mistakenly believe that achieving a goal is a result, but in fact it is a continuous process. It is impossible to get what you really want with one single effort of will and strength. The high jump is preceded by running, but in the standings we will not see how fast the athlete ran, we will only see the height of the jump. Someone's success seems like a clearly calibrated plan, whereas before that there was a long series of hesitations, failures and failed projects, which allowed him to accumulate experience.

The Rovio company, which earned millions from Angry Birds, is seen by many as an example of super-success: the guys got together, wrote a game and the next day woke up rich and famous. In fact, there were six years of hard work before the birds, when Rovio released other games that did not find much popularity. And only knowledge and experience led them to a real breakthrough.

The process of moving towards a goal is cyclical, the next stagnation is actually the accumulation of experience, which, like a straightened spring, will allow you to move to a higher level. Don’t be afraid to lose a single battle, never despair, think strategically and remember one thing: “I will achieve my goal.”

6. Don't look for an original idea. When “business coaches” inspire their students that there is no point in doing what other people have already done, but that they need to look for some unoccupied niche that will allow them to instantly get rich, then they are simply saying what they want to hear from them. People are very pleased to think that somewhere in the information field of the planet there are fundamentally new ideas that just need to be thought of, and then it’s all in the bag.

In fact, all ideas that seem to come out of nowhere to an outside observer are the result of the development of someone's experience and knowledge. Nothing comes from emptiness new idea always appears on the basis of practice. The concept of the iPhone emerged during the development of the iPad, as a result of the experience and intuition of Steve Jobs and his team. Newton discovered his law of gravity not because an apple fell on his head, but because he constantly thought about this topic.

If you want to spend your life dreaming about great things, keep looking for a super idea. If you want to achieve something, start small. Study the usual average examples, because if they work for their owners, they can work for you. More practice, less ambition.

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7. Don't change direction at the first failure. Some time after the start of any activity, the basic charge of enthusiasm ends, and it will probably seem to you that the chosen niche is not the most lucrative, the direction is a dead end, etc. It may seem that you are not suitable for this activity, that there is no progress and will not be made.

Categorically stop the psyche’s attempts to disperse attention to many objects. Don't panic, be patient and continue in the same direction. You need to go through at least several cycles of enthusiasm/apathy in order to accumulate real experience about your niche and understand how to achieve your goal here. If you rush from one idea to another, nothing will work out at all.

8. Look not only up, but also to the sides. It happens that after a long time you really understand that you cannot succeed in your field. There is no talent, there is not enough time, and most importantly, there is no desire. In this case, you shouldn’t throw away everything you’ve gained, but you just need to look around and see where else you can apply your knowledge.

One of my friends, tired of two decades of teaching at school, went free as a tutor. She did exactly what she liked, studied psychology in depth and sincerely fell in love with her new occupation. As a result, in a few years her income skyrocketed compared to the school salary, and it was possible to sign up for her classes only after a long waiting list. This is a great example of looking around when there seems to be no way up.

9. Don't regret the past, don't worry about the future. You should never think about what happened or, on the contrary, did not happen. Yes, almost every person understands that if they had done something differently, then now everything would be completely different. This is fine. This is exactly the experience I talk about all the time. Don’t give a damn - you can’t change this, and as practice shows, you won’t even be able to draw a conclusion. You will probably step on the same rake again.

It's the same with the future. What's the point of taking care of him, making detailed plans, calculating every step. All the same, all these developments will be destroyed at the first collision with reality. All planning must come from daily practice, as a reaction to what is happening. Overall plan should not be unshakable, never force yourself into a framework.

10. Envy successful people. Strange advice, isn't it? 🙂 In fact, it is very useful if you use it constructively. I don't believe in white or black envy, these are just different shades of the same emotion. Anyone who sees a more successful competitor will feel a pang of envy - this is a normal human reaction. It is necessary not to restrain this feeling, but to direct it in the right direction. Carefully study your competitors, understand what they do, who helps them and what, analyze which of their techniques can work in your business.

11. Use every day. A very important rule that is ignored by almost everyone. I can judge from my own experience that achieving a goal is usually perceived as a kind of brainstorming, mobilization of all strength and will. All this is accompanied by a powerful surge of enthusiasm. Everything is boiling around, the work is burning in your hands, but... after a while apathy sets in, disbelief that the result is even achievable.

So, instead of gushing with enthusiasm, moving mountains, immediately make it a point for yourself that in addition to all the feats, you are obliged to do part of some routine work every day. And then, when your exploits in the workplace fade away, these small steps will take you to your goal, sooner or later. For example, if you are writing a book and you come up with an idea for another, much more ingenious one, then in addition to many hours of thinking, do not forget to write several chapters of the old one, even if now it seems boring and uninteresting to you. If you quit, then exactly the same thing will happen to the new book.

12. Don't expect 100% readiness. How often do people refuse to realize their desires just because, as it seems to them, they are not ready yet. Analyzing my experience, I can say that everything I did in my life, I did precisely when I was unprepared for it. If you have any doubts about your readiness, just brush them aside. A person sitting in one place is unable to understand whether he is ready or not. Almost always, what you imagined “on the shore” turns out to be very far from what is “at sea”.

There is no such thing as complete readiness and there cannot be, especially when it comes to the implementation of ideas. Here I can only cite the motto of a man I respect very much, Richard Branson: “To hell with everything, get on with it and do it.” That’s exactly it - take it and do it, don’t think about whether you’re ready or not. You will understand in the process. Otherwise you will sit and wait. All life.

13. Acknowledge your shortcomings, but don't let them take over. We must honestly admit our weak sides, but this does not mean that they can be indulged. If you are lazy, then the worst thing you can do is say: “yes, it’s true, nothing will help me, I won’t achieve anything.” On the contrary, if you are pathologically lazy, strain your brain to automate routine work or push it onto someone else.

If you are aggressive and get angry easily, take up amateur sports. There you will not only be able to get relief, but will also achieve some results thanks to these negative qualities. If you have a bad memory, train, learn languages. Unlike a person with normal memory, who would never even think of sitting down to study textbooks, you will at least be able to express yourself in a foreign language if you show persistence.

14. Don't dismiss other people's experiences for personal reasons.. There is an opinion that there are certain “unethical” methods used by MLMs, NLP specialists, “black” businessmen, etc. This is all nonsense - there is a tool, but how to use it is up to the person himself. You shouldn’t dismiss the experience of all these sectarians, if only because it really works. Underneath the external “gypsyism” there is a lot of psychology: probably no one has more practice on how to train oneself to achieve results, how to subordinate other people to one’s goal.

Take a closer look at any working methods, try to understand how they work. The human psyche is the same everywhere, whether it concerns grandmothers selling dietary supplements or selling limousines to the rich. You can always apply something to your specific needs; you should not neglect such experience just because its bearers evoke bad feelings in you.

15. Think. Perhaps this point should have been put first, but let it be as it is. Unfortunately, most of our time at work is consumed by routine and routine, so we have almost no opportunity to think about our business. And this is very important: we need to constantly think about what we are doing, analyze, compare with competitors, and look for new facets.

If you constantly think in the right direction, then new thoughts will definitely appear, and then you yourself will be surprised that you walked around for so long and could not think of it. And it's simple - modern man very, very rarely consciously uses his brain, acting daily according to the action-reaction scheme. The brain adjusts to working according to a pattern and filters all ideas so as not to lose its rhythm.

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Everyone dreams of achieving something worthwhile in life and business. How many books have been written in the world on the topic “how to achieve success”, how many articles have been published... Probably everyone understands that just by reading a few motivational books, success will not come by itself. To do this, you need to act and move towards your goal. However, before this, you need to form in your head an image of the very ideal that you are going to become.

The following technique is common in psychology: if you want to become a person with the right set of qualities, behave as if you already have them. Think as if you have already become this person. The same can be applied to the desire to be successful.

We have collected some tips that will help you become successful, wealthy and happy:

• Never let failure stop you. Even the most capable people Very few things work out the first time. Try until it turns out the way you intended. With each attempt, you move one step closer to your goal.
• Don't put off your goal until later. Don't wait to become smarter, more talented, or more savvy on your own—start taking action now. Only by doing something can you become better. Wean yourself from inaction and waiting for “better times.”
• If a problem arises, think not about how it could happen, but about how to solve it. Don't let an obstacle waste your time. Look for ways to overcome it in a short time.
• Learn positive thinking. Place only positive thoughts in your head, try to experience only positive emotions. Negative thinking will never lead you to your goal, and the right thoughts can attract even more luck, even more positivity and success into your life. No matter how it sounds, it is true.

• Become a sociable person. Be open to communication with people around you. Share your experience and learn from the experience of others. Help people if you can, and you will feel the return from them. The ability to communicate with people is necessary not only for establishing connections in business, but also for a comfortable inner feeling.
• Find time to exercise. Physical exercise Any person will only benefit. The minimum you can do is do morning exercises or jogging. By strengthening your muscles, you strengthen your will to win.
• Develop different sides of your personality. Having a favorite activity is great, but you shouldn’t get stuck on just one thing. Maintain a balance between the different areas of your life.
• Forget the word laziness. Laziness is one of the most bad habits person. If you allow laziness to overcome you even once, you will fall deeper and deeper into this dangerous state called “I’ll do it later.” There is only so much time in the day, is it really worth wasting it on meaningless activities?
• Plan your every day and week. Make a list of necessary things to do tomorrow or within a certain time, and then you will definitely not miss anything important.
• Be disciplined. At school, teachers monitored your discipline, but now you must monitor yourself. Become a strict teacher for yourself. If you violated discipline, punish yourself if you working week With the greatest benefit- then encourage. Punishments and rewards can be anything from extra goodies for dinner to no Saturday fun.
• Choose your surroundings carefully. You should be surrounded by smart, reliable and positive people. People you can trust and who will give you wise advice at the right moment.
• Sometimes give in to your intuition. It happens that unconscious thinking itself directs us to the right path. Trust your intuition, but you shouldn’t turn off rationalism either.
• Develop your creativity. There are a huge number of options to discover previously unknown abilities and talents. The ability to think creatively will allow you to find ways out of the most unusual situations that you will encounter.

• Stick to it proper nutrition. Drink clean water, eat more vegetables and fruits. Fast food and preservatives pollute your body. This leads to a decrease in stress resistance and performance.
• Spend a lot of time in nature, breathing fresh air. If you are faced with a choice between an evening in a smoky bar and a picnic in nature, feel free to choose the latter. Spend more time with your family.
• Be the best at what you do. Having chosen a profession that you like, do not stop developing yourself in this direction. Make people say about you: “Yes, he is an expert in this.”
• Unleash your talents. Maybe the talented artist or composer in you is dying? Try to do something you haven’t done before, and perhaps you will discover hidden sides of yourself that will become real inspiration for your future achievements.
• Enjoy life, no matter what happens. Be grateful for everything you have and appreciate every minute you live.

“Success is moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm,” Winston Churchill once said. In a rapidly developing world, achieving success is no longer considered the privilege of a select few people with superpowers, but a necessity dictated by the desire to realize one’s capabilities and achieve all the blessings of life.

Every second person on earth dreams of dizzying success, a prosperous life, admiration and admiration of others. However, in reality, only a few reach unimaginable heights, boldly managing their lives, while the rest continue to play the role of performers, not daring to change anything. Their dreams and goals remain unfulfilled and driven into the far corners of their consciousness. What is the reason for their failures, and what kind of people become successful? life, and is there a specific golden formula for this case?

The Great Secret of Success

The great secret of success is that there is simply no golden formula for achieving your goal. It is different for everyone, and there is no guarantee that one formula can be applicable in several cases. The secret of success lies in constant self-improvement, persistent movement forward, learning from failures, hard work, iron will and self-confidence. It is impossible to achieve your goal without taking action. Success will not fall on you from heaven, it will not be presented on a silver platter, it will not humbly wait for you at the door - everything on this earth must be earned. And those who are concerned about how to achieve success in life should rely solely on themselves and their abilities.

Progress towards your goal will be much easier, and hard work will seem enjoyable if you do what you love. The complex road to the pinnacle of success, filled with obstacles and difficulties, will seem like an interesting and exciting game that will give you great pleasure. And the fact that great things and discoveries come only from people who are passionate about their work has been known for a long time.

Let's look at 6 universal ways to set goals and achieve success in everything, shared by outstanding personalities of the world.

Morale and positive thoughts

Many people mistakenly believe that life is a kind of lottery, the winnings of which go to the luckiest ones. Remember that you can realize your dream only through incredible efforts, finding the strength to rise up after successive failures. Successful people usually don't think about their natural talents, don't question their direction, they just work hard, believe in themselves and don't care what others think of them.

One of the laws of success is this: people get what they think about most. Thoughts, both good and bad, have an amazing ability to materialize. Human consciousness powerful and can influence life, provoke failures and rewards. Features of thinking and the actions resulting from them largely determine success in a person’s life and his happiness. Get your thoughts in order - and you will soon notice how much this will affect your success.

Finding a calling

As mentioned above, a favorite activity or calling can maximize your abilities, help you achieve your goals and make your life happy. Find that field of activity, that business niche that attracts you, and not your loved ones, acquaintances and friends. At the same time, you must truthfully tell yourself: “I want,” and not be guided by the prestige and profitability of the job. Your true purpose will not only bring you success, money, but will also make you the most happy man. Real dreams come true very easily, it seems as if the whole world is helping you achieve this.

Work and more work

How to achieve success in life? Pure and sincere prayer, trust in God, combined with hard work can bring you significantly closer to your goal. And it doesn’t matter how fast you move, the main thing is not to stop halfway. Fall and rise again, climb, feel your way and move forward. Only in this case will you reach your destination, be able to write your own life script, take the place of the winner and become an example for others.

Constant self-improvement

Read useful books, expand your horizons, gain knowledge, even if you are already close to achieving your goal. This is the surest way To How to achieve success in life. A person cannot know everything; he needs to constantly replenish his knowledge base. The more knowledge you have, the easier it will be for you to navigate your way. Pay attention even to small details, don’t get hung up on large-scale projects, learn from other people’s experiences and share your knowledge.

Get rid of doubts and complexes!

Excellent remedies for complexes are radical travel, regular communication with people, and playing sports. Change yourself - and soon people and circumstances will change their attitude towards you. Accept your essence as it is and love yourself. To build self-confidence, make a list of your victories and achievements, record your successes. Do not voice your shortcomings to others and do not complain under any circumstances. Fill your mind with positive thoughts, an optimistic attitude and undying faith in success. Optimists always attract luck to themselves, they are always on horseback. Why are you worse than them?

How can there be no failures and falls?

How to achieve success in life without experiencing the bitterness of failures and falls? Movement towards success is unthinkable without failures and defeats. There is simply no such thing as a smooth road. It is important when entering the territory not to give up, not to give up what you have started, but to try to get back on your feet, to look for the right course again and again, until the roiling sea of ​​life submits to your perseverance and determination. And remember that it is impossible to achieve everything at once; achieving any goal requires time, patience and perseverance.

Very often, representatives of the fair sex wonder how a girl can achieve success in life? There is no male or female formula for success; the methods are the same for everyone. The times of patriarchy and the predominance of the stronger sex in business have sunk into oblivion. Today the opportunity to achieve something in life is open to everyone. Women have long proven their strength, demonstrated brilliant abilities and paved the way to success on an equal basis with men.

Success is real for everyone who is ready to fight for it to the end. And everything else is just excuses for the lazy.

The first three hours after waking up are the easiest time to concentrate. The hardest thing in the morning is to force yourself to get up early and endure five minutes of discomfort. The trick is to get out from under the covers immediately after the alarm and do something. Take a shower or just go to another room. It is important to change the environment so as not to give in to the temptation to lie down again. Otherwise you will feel guilty all day.

Those five minutes of discomfort will determine whether your day is successful or mediocre. If your first decision in the morning is to take a nap, what will the rest be? And if you continue like this day after day, what will your life be like?

2. Start the day with a priority task.

It's not enough to just get up early. You need to immediately get down to business that is important to you. Author Stephen Covey explained this concept in his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Imagine that you need to put stones in a bucket. If you put small pebbles in first, the larger ones simply won’t fit. But if you do the opposite and place the large stones first, the small ones will easily fill the empty spaces. It's the same with business.

Deal with the main tasks first, and fill the rest of the day with small tasks.

3. Overcome resistance and do what you've been avoiding.

Most likely, you have some important matter in your life that you are avoiding. For example, write a thesis, draw up a business plan, or learn foreign language. It is very easy to occupy time with urgent matters and hobbies. But the thought that you are putting off something necessary to achieve your goal will constantly haunt you.

Force yourself to work on what you are avoiding for at least a couple of hours. You will definitely feel a surge of energy. You will believe in yourself. Your motivation will increase. You will want to do more in other areas of life.

4. Use different learning styles

Everyone has their own dominant style. We believe that we can only develop within its framework. And we consider styles that are unusual for us to be inaccessible: they are simply beyond our ability.

For example, you like and are good at mathematics. You are an analytical thinker and view problems and failures as opportunities to learn. You are confident that you can become even better at mathematics. But you don’t like writing. You think that this is not yours and you will never succeed. It's just not built into you.

This is wrong. Everyone has different learning styles. By doing something that you find difficult, you activate areas of the brain that were not used before. You are moving towards goals that were outside your comfort zone.

You gain confidence by seeing yourself succeed at something difficult.

5. Be clear about the reasons for your goals.

Think about what you want. Then ask yourself why this is so important to you. Don't overthink it. Answer the first thing that comes to mind.

For example, if you want to work from home, the chain of questions would be something like this. Why is it important for me to work from home? I need . Why is flexible scheduling important to me? This way I feel less stress and pressure. Why is it important for me to experience less stress and pressure? I work better and feel happier when I am in control of my life.

Do this exercise for each of your goals. Try to ask seven questions per target.

By being honest with yourself, you can discover key events that have shaped your personality.

Often we only see our superficial motivation. As a result, our actions do not come from our real desire. Understand your deepest motivation. And then remind yourself of it every day.

6. Try to give more than take

There are people who take but give nothing in return. They get into relationships just to get something from the other person. Any communication for them is a transaction.

If they give something, it is only up to a certain point. We haven't received what we need from you yet. They do not value what other people give them and are only grateful if they get what they want. If not, they break all ties with you.

7. Maintain relationships only with those who give a lot

When both people give a lot, they change and learn new things from each other. Therefore, it is not enough just to be the one who gives. You need to give to those who give in return. You can build successful long-term relationships with such people. They sincerely help and don't ask for anything for it. They are truly happy for you when you succeed. They support and do not give up in difficult times.

8. Believe that you deserve better.

Your life reflects your idea of ​​what you deserve. When you strive to give more to people, this vision expands. It grows with the desire to help others. In psychology this is called expectancy theory. It is based on the following:

• How much you want something.
• How much do you believe you can do it or get it.
• How much do you believe that your actions will help achieve your desired goal.

As you develop your skills and confidence, your expectations rise. The future becomes predictable.

9. First decide what you want from life, and then figure out how to get it.

Usually salary dictates lifestyle. If you get a lot, you spend a lot. But it's wiser to first decide what you want. And then think about how to achieve this.

There's nothing wrong with wanting more. The problem comes when you become . Money is a tool. The more you earn, the more useful you can do.

Don't make your dreams fit your lifestyle. Adjust your lifestyle to your dreams.

10. Always give more than you promise

To create a sustainable business, give customers more than they expect to get for their money. Focus on benefits, not price.

When you are in the habit of giving, you get the satisfaction of a job well done. You appreciate that people come to you for a product or service.

If you want to increase client base, give a lot for free. But these free services must provide value to customers. Then they will come to you for something more.

11. Change your behavior to change yourself.

Our behavior changes our personality. We are used to thinking the other way around. It seems to us that thinking determines everything. This is wrong. Self-perception is the result of our decisions and environment. This means that you can change yourself by changing your behavior and environment.

If you want more creativity in your life, create more often. If you want to be a morning person, start getting up earlier. Overcome resistance and take action.

12. Become the best at what you do

Know your niche and your audience. Define your ideal customer not by demographics, but by what problems they have.

• What difficulties does he face?
• How can you help?
• How will you change a client's life for the better?
• What is your service better service competitors?

To do this, develop a philosophy and services that solve your potential customers' problems.

13. Develop communication skills

Learn to speak simply, clearly and concisely. This will increase your chances of success. Few companies clearly explain why they do what they do. What is your goal? 

Why does your company exist? Why should anyone care?

There are two ways to influence. You can manipulate people or inspire them. We are also drawn to organizations that can explain what they believe in and why they do what they do. The feeling that we are part of something bigger inspires us. This is the kind of company we want to do business with.

14. Study in front of everyone

Learn from your own experience, from your mistakes and failures. Don't be afraid to do it in front of everyone. Surround yourself with people who will support you. Find someone who can give you advice. When you follow advice and achieve good results, people want to help you even more. After all, your successes reflect their efforts.

Don't be afraid to look stupid. Your courage will pay off. Not only will you learn faster, but you will also earn respect.

15. In the evening, mentally prepare for the next day.

A successful morning begins in the evening. Take a few minutes to decide what you will do in the morning. You don't have to make a long to-do list. It is enough to know what you will do first.

Set yourself up to achieve your goals. Then, after awakening, you will already be aimed at success. All that remains is to get out of bed. Resist the temptation to lie down a little longer. You don't need to make a decision to get up or not to get up, you've already made it the night before.

Being a successful person is not just a desire for most people; for many it is the main goal in life. But not everyone manages to actually realize all their plans against the backdrop of incorrect priorities and a lack of understanding of what success really means. Success is not measured in money material benefits and circumstances, respectively, the question of how to achieve success in life may imply different answers.

Psychologists note that success in life lies more in a person’s inner freedom, a sense of integrity and completeness, drive in the soul and heart, the opportunity to learn something new, to do what a person loves. Moreover, the material component does not in any way affect the feeling of happiness and success if a person is truly free. Psychologists and the powers that be are ready to talk about how to achieve success in life.

First of all, when reevaluating your life and changing it in better side a person needs to analyze what kind of people achieve success in life, as well as what the concept of success in general is. The main conditions for achieving success are the presence of energy, great desire and goals. The rest can be achieved if you follow the recommendations and advice of experts.

Setting goals

The main indicators of a person’s success are internal drive and a sense of complete independence. The first step in this difficult and lengthy process will be setting goals, that is, planning, first of all with your time. At this stage, a person needs to decide what brings him joy and a feeling of satisfaction, after which he will make a plan to achieve certain goals.

Planning a path to achieving success will allow you to use your time effectively, for this you can make a plan for the next day every evening, and also at the end of the week plan new goals for the next 7 days. Only with this routine can you solve any small tasks that make up the main global goal. By properly planning your future, you can determine your priorities in the long term.

Expert opinion

Victor Brenz

Psychologist and self-development expert

At the planning stage, you definitely need to set your priorities in life, choosing what can bring a person a feeling of joy and independence. This could be career and financial growth, a healthy lifestyle, playing sports, mastering new skills and knowledge, changing jobs and much more.

We are looking for solutions

When choosing goals, you must compare them with your energy resource so that daily tasks do not become something impossible from the point of view of physical or intellectual abilities. To do this, it is important to eliminate false and imaginary goals, other people’s expectations from a person, or stereotypes imposed by society. The next stage in achieving success is finding ways to solve the problems. An important component of success is self confidence!

If a person has set himself the goal of doubling his income from work within a month, he needs to find ways to implement this plan - part-time work, increasing his productivity, increasing his work potential, giving up unnecessary things that take up his time. free time. If we are talking about changing the image, you can plan a budget by allocating a certain amount for the purchase healthy products and a gym membership.

Achieving success

If you look at the advice of great people who managed to rise from scratch to great heights in achieving their goals, you can understand one simple rule - you can achieve success by starting from your true deepest desires. Many psychologists offer 5 simple rules that will help you achieve success, namely:

1. A person must clearly formulate what exactly can bring pleasure and a feeling of joy to life. These should not be priorities imposed by parents, society, bosses at work or friends, only true desires.
2. At the planning stage, it is important to analyze your life and priorities, weeding out everything imaginary and unreal that only imitates the feeling of freedom, drive and happiness.
3. Next, a person must sensibly weigh all formulated desires and goals with his physical, intellectual and financial capabilities.
4. At the stage of planning and searching for ways to solve assigned problems, a person must set small and global goals in such an order that one solved problem moves the person closer to the main large-scale task.
5. Next, each goal must be realized step by step, while not forgetting to enjoy the taste of desire and receiving it.

As soon as all the established tasks and major goals are implemented according to a clear plan, you need to reward yourself for achieving the first goals, this could be rest or entertainment. Then, following the same routine, you can gradually set new goals, further improving yourself. The advice of psychologists boils down to the fact that in no case should you focus on just one goal, setting new boundaries and possibilities for yourself.

Only positive thoughts and composure

Another important condition How to achieve success in life is self-hypnosis, since only a positive attitude, faith in yourself and your strengths will be an excellent impetus for action. Psychologists note that self-hypnosis is the only key to your subconscious. Every thought in a person’s head is the key to a psycho-emotional background, so it is important to get rid of any negative emotions, fears, anxiety, lack of self-confidence and doubt.

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A person must remember that he himself determines what he will think about at a certain moment; accordingly, he has all the levers to control his thinking. Before implementing your tasks and goals, it is important to think about yourself only from the best side, believing in your uniqueness, abilities, talents and capabilities. By learning to focus only on your best sides, you can gradually change your attitude towards yourself. And having loved yourself, the person’s surroundings will begin to change.

For reference! Visualization techniques are a great way to change your thinking for the better. To do this, you periodically need to draw pictures in your imagination of how a person in the present time achieves all important goals and objectives. You can create a vision board, depicting yourself as what a person wants to become as a result of working on himself.

Don't be afraid of troubles

The advice of a psychologist will be an indispensable help in cases where a person encounters troubles and failures on the way to achieving goals. No one is immune from crises, wrong decisions and difficulties, many great and successful individuals We went through difficult times and periods in life. For example, the inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison said that genius requires only 1% inspiration, but 99% perspiration.

Any failure must be treated with special enthusiasm, perceiving it not as a fact of incorrect actions, but rather as a source of experience and knowledge, an impetus for a new path to achieve the goals. Any obstacles must be mentally and practically transformed into opportunities, since there are no difficulties in life from which there is no way out.

Films about success

An excellent source of inspiration can be films or a book about how you can achieve any, even seemingly unrealistic, goals and objectives. In the top list of the best films about successful people and their ups and downs included the following tapes:

• Areas of darkness- a film about how an ordinary guy in as soon as possible was able to earn a lot of money;
• Vicious passion– the film shows how you can make money out of thin air and act in case of failure;
• Social network- a famous film about a student who created a large social network Facebook;
• The wolf of Wall Street– a story about how ambition turns into success;
• The Devil Wears Prada– the feed shows all the difficulties of working with successful people;
• "Steve Jobs": One last thing - an interview documentary about the life of a successful person;
• Burlesque- a story about career growth provincial girl singer;
• They smoke here– a story about a person’s unloved job and motivation;
• Scam of the century– a revealing story about self-confidence and ambition that led a simple guy to success;
• Risk limit – interesting story about the work of top managers during a period of deep crisis.

Psychologists advise watching such films or reading books from successful people at moments when you give up or lack motivation.

If you look at clear examples of how simple people achieved colossal heights in life and career, you can see that most great personalities did not conform to society’s stereotypes and imposed standards. Therefore, in books and manuals, they provided personal observations and recommendations on how one can achieve heights on the path of self-realization.

Advice from great people is as follows:

• You shouldn’t be afraid of failures, you need to be prepared for them;
• you need to do only what brings joy and pleasure;
• It is important to think globally, evenly, as well as to dream;
• you should never sit idle, using every minute of free time for good;
• there is no need to be afraid to be a pioneer, offering new ideas and creative developments;
• Before you act, you need to learn to believe in yourself;
• the fight against laziness and the mindset of hard work is the path to success;
• there is no need to be afraid to take risks;
• it is important to be patient and not rush to heights;
• Every successful person must develop leadership qualities.

If you analyze all the advice, you can come to the conclusion that nothing extraordinary or impossible is required in them. But if you break at least one rule and advice, you can postpone victory in your plans for a long time.

Conclusion

The main task of every person is to achieve their own success, but for everyone the concept of success can lie in different things. Someone to strive for financial independence For some, the struggle for a healthy body and spirit is important, while others are looking for drive, energy and freedom in life. In any case, in order to achieve personal success, it is important to set priorities, plan your future, achieving all goals according to your scenario.