Different goals often have similar success factors. To achieve success at work and, say, in sports, you need the same thing - willpower. But everything else cannot be ignored, so at the beginning of the project, analyze the elements of success and build your own wheel of success. How it's done? Easy peasy.
Write down 5-7 components of success. Let's take cycling as an example. To win, you need the following: equipment, route, physical preparation, psychological preparation, team, money, PR and so on.
Draw a wheel, write down each component and rate it on a scale from 0 to 4, where 0 is terrible and 4 is excellent. Ready. You now have your own wheel of success that clearly shows your strengths and weaknesses.
Your task is to make sure that in all points you have a score of 4 - excellent. In this case, the guarantee of success will be equal to 99%. And in any endeavor.
2. Use an If-Then Plan
The “If, then” plan is very effective in practice. And it's easy to create. You need a plan that takes into account the components of success (we already did this above), obstacles and ways to overcome them. By making a plan, you will create a space for yourself where there are no problems, but only solutions.
This is done simply: in one column with the name "If" you enter the risk, and in the other - "Then ..." - the solution. “If I run out of money, then I will take a loan from the bank”, “If I get tired, then I will take a vacation for three days”, “If my bike breaks during the race, then I will call the support team to bring me a spare”. Just having such a plan creates a positive attitude. Not to mention that you will protect yourself from risks.
When you know what to do in a difficult situation even before the start, this will ensure continuous movement forward. And do not forget that even the most ideal plan needs to be changed, because everything depends on the circumstances. Flexibility is everything.
3. Avoid obstacles
How often do we hear: “Overcome obstacles! Don't give up and keep moving forward." In fact, this is not always necessary. It happens that some barriers are too difficult to take. They just don't suit you. But this is no reason to despair.
The most reasonable solution is to find an alternative. No wonder the saying says that the smart one will not go uphill, the smart one will bypass the mountain. Don't forget about her.
Here is an example from sports. Sometimes bike races last several days. This requires serious preparation, and, which may seem unexpected, competent navigation. This is an important success factor. After all, if you get lost at a distance of 200 kilometers, it will not matter how fast you pedal, because you are not going there at all.
What could be the solution here? Do not spend weeks studying navigation systems, but ask advice from a person who is well versed in this, or buy a navigator. That's all. The issue is resolved, time is saved, and you are halfway to success. You don't always have to go for a boarding. It is worth thinking about a quiet assault.
4. Work Hard
We are blinded by stories of how people who have been plagued by failure all their lives suddenly become rich and lucky. Today you're a cleaner, tomorrow you're a movie star. In fact, behind 95% of these stories is a lot of work. Happiness rarely falls from the sky, it must be earned.
There is a directly proportional relationship between effort and reward: the harder you work towards your goal, the more you will achieve. So don't let it stop you from taking the first step and meeting the challenges. Yes, you will have to sweat. But isn't the dream worth it?
5. Don't Forget the Law of Diminishing Returns
Decided on the impossible? Excellent. Then you must know what barriers you will encounter along the way. One of them, which is often unsettling (if you've ever been on a diet, remember how easy it is at first and hard afterwards) is the law of diminishing returns. The point is simple: the further you advance, the harder it is for you to get better.
If suddenly it becomes harder for you than before, then you are on the right track and much closer to the goal than before. Just don't give up.
6. Measure progress
From time to time, take your wheel of success and apply a new graph to it, reflecting the assessments in all respects: something got worse, something better. Monitor regularly. You will clearly see where progress has been made and changes have occurred compared to what was at the very beginning. You will also see areas without progress and take action in time.
7. Don't give up at the top
There is such a thing as a mountain road to success. Imagine that your goal is a high mountain. To climb to the top, you first walk across the plain (which is not so hard) and see the mountain approaching.
When you come to the foot, it will not be so easy to continue the path - you will need maximum effort. The route will get more and more complicated. As you get closer to the mountain, you will try harder, and the top will seem to move away. Don't worry, it's quite normal.
In this situation, you need to remain calm. When you approached the mountain along a lowland and it seemed that it was within easy reach, you did not take into account the serpentine road. At the foot, the peak seems very close, but in fact, you still have to spend a lot of effort to conquer it. After all, your speed has become less, and the wind is stronger.
So it is with goals in life. Many underestimate the size of the final steps and lose. Be aware of sharp turns and uphills. Then you will not be tempted to abandon the goal at a difficult moment.
Albert Einstein went down in history not only as a brilliant theoretical physicist, but also as the author of many witty statements. For example, he believed that the impossible can be achieved only by those who accept attempts ... what? (Word of 9 letters)
Scientist Albert Einstein gained fame thanks to his scientific work, which allowed him to become one of the founders of theoretical physics. One of his most famous works is the general and special theory of relativity. This scientist and thinker has more than 600 works on a variety of topics. Nobel Prize. In 1921 Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He received the prize for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Only those who make absurd attempts can achieve the impossible.
To win, you must first play.
Anyone who wants to see the results of his work immediately should become a shoemaker.
The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to the former.
A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works ... and no one knows why!
He who has found himself loses dependence on other people's opinions.
It's just crazy to do the same thing and expect different results.
If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
We are all geniuses. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is a fool.
Michael Bloomberg is on the 8th place in the list of the richest people in the world according to Forbes magazine. His fortune is estimated at $40 billion. In 2013, he left the post of mayor of New York, and in 2015 he returned to business as CEO of Bloomberg LP, a financial information agency he founded.
Our Library has a brief overview of the book. In it, he describes his biography and philosophy of success. Here are 10 tips that Michael Bloomberg gives in his book to those who want to achieve career success:
- I sincerely feel sorry for those people who do not like what they do for a living. They suffer at work, becoming miserable, not to mention becoming successful.
- To succeed, you need to develop steadily, and not count on a lucky lottery ticket. You should tirelessly develop your abilities and learn to think through actions a few steps ahead, adjusting plans from time to time.
- The employee's potential is fully revealed when exhausting work is minimized, and his creative abilities are maximized.
- Someone once said, "Be good to those you meet on your way up, because on your way back you will meet them again." I think this also applies to co-workers: I often had to go up and down, and my experience tells me that different people meet in this inevitable life cycle.
- A person should do what he is competent in, and not what he got into his head, because he is in charge here.
- There are many different patterns in business. And one of them is this: if you check the readiness of your weapons every day, aimed at an unsuspecting victim, expect an attack on yourself. And you can try as much as you want to stop this arms race by diplomatic means, but the fact remains that your business will only be safe when you have strong protection.
- The only way to provide the very best customer service is to provide the same standards to the employees themselves.
- Never let clients leave you for another company - they can be offered the same thing there, and then they will never return to you. Make sales today. And think about how you can make them more efficient tomorrow.
- The winner is the one who can see the need and quickly respond to it!
Michael Bloomberg is also one of the most generous US philanthropists. He has donated more than $3.8 billion to charitable causes. Read a book review in our Library
1. Ignore what is not important to you.
Learning to ignore something is a fantastic thing. It brings a lot more benefits than we might think. Distributing attention to many objects at once only weakens us. Ignoring what is unimportant frees up energy and helps us stay focused and productive.
2. Try to understand what bothers you
And avoid it. Things and actions tend to get annoying. But, just like any other state of ours, it can be understood and ways to get rid of it can be determined. Once we understand this, we can easily do it. It takes time but is really worth it.
3. Laugh more often
Watch comedies, read comics. Throw this awful seriousness away. Laughter is a mechanism for preventing and relieving stress.
4. Keep a journal of your breakthroughs
Do you remember when you achieved something worthwhile in your life? We tend to forget the simple habit of writing down our feelings every time we have a big breakthrough. Keep a journal of your progress and draw inspiration from it.
5. Exercise physically
This is the easiest way to motivate yourself. Just get out of the office or home, do some exercise or a short jog. This immediately puts our body in order. Every time we do some exercise, we get the endorphins we need. And endorphins are good, useful and necessary.
6. Create the right environment for you
We cannot motivate ourselves to action if we work in an environment that does not suit us. Change it, add it, improve it. It doesn't matter if we work in the office or at home. Whatever the space around us, it is important to make it “ours” in any way, this reduces the adaptation time and we can devote more time to the necessary things.
7. Read other people's success stories
Get inspired, admire them. Reading specific and real success stories makes our own success more accessible and will fuel our efforts to achieve it. And, of course, teaches us to be successful.
8. Switch between tasks
We get tired of working on one project for a long time. Work fatigue kills motivation. Try doing a few small projects when you feel like you're on edge. This will teach you to solve problems faster.
9. Measure progress
If we work constantly, we usually make some progress. Sometimes it can feel like you haven't progressed a bit, but that's because you're missing all those little daily milestones. Looking back with satisfaction at what you have created will certainly boost your energy.
10. Talk about your projects
With friends or family. Let people know that you are doing something good. This often lets us know that we are doing something really good and enjoying it. It also creates a certain level of responsibility that will most likely push us forward.
11. Avoid Energy Vampires
Skeptics, pessimists - they all steal energy from us. Do not fall into the power of such a game, at all costs avoid these energy drains, even if it means that you will isolate yourself more often. It is better to do the work in seclusion than to try to confront the surrounding vampires.
12. Create clear goals
More precisely, write them down, because they are already clearly defined in your mind. Put them where you can always find them and keep going after them. Our consciousness works better when it already knows what needs to be done, and does not waste time realizing it.
13. Practice satisfaction. When you have completed a task, reward yourself.
14. Accept defeat
Failure, like success, is just the result of our actions and nothing more. One of the biggest enemies of motivation is the fear of failure. Accept defeat. They are unpleasant, but this does not mean that we should stop doing what we are doing. Work on yourself and hope for the best. Fight.
15. Use Reminders
Use them as a record of your aspirations, goals, current status. Reminders are a very powerful and underestimated tool. People find it uncomfortable to write messages to themselves and read them out loud. We already do it all the time, unconsciously, so why not do it consciously? Start the morning with a phrase addressed to you
16. Say "No"
Say no to entertainment, distractions, depression. The word "No" is liberating. Too frequent occurrence of a large amount of obligations makes our life a continuous series of constant dreary actions. Limit your promises, and only take on what you really want to finish and what matters most to you.
17. Look for positive people
Sadness, whining, and complaining don't mix well with motivation. On the contrary, positive, optimistic, energetic people will always shift your mood changes in the right direction ...
