The Genesis of Success - How Success is Achieved

You can read hundreds of success stories and the scenarios are always the same. The names change, the details are all different but the road that leads to success is always the same. There is only one and there are no shortcuts.

It all starts with having a very clear and definite outcome. Sylvester Stallone knew his outcome. He wanted to be a movie star. Donald Trump knew his outcome. He wanted the number one real estate developer. Arnold Schwarzenegger knew his outcome, he wanted to be the number one bodybuilder then become a movie star.

These are only three examples but we could cite thousands of success stories and they all start with a definite purpose - a clear outcome. We cannot achieve a goal that we don't have or reach a destination that is not known.

The path to success begins with a clear and precise objective, a definite goal, a very specific outcome. This point could never be stressed enough. People dream of success, they dream of achieving great deeds yet, they don't even have a clue as to what it is that they want to do.
Once the outcome is clearly defined, a plan or a strategy has to be established. As Sun Tsu writes in The Art of War, "Every battle is won or lost before it is ever fought." The same rule applies to goals and objectives seeking.

The game is won in the strategy room where the plans are made. The plan is the map that will lead to the objective. It is one of the most important tools in goal achieving yet it is also the most neglected.

People will spend more time planning a two weeks vacation than they will on planning an entire life. The we'll-see-as-we-go attitude is not good enough. No head of corporation, army general of head of state would ever dream of wigging it by ear and neither should we. A well thought off plan is absolutely necessary.

Once we have defined the objective and mapped out a plan, the crucial part comes in and that is massive action. This is truly the decisive part. This is where success or failure is spelled out. This is what separates the winners from the could-have-been.

Massive action implies exactly what the term says. People who have attained huge success are known to work long hours. They are dedicated, involved, passionate, focused, committed and determined.

There is a price to pay for achievement. That's a lesson that has not caught on. Instead of taking massive action, most people are looking for the secret formula that will perform miracles. Read the biography of every single successful person and that secret formula is nowhere to be found. It cannot be found for the simple reason that it does not exists.

The story of success is the story of hard work. No matter how talented or how charismatic a person is success requires work. So much work in fact that unless that work becomes a passionate game, chances are very slim that anyone could overcome the challenge.

The way to succeed is not all that complicated and it is certainly no secret. It requires a definite objective, a workable plan and a lot of hard work. That's how it's been done since the dawn of time and it does not look as if it's about to change.

Dr. Raymond Comeau aka Shamou is the Author of ShamouBlog and Owner Administrator of Personal Development for Personal Success Forums

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