5 Key Success Factors – Getting What You Want

Whether it is business or personal there are certain key success factors that must come into play for you to achieve your goals. Becoming successful is much more a matter of mental preparation then it is luck as some are led to believe.

Let's look at 5 critical components that must come together in order for anyone to become successful at reaching any goals or objectives they have targeted!

Direction

Everything starts with a vision, your vision of what it is you want to accomplish. Be it personal or professional, you need to develop a 'picture' of what you want to achieve and why you want to do so. This now gives you something to focus on and signals the start of the mental preparation needed to reach your objectives!

Desire

This is a 'burning' sensation of reaching your objectives due to the depths of your wants. As mentioned above identifying your reasons is important since the strength of your 'why' will also be the strength of your drive to become successful. Of equal or even greater importance is that these reasons need to be  YOURS and not those of others.

Plan

You know what you want and why you want it, but now you must determine how you are going to get it! Your vision and/or desire will remain nothing more than a dream until you map out a plan of action as to how your vision or desire will be realized! Planning is the most important 'stage' of becoming successfully since its signals your intentions are real and you have the willingness to do what it takes. This is where the 'dream' begins to transition into more of a reality due to the strategic plan you are developing!

Determination

Although your planning is a great indication of your serious intentions, putting it into action helps it to take shape. It is this stage where obstacles may be encountered that will test the strength of your determination and the seriousness of your desires! This is where all your previous mental preparation will come into play insofar as knowing what you want, why you want it and how you are going to get it. Keeping your eye on the ultimate goal and reminding yourself of the benefits to be enjoyed will help strengthen your resolve and keep you moving forward!

Focus

As touched upon briefly above your ability to maintain focus on your ultimate objectives will be the difference between you becoming successful or not. Allowing yourself to become distracted will only make your efforts seem more difficult thus increasing your frustration! When this begins to occur, look out because discouragement is then the next emotion you'll feel which can very well lead to you quitting!

No matter what your goal(s) may be, to reach them there are certain key success factors that will play a pivotal role! Everything begins with your mental preparation since without this your chances of becoming successful dwindle down to almost nothing! Broken down into 5 critical components, each stage leading up to your success are discussed above as is their role in your efforts. As you can see your success actually begins with a vision, your vision, and from there you must methodically plan your actions and then carry out these plans. Remember it is your vision, your goals and only your efforts that can bring about the reality you seek and therefore help you to become successful at whatever it is you have targeted!