How to Achieve Success

Achieving success requires dedication, but you also have to focus your energies in the right areas. Learn the tools to become successful.

TIP: If you are in school, look for role models among your teachers.
Step 1: Recognize that 2 people with very different levels of ability can both find ways to succeed at the same task. Do not give up when you face difficulties.
Step 2: Celebrate your success. Pay attention to how your success was achieved. Now go out and do it again.
FACT: As of 2007, 60 to 70 percent of small businesses succeed in their first 5 years of operation.
Step 3: Seek out role models. Learn from their successes and failures.
Step 4: Realize that success is not just a matter of luck or chance. It is something you have control over.
Step 5: Recognize that achieving success means you must compete against those in your way. This is true whether you are in business or college. However, it means you may sometimes lose.
TIP: Eliminate as many of the obstacles to success as you can.
Step 6: Assess your experience of success. If you need encouragement or praise to feel successful, surround yourself with people who can provide the necessary encouragement.
Step 7: Have realistic expectations about your abilities. Do not set standards for yourself that are too high or low.