{"id":258,"date":"2020-01-08T06:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T06:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robdix.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2020-04-21T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:27:25","slug":"success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robdix.com\/success\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be successful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Standard goal-setting advice is to come up with a definition of achieving your goal that’s specific and measurable, then work backwards to make a plan for how you’ll get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In most cases, this is great advice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for one of the most important subjects there is \u2013 the success of your own life \u2013 I believe you should do the opposite. Some degree of vagueness and a lack<\/em> of a plan will actually increase your chances of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on to find out how \u2013 and to learn why Richard Branson might be one of the biggest failures in the history of the world…<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his book “Sell It Like Serhant”, New York real estate broker Ryan Serhant writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve wanted to be successful since I was about four years old. Did I have any clue about how I was going to make that happen? None whatsoever…It turns out that choosing success first \u2013 and letting the career follow \u2013 was one of the best things I could have done for myself. It forced me to be open about how that success would come.<\/p>Ryan Serhant<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n At first, this sounds crazy. How can you just choose<\/em> to be successful? It sounds way too vague. Isn’t that the very opposite of a SMART goal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually though, as a first step I think it makes a lot of sense: a lot more sense than deciding you’re going to be an award-winning actor, or a high-flying lawyer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s why, and which steps I’d follow it up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s it: decide that success is something you’re going to pursue and achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though it’s easy to sneer at for being too vague, it still accomplishes two important things:<\/p>\n\n\n\nA 4-step plan for success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1: Decide to be successful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2: Define what success means to you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n