Finding Your Path to Success

Everyone in the world has been successful at something in their life whether it has been sports, video games, guitar, etc… As people move on in life, they have dreams of success in other things. In my life that has always been success in business. There are plenty of books out there recommending paths to success but I recommend using prior experience. Think back in your life about one thing you were successful at. For example, I was an exceptional wrestler in high school but what steps did I take to become an exceptional wrestler. The most important was the time and effort I put into the sport. There were many small steps in between that took a lot of time and effort and what separated me from the rest is that I took those steps.

The previous example does not apply for everyone but think of someone that is spectacular at Halo (not sure if that is still a relevant game but you get the point). What do they do that makes them better than everyone else? They play Halo for hours at a time against any person they can get to play. When they aren’t playing Halo they discuss it with other people who play. This is what makes them successful.

 If you’re looking for success, take a step back and think of your last success. Get a piece of paper and begin to write down each step you took toward achieving that success. Now, place another piece of paper beside it. Look at each step and think of how that would translate into a step toward your new goal. Here is an example of mine:

Wrestling

·         Offseason Training

o   Personal Workouts

§  Cardio

§  Weightlifting

o   Camps

§  Drills

§  Learning new technique

§  Competition

o   Other team sports

§  Training

§  Competition

·         In-Season

o   Practice hard

o   Drills

o   Mentorship

o   Competition

REPEAT THE PROCESS

Business

·         Training

o   Personal

§  Reading

§  Social Networking

o   Events

§  Practice networking

§  Learn new things

§  Learn from experiences

o   Joining Groups

§  Network constantly

§  Learn from experiences

·         Deal Making

o   Do research, know everything

o   Prepare/practice repeatedly

o   Get mentor/ listen to mentor

o   Learn from experiences

REPEAT THE PROCESS