11 Steps to Achieving Your Dreams and/or Desired Lifestyle

Courtesy of Mike Ward, Success University
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Success University teaches Success Principles that have been proven to work over
thousands of years!

Now the key is to learn from them and then take action. I can tell you that all
the leaders in Success University have followed these principles and without a
doubt is the reason they are successful!

I'm going to share with you my 11 Steps to Achieving your Dreams and/or desired
Lifestyle that I have pulled from all the Success Principles I have learned over
my 9 years of doing Network Marketing and Home based Business.

Step-1
Find an Accountability Partner or Mentor to help you through the obstacles and
challenges that will block you on your Path to Success. Make a commitment to
help each other and communicate openly throughout the entire process.

Step-2
This is the part where you have to be coachable and trainable.
I'm going to ask you to do a 2 minute exercise. After you read this paragraph
close your eyes for 2 minutes (set an alarm if needed) and practice what I have
written below:
You must block your negative thoughts and remove the negative people around you.
Now Center yourself, and think of only positive things in your life. Surround
yourself around all these good thoughts and all that you want to give to the
World. Speak out loud your dreams- What do you want your life to transform to?
What type of life style do you want? Ok, now close your eyes!

Ok now that you have visualized your dreams and spoke into existence your new
lifestyle you are ready to create a dream board. Now remember you need to
remain coachable. I have had reps tell me, "I don't want to do this! I just
want to know how to market over the internet" However, I can tell you that you
don't become a great internet marketer with out first going through this
process. You must create a solid foundation first!

Step-3
Take out a piece of poster board and/or get a notebook with a cover that you can
slide pictures into the front and back of it. Now get out some magazines or go
on the internet and print out the dreams and the lifestyle you had imagined when
you had your eyes closed. This dream board will constantly remind you of why your are working hard and making sacrifice to
reach your dreams. It is intended to help you remain positive and stay focused.

Clue: Matt Morris, President of Success University practiced this technique
when he owned no company, was heavily in debt, lived in a 1 bed room apartment
and Success University was only a brief thought he had written in a day planner.
Now look at Matt! Brand new dream house, just recently married, millionaire,
living his dream lifestyle, owner of a multi-million dollar company. Now if
that isn't a clue I don't know what is!!

Step-4
Create small attainable goals toward these dreams and lifestyle.

Take out a piece of paper and create the following sections:

Spiritual
Family
Physical
Financial
Social
Educational

Now begin to create your initial goals that you want to achieve. Below each
goals write specifically why you want to achieve this goal.

Now again, I want you to close your eyes and imagine how you feel as if you have
just hit that goal. Once you have felt this feeling. Then write it down as well.

This will allow you to really internalize the goal and you may find that it
didn't make you feel that much different and that maybe you really don't want
that Goal. If this is the case, then create a new goal or even a whole new
Dream that fits what will truly make you happy and be in line with your true
purpose.

Step-5
Make a weekly schedule and map out all of your present commitments and
obligations. Then with the remaining blocks of time write in that you will be
working on one of your goals. After all blocks of time are filled, then go back
to the categories in step 4 and write down the total amount of time you will be
spending towards each area of your life. This will allow you to see if you are
in the proper life balance you want to be.

Step-6
Create Action Plans to achieve each goal. What exactly will you be doing during
that time you blocked off? For example- If you blocked 2 hours for working SU.
Then what will you be doing?
You could be making a list of people to invite for 45mins then take a 10 min
break then you could be e-mailing and/or calling for another 45-60 mins. and
then taking another 10 minute break
before your next block of time.

Step-7
Measure your efficiency and hold yourself accountable. Did you follow your
plan? Or did you procrastinate? Did some fears arise? If you followed your
plan, great. If not, then work to figure out why not. If you need to talk with
your accountability partner or mentor about why you didn't follow the plan or if
you encountered fears, then do so ASAP! You must breakthrough the fears and
other obstacles holding you back from completing the tasks within your action
plan. If you don't you risk the chance of becoming stagnant. Then record your
daily events and feelings in your Personal Success Journal

Step-8
Plan to Celebrate your Success!! Plan a way to celebrate after you completed a
full action plan. And also create a reward that you will give yourself once you achieve each of your GOALS. Place pictures of these rewards on your
dream board as well. It will further motivate you.

Step-9

Celebrate your Success of achieving each accomplished Goal with your
accountability partner/mentor.

Step-10

Create the next Goal and repeat Steps 3-8 until you have reach your Dream and/or
Lifestyle.

Step- 11
Celebrate for reaching your Dream and/or Lifestyle. Then Repeat Steps 1-10.
Reflect and review the journey you just undertook and pull out the lessons you
learned, the challenges you overcame, and the feelings that were felt. Then
write these down in your journal.