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Here, you will learn how to prioritize the items on your success list. If you reach a point where you are almost finished with one goal, there may be circumstances that would require you to put a huge purchase, for example, at the back of your to-do-list. This is fine. The point is that you need to be flexible enough and learn how to push an item at the forefront or at the back of your list, whichever is applicable at the time.
Separate all of the things in each individual one of your lists according to their viability. If one of your goals is to be able to eat lunch in a restaurant every day instead of taking a brown bag lunch from home; that is a relatively small goal, and while it may actually be more beneficial and expedient not to spend the extra money when it is not necessary, this is still a relatively small goal and could be put close to the front of the list.
Remember, success is not any one defining moment or achievement but a constantly changing path of goals and dreams which have been turned into reality through hard work and dedication to the cause of success. Only be reaching small goals can larger goals be readily attained.
If one of the items on your list is that Bentley that you have always dreamed about, do not be so quick to dismiss it. The Rolls Royce just is not what it used to be and the Bentley may in fact be a much better choice. However, unless you already have an incredible amount of discretionary disposable income, that is not likely going to be something that you purchase in the next few months.
Even if you do come in to a large amount of money, there will probably be some more practical investments which must be made first if you wish to continue being successful. Put items like the Bentley, or even the Rolls Royce if you insist on having one, somewhere towards the back of the list as a much larger and later success for yourself.
It is not so much a matter of something that may or may not happen as it is a reminder of each and every goal that you have set and established for yourself. Do not worry about how feasible it may be in the long run, but in regards to your short term goals. The easier the goal is to attain, the closer to the front of your list it should be placed.
Separate each category of goals even further apart now into timelines and possible dates for reaching each goal individually. If you have already spent all of your money and you know that you will be getting a paycheck on Friday, do not set your next paycheck as a daily goal for Wednesday. While this may seem self-obvious in this instance, that is not always the case.
Perhaps and actually, in all likelihood, most of your goals will not be so painfully obvious, either in definition or in date. When this is the case, it may be important to break down the larger goal into a series of smaller goals. This will frequently give you a better idea of the overall picture and what it will actually take on your part for you to be able to succeed.
Many individual successes will not present themselves as goals or possible successes at all. Perhaps it is something more intrinsic, such as buying only enough food at the grocery store to get you through the week without having to spend time going back. The initial and primary goal involves only going to the store, but when you look at the overall picture, that has just created another series of goals which you must also be able to attain in order to make the primary goal a success.
Once again, this is an oversimplification but it brings up yet another valid point. Remember that success is the accession of goals which are successfully reached and lead to bigger and better goals now being within your grasp due to the series of successes that you have already had. “Yeah, but what does that have to do with grocery shopping?”
Well, the primary goal is to save money by buying only what is necessary for the week. So when you go to the store and you purchase everything that is on your list in order to give you a week’s worth of groceries you have successfully completed that goal correct? But with a little further insight, it is now possible to look beyond that and see that this is only the first step in the primary goal.
While in theory and appearance it may seem as if the goal has already been accomplished, nothing could be further from the truth. The fact of the matter is that you still have money left and you still have the entire week ahead of you. So what does that mean to you and to your goal? It means a lot when you look at it objectively and closely.
While the groceries have all been purchased, which in itself is still a success, no matter how minor or even trivial it may seem, the rest of the week is still there to be trudged through without any mishaps providing further setbacks for your ultimate goal. There are a lot of variables in most of our goals and this is only one example.
Now you have everything that you will need to sustain you throughout the course of the week. Your new goals now involve the daily task of making certain that you do not eat more than you had planned. This may involve self-control or even a small amount of sacrifice if you are overly hungry one day.
While this is not the ultimate example, it should show you how successes are never certain even after they are reached. Maintaining your success depends on being able to factor everything together and keeping in line both with your stated goals and even the goals you have already reached.
The initial goal seemed like a primary goal at first glance. Upon closer inspection, it was seen that there were numerous new goals in effect due to the accomplishment of the “final” objective. Constant vigilance in even the most minor of details is only one of many factors that will separate the truly successful people from everybody else.
