Successful people use what they desire as motivation

　　How to Make Success a HabitWant to make success a habit in your life? If you’ve got determination, it may be simpler than what you think. All you need is a slight change in your thinking patte. Changing your thoughts will change your beliefs, your expectations, your attitude, and consequently, your behavior. A change in behavior will eventually lead you to a change in performance. And when you perform at your peak, you succeed. It doesn’t matter where you are in life, or what you do for a living, if you just modify the way you look at things, the way you think about things, you can achieve success. The following steps can help you develop the habit of success: 1. Develop Real Desire. What is really important for you? What do you really want in life?

Truly, if you had everything you ever wanted right now, how would that picture look? For some, it may be a brand new home, for others a brand new Porsche. Maybe you want more time with your family, work from home full time or a fancy vacation every few months. Whatever it is, you need to develop true desire for the things you want. This desire has to come not only from your mind, but from your heart, andit should be your driving force. Like a compass on a ship, your desire will guide you through rough waters until you get to your destination. 2. Get Rid of Ambivalence and Be Realistic. Ambivalence about what you want will undermine your success. Make up your mind, and be realistic about your desires. You may want to become the best olympic diver, and that is fine if you’re 16 and have been diving cargo elevator for warehouse since you were 2, but… how realistic is that if you are over 30 and have never taken a class in diving? Plan realistically when you think about your desire.

3. Use Your Desire to Get Motivated. Successful people use what they desire as motivation. If you want a brand new home, get a picture of the house you’d like to own. Frame it and hang it over your desk and look at it every time things get though. It will help you see things from a different perspective, and will keep you motivated to move on. 4. Spell Out Your Specific Goals. Decide how you’re going to get the specific things that you want. This should help you determine what you need to do to get closer to the fulfillment of your desire. Let’s say that for you to achieve the home of your dreams, you need to save $25K for a downpayment. If you are like me, you won’t get to save that by working for somebody else. So how can you achieve that? By working on an independent venture, either to supplement your income or to replace it altogether.