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Do you feel there’s something missing in your life? Would you like to be more successful? Do you lie awake at night wondering what the key to success is? You might think that luck has a lot to do with it, along with a healthy bank balance. While these might contribute in some small way, there are plenty of other factors you need to be aware of, the first of which is that you need to have a goal.

Having something to work towards is a great motivator as long as the goals you set are the right ones.

How to Set Achievable Goals

If you haven’t got any goal in your life, you’re going to lack focus and direction. By setting goals, you’re on the right track to taking control of your life’s direction as well as providing a benchmark for determining whether you’re succeeding. Before working out how to reach the goals, you first have to know how to set them.

• Choose Goals that Motivate You– your goals have to be important to you, and there has to be value in achieving them. If this isn’t the case, then you’re not likely to meet them. Think about the priorities in your life and set goals that relate to them. For example, you might want to improve your chances of promotion. In which case you need to improve your qualifications. Enrolling for an affordable online MBA program could be the answer.
• Set SMART Goals– in other words, your goals have to be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
• Write Your Goals Down –by writing them down, you’re making them real and tangible. If they’re written down, you can’t use the excuse that you forgot about them.
• Plan the Steps You Need to Take–having individual steps and being able to cross them off as you complete them helps to keep you focused.
• Review –when it comes to setting goals this tends to be an ongoing activity. Regularly review them because while your long-term goals may stay almost the same, the steps you need to take to reach them may well change.

8 Things You Need if You Want to be Successful

Many different things can play a role in making you happy. Condensing them into a shortlist is therefore very difficult. If you want to achieve success in life and business, here is a list of the eight most important.

1. Know Yourself–if you want a truly happy and fulfilling life you have to know what’s important and be able to develop values. For those of you who run a business, this means not just thinking about all the things you can buy with your riches. Think of business success as a way to help others and solve problems rather than surrounding yourself with possessions so you can feel superior to others.
2. Be Grateful– take the time to step back and appreciate what you’ve got and what’s around you. Don’t take things for granted or forget all the people, places and things that have helped you get to where you are today and in the future. We live in an amazing world,and there are so many things to be grateful for.
3. Understand Finance– if you want to achieve success in business, you’re going to need money. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but you do need to know how finance works and how to make your money work for you. In your personal life, rather than living from paycheck to paycheck, understand the importance of building assets instead of filling your life with liabilities.
4. It’s Never too Late to Start–don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. If you want to be successful in business and life,you have to do something about it. It’s not going to happen without some effort on your part. You’re going to achieve very little if you’re always preparing, planning and waiting for the best time to start.
5. Don’t Be Afraid to Push Your Boundaries– you’re never going to grow as a person if you’re not prepared to do things out of your comfort zone. Find ways to push your boundaries as much as you can. It doesn’t always have to be something as daring as skydiving. Simply speaking to a stranger on the bus, when you’re normally very introverted, is often all that’s required.
6. Don’t Be Embarrassed to Ask for Help– trying to do everything yourself can be both a good and a bad personality trait. It’s important to know and understand all the aspects of your life and business, but that doesn’t mean you have to do everything yourself. There are only so many hours in the day, and to live a full life you have to be able to delegate.
7. Learn How to be Resilient – things aren’t going to go your way all the time, and there are going to be things that get in the way. If you want to carry on along the road to success, you have to be able to deal with anything that gets in your way. Learn how to be persistent and be able to move on when you have to. If something goes wrong, think of any failure as a way of bringing you closer to where you want to be. Make sure you learn from your mistakes rather than being broken by them.
8. Stay Healthy– when you’re pursuing your goals, it can be easy to forget about taking care of yourself. It’s easy to forget about the damage you’re doing to yourself when you’re burning the candle at both ends. If you want to achieve your goals, you need to be fit and healthy, so make sure you eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly.

This is a list of the eight most important things you need to consider if you want to be successful. There are several more things that could be added to the list, but these provide you with a good starting point. Start with one or two of them, and when they’ve become a habit, you can add a few more.