First: You need to educate yourself. Become an expert in your field. Learn everything you can, and then stay updated. Subscribe to journals or magazines that pertain to your industry. Go to seminars and workshops. Continue to educate yourself. But, if best computer technician in the world doesn't have any customers, then he is employed by someone else who can get the customers. The answer - educate yourself about sales and marketing. This is critical. If you can't do this, then you'll have to hire someone. But you need to produce sales so that customers can appreciate your expertise in your industry.
Second: Set Goals. The old saying "If you fail to plan, then plan to fail" is true. You need to set goals for aspects of life (business, family, relationship, spiritual, etc). Goals have 5 parts that are needed. Missing one, you have a wish and we know that most wishes don't come true.
Those parts are:
1. Your goals need to specific and measurable. In other words, you need to know
when you achieved your goals.
2. Your goals need to be within a specific
time frame. This could be one year, March, this week or the next five years.
There needs to be a drop-dead deadline for achieving your goals.
3. Your
goals need to be achievable but our of your comfort zone. Goals should force you
to stretch in order to achieve.
4. You need to write the goals down. The
simple act of writing them down does something in your brain that makes what you
write down sink into your brain so write them down, write them down often, and
place the written goals where you can see them everyday (refrigerator, car
dashboard, bathroom mirror, etc.)
5. Publicize your goals. You don't need to
tell everyone about your great goals (it may seem like bragging) but you do need
to let someone else in on your goals. This could be your boss, coworker, spouse
or other family member, etc. By telling someone, it make it tougher to change,
amend, or abandon your goals.
Three: Commit. Commit. Commit. Commit. Did I say that enough. OK, then you need to commit to your goals with every fiber of your soul. If you give that level of commitment, then you will surely achieve great things.
That's It. There is no more great advise to achieve great things than these three essentials to succeeding. You can look at professional athletes, successful business people, journalist, politicians, and so on who have achieved the top of their field, and you will find these three motivating factors in their lives.
