Set yourself up for success

SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS

The great aim of the majority is to succeed at whatever they do. Being a winner or a successful person is never by chance. A lot of energy is expended in preparation for success. A few rules when followed judiciously, usually leads to success in most of life’s pursuit. The ability to succeed usually takes its audacity from the series of groundwork that has been done in anticipation of a sure success. Some of the most famous of these rules include:

Do your homework:

This very famous line derives its popularity from the earliest days of schooling. The duty and responsibility to do all assignments is one of the sure keys to success. All practice sessions must be done properly and without recourse to third party assistance when it is strictly prohibited. Make serious attempts to do your best at and homework you are given. In many areas of life, doing your homework involves performing all tasks and jobs that have been assigned to you with the added responsibility of ensuring that your attempts are graded and necessary corrections made.

Challenge your status quo:

Never rest on your oars. Always keep pushing the limit as far as you can. Achieving success may be out of your reach if mediocrity of all kinds and types are not decisively dealt with. The number of hours you spend practicing and studying can be increased. You can also challenge your mentality and mindset. Condition them to aim higher. Challenging and beating your best is never an option with the reality of stiff competition and increasing difficulty of getting a pass grade.

Get help where getting help is permitted:

A lot of things are not easily done, mastered or known without assistance. Get the assistance of those who can help with problematic areas while preparing for success. Do not keep mute. Make that visit to that expert, pay that academician a visit, ask your colleagues, consult that encyclopedia and make the payment for that special class. Do everything to ensure that you are set up for success.

Never stop the nine to five:

The nine to five principle points to practicing without ceasing. Success is always within the grasp of those who never who never stop practicing. Even when it seems like there is nothing to look up to or no challenge forthcoming. Setting yourself up for success requires constant and continuous preparedness. This is achieved by repeated and sustained practice even when the activities engaged in gets boring. Setting yourself up for success demands that you take your responsibility to practice like the nine to five jobs you would not toy with.

Be an ark:

Always be willing to help those who need your help with succeeding. As long as the assistance you would have to render do not contradict or contravene existing rules and regulations. A free and generous heart would make you increase in knowledge and dexterity. Render help and assistance to others so you would always be on the edge preparation wise and not become blunt and stale. To be ready to succeed demands that we groom as many people as possible to succeed. The more people you help to succeed, the more of a success you become yourself.

Follow blazed trails:

Any course that is difficult to undertake usually becomes easier when you take the paths blazed by those who have gone through the course from the start to finish successfully. In contemporary times we call it mentor-ship, internship, industrial training and a host of other tags given to guided assistance on a course’s journey. Success may be difficult to achieve when there is no idea how to go about a given task or responsibility. This challenge is exacerbated by deadlines and time limits. A careful study of history will reveal those who have succeeded. Taking the path blazed by these individuals usually leads to the desired results. In situations where there are no blazed trails, the onus lies on you to blaze one.

Kill all distractions:

There is no great obstacle to succeeding like distractions and unprofitable activity. To set yourself up for success, you must do away with all forms of distractions. Focus and concentration on the task at hand must never be diluted but fine tuned to a powerful beam on the job or task to be accomplished. Distractions and time-wasting activities must be killed or brought under an iron vise grip to ensure readiness for success.