Taking each work day, step by step, is the easiest way to be successful. You will be able to teach yourself a routine. Not only that, you will teach yourself, don’t be lazy. Procrastination is the key to anyone’s failure. Laziness can take over, if you’re not careful. Your main objective when starting any business is to keep going. Little by little, every day it continues like this. Don’t eat too much for a day. If you get frustrated, take a break. The break you take will sometimes give you some great ideas, which you would never have thought of, if you were aggravated. Your daily goals should be written down once a week or once a day. Never plan more than a week in advance, if you can help it. Plans can change so quickly when you’re just starting out. You must set your daily goals to reach your one main goal, perhaps six months from now. Make your main goal realistic and achievable. You probably won’t be a millionaire in 6 months.
Start by writing down everything you would like to do tomorrow. Start small until you are used to leading a programmed lifestyle. Maybe write 10 things that are important for you to accomplish tomorrow.
For instance; November 8 to-do list;
1. Wake up and shower
2. Go exercise
3. Walk 2 miles
4. Go to work
5. Pick up the kids from school
6. Help children with homework
7. Post to your daily blog
8. Respond to commercial emails
9. Work online (2 hours)
10. Call my wholesaler for daily orders.
Just a simple checklist that you can use throughout the day. It is important to write down our daily goals. When you see something like a checklist, it can make things easier. Mark each daily goal with a pen or pencil as you go. You are less likely to forget something with a daily checklist. You can focus on one thing at a time. In time they will become automatic. Also, your daily list will get more advanced as you keep it. You will be able to add daily tasks and actually get them done.
Your path to success will be long and difficult. Setting daily goals will make everything less stressful. Taking too many things at once can stop you from being overloaded. You want everything to be as simplified as possible. Nobody gets rich overnight unless they just won the lottery. You have to work hard to get what you want. And to get what you want, you have to keep doing it every day. One thing at a time.
Never trust anyone to do your daily goals for you. This will only cause laziness and pain. There is an old saying: “If you want it done right, do it yourself.” Never trust anyone else, they won’t care about your future as much as you do. Make sure you do everything in a way that you can understand and be able to do it. Don’t make your daily goals out of reach or unrealistic.
Set your daily goals as easy to reach as the pen on your table. Over time, you will notice that your daily goals will be more successful than the day before. Your daily achievements will get closer to your one main goal. This is exactly what you want. Chart your way to success. Know what you want and go after it! Nothing will simply come to you. You have to discover what you want and make it your only main goal. All of your daily goals should pursue your one main goal. Step by step is the only way. But don’t forget that once you start your path to success, you won’t be able to take a day off. That day off will only make procrastination take over. Never give up!