The Steps to Personal Success

By Winsome Coutts

Success. We hear the word every day. Climb the steps to success the world shouts at us. Television and the media tell us that success is having money, or great clothes, or a nice car. And those things can all be symbols of success if we want them to be. But so can a beautifully planted garden, a happy family, or the completion of one’s first marathon. A thousand different people define personal success a thousand different ways. But it’s something we all want to achieve. And personal success is achievable by us all.

Steps to take for personal success

To be successful in any aspect of life, there are steps to success that you must take and things you must remember in order to achieve your goals. They are listed here, in no real order. Some require action, and some only require you to remember them. Good luck!

• Define Success – What does it mean to you to be successful? I know one person who considers herself a success because she sustains herself as a writer working from her home office. Her car isn’t fancy, but she’s doing exactly what she wants to do career-wise. That’s just one example. Another person may feel that success is having an advance degree, while another person might feel that success is being able to afford a fancy home, and yet another might feel successful because he’s lost 50 pounds. You have to decide what success means to you.


• Set your goals and have a plan. This is important because you need to be able to gauge how far you’re getting and where you need to go next.



• Don’t let failure stop you. Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work”. Keep failing, you’ll eventually find the way that works!


• Have gratitude – Everyday, take time to be thankful for every good thing in your life. In doing so, you are opening yourself to more good things, including your own personal success. Be grateful for the small things, like a good cup of coffee to help you wake up, and be grateful for the big things, like a job promotion. Just remember to be grateful.


• Make yourself accountable. If you are working toward an important goal that will spell personal success for you, employ the help of a friend, coach or mentor to keep you accountable. They will also help you get back on track if you have a moment of doubt or a small failure in your process.


• Shoot down the negative self-talk – What you tell yourself is what will be true. If you tell yourself you cannot, then you’re right. If you tell yourself that you can, you are right! Sometimes it’s hard to quiet that horrible voice that tells you that you can’t. Just tell that voice to take a break and replace it with the voice that tells you “Let’s get going!”


• Feel good about yourself – Feel good about your abilities, and your potential. If there are things you want to change, then feel good about the upcoming positive changes. Don’t let self-doubt creep in, and if it does, escort it right back out the door. Find ways to believe in yourself!


• Use visualization – Visualization is a wonderful tool for achieving personal success. Just take time each day to visualize and feel your success. This will help draw that desire to you.



• Grow and change – Life is about growth and change. Your path is probably not going to be smooth. You will encounter lessons to learn and obstacles to get around or through. This is good, because as you are following the steps to success, you are learning, growing and becoming a stronger person. Celebrate that!

As you follow your path to personal success, you will learn many things about yourself and you might even surprise yourself by changing your definition of success. That’s OK. It’s all part of life. Be open to the wonders and bounty that life has to offer, and you will find your path is mapped out with your own personal steps to success and achievement.

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