Five attributes of achievement -- incorporate them into your routines

There are five attributes of achievement which can greatly increase the odds of reaching a goal or target or objective.

Following, is an overview of those attributes.

1. Now consciousness.

Because of its emphasis upon restructuring past experiences and devising future scenarios, one might conclude that the emphasis is upon living in the past and fantasizing about the future.

Such an assumption is erroneous. Constantly living in the past or fantasizing about the future is escapism, a flight from reality, far removed from using the past and visualizing the future as a resource for coping with present reality.

Now Consciousness is the key. Every present moment is precious. Savor them. Focus upon them. They are fleeting. Life itself should be viewed as a successive series of nows. Do not wish them away. Do not take them for granted.

Learn to live and work in the present. Your past does not equal the present. As for the future, construct your scenarios, but keep them in sight as objectives, not substitute residences.

Past experiences stored in your memory are secret weapons hiding in plain sight. The system gives you many ways you can enhance the positives of an experience and use the associated states to solve present problems and energize present effort. The emphasis is upon using tools you might not have realized you possess, but using them in the present.

As for constructing the future, the System calls the process of picturing an end result in your mind Future Pacing, which can take two forms. Positive Future Pacing is what you want to concentrate upon. Negative future pacing is what you want to avoid. It is synonomous with worry.

2. Different or in a different way.

The System introduces you to a principle known as Requisite Variety. That is an academic way of saying that the one with the most options, and the willingness to use them, is the one who usually emerges the winner.

Too many people make the same mistake over and over again, instead of doing something different or in a different way. Do not let yourself fall victim to such a pattern. You must develop alternatives you can put to use.

If you make adjustments, after analyzing feedback, your efforts will be more effective, most of the time. If not , then the situation usually calls for alternatives. You have to be willing to abandon what has not worked, despite adjustments, and try different approaches. If you persist in this manner, you will invariably succeed.

3. Act and think as if.

The philosophy of as if works, because it conditions the subconscious to accept the effort as a fait accompli.

Ask yourself how you would behave and what you would do if your objective was reached. How would you know that your goal had been attained? What would you see, hear, and so on? Then go about acting out the part.

Don the external trappings as well, if possible. Even more important, make sure the inner you is functioning as if you have already arrived.

If you want to be successful, then you have to act and think as if you were. If you desire wealth, then think and act as if you had all the money in the world. The as if syndrome is a blend of fact, fiction, and action. Convince yourself first. Others will fall in line. It will soon become a self- fulfilling prophecy.

4. Generating interest.

There will be many times when your interest in starting a project flags. There might be nothing inherently exciting about it. Or the task might seem too overwhelming. Or you might want to do something else.

Rather than exerting sheer willpower, it is much more effective if you inject incentives into the situation.

What incentives? A reward, for example. If you know there will be a payoff at the successful conclusion, that alone will sustain you in the effort.

The same effect can be created by setting up a competition. You can try to beat the clock. You can try to beat another person. You can try to beat your personal best. Such incentives fuel effort.

Many times, after starting in such fashion, interest for itself takes over. The project develops a life of its own. Your natural enthusiasm takes over.

5. Sustaining interest.

The best way to sustain interest is to change some aspect of what you are doing but to keep on working. It is easier for a body in motion to stay in motion, but you are also seeking maximum bang for your effort.

So make changes, but do not stop forward movement. Change the place where you are working, for example.

Change the pace by speeding up or slowing down.

Change the timing or the time spent on various parts of the project or the time of day in which certain things are done.

Change the mode by switching from visual to auditory, or hands-on in a different way.

Change the manner in which you are working, by standing instead of sitting, or by squatting or kneeling or walking.

Try changing the order in which you do things. Start in the middle instead of at the beginning, or at the end instead of the middle, in much the same manner as a movie is constructed, with separate scenes or segments subsequently edited into a cohesive whole.

There are innumerable ways to sustain your interest over a designated period. Again, the more options mustered, the more accomplished.

The techniques described above constitute just a very small part of the enormous arsenal contained in the sites you can access by CLICKING HERE or on any of the links at the bottom of the page.

About The Author:

Norman J. Baratt is a successful writer and publisher of articles and books on life improvement, mind management, self help, and personal growth. He has reviewed and analyzed hundreds of websites in this category to select the ten best.

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