How To Take The First Steps To Success

How to take the first steps to success? Now that is a huge question!

Most people get caught up in their fears and consequently a state of overwhelm when they simply begin thinking about this question.

This piece will discuss the following three aspects of fear, which usually leads to procrastination, overwhelm and action paralysis.
1. Figuring out what your specific fears are and what causes them.
2. Understanding why subconsciously reacting to your fears tends to cause them to come true. (This is the vicious cycle of fear).
3. How to overcome and move past your fears.

What are some of the reasons an individual will start asking herself this question?

It could be when they've finally figured out their passion but aren't sure how to go about taking the steps to monetize it.

Maybe they've lost their job and are scared out of their wits as they have realized they need to do something else.

Maybe their income has gone down as a direct result of the depressed state of the economy or are finding it hard to meet their budget as a result of increasing prices.

So, how do you begin to figure out the answer to "How To Take The First Steps To Success?"

It begins with awareness of yourself and that in order to succeed you must begin to work on yourself, to become a leader. This means "Let the transformation begin!"

Realizing you have faults or need to improve a skill-set is the very first step to being able to do something about it.

Without this first step, no one will be able to figure out how to take the first steps to success.

This really describes most people. You know them, those individuals who are mired in such a comfort rut that they'll never take action to overcome their fears to make progress to change their lives. They are permanently stuck.

How about you? Are you satisfied, or more importantly, are you happy with your status quo?

If you find yourself dreaming of a bigger success, then your answer to this question is a resounding "No!"

I hope this is you!

Begin by reflecting on the things that have held you back. Don't blame anyone else.

There is only one true cause to any "problem" and one true "solution" to the same problem.

The biggest irony of all that the answer is the same: "YOU!"

Once you recognize that you are where you are because of you, and you alone, what are you going to do to find or come up with the solution?

If the answer is not "Whatever it takes!", then you may be in for a rude awakening. (This means taking action within the realm of integrity, honest, values and ethics).

Begin with figuring out exactly what it is you want and when you want it.

This can be a magical exercise.

If you make a truly resolute commitment, this can be a truly magical and fruitful exercise!

Do some homework. Talk with other leaders, within or outside of your current industry.

Learn. Mastermind. Develop a specific Plan of Action!

And be sure to TAKE ACTION. If you do nothing, nothing will change.

Action is the cure to hesitation, procrastination, fear, overwhelm and spinning your wheels and going nowhere.

Take consistent, small steps every day. Be patient and keep moving forward. Make sure you have an optimistic mindset.

Experience the progress and don't look back.

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A Leader Must Take That First Step

In over three decades of working intimately with over a thousand leaders, in a variety of situations, circumstances, demographics, and types of organizations, I have often heard someone in a leadership position saying that they wish to accomplish something, or get something done, but don't know how, or where to start. Quintilian wrote, "While we deliberate about beginning, it is already too late to begin." I have repeatedly stated during my many hundreds of leadership seminars that a leader just has to force himself to start, and begin the process. It is far better to begin, and have to begin again, than to never start the process. No project, achievement, or idea has ever been achieved or implemented until someone in leadership steps up and becomes a real leader, and gets started in some direction towards that goal.

1. Many leaders suffer from a syndrome I have come to refer to as terminal excusitis. They seem to feel that avoiding failure is far better than achieving successful and worthwhile goals, and often spend far more time and effort developing ways to avoid taking action so as to avoid blame or responsibility, than developing a plan and taking timely action. I have come to believe that there is probably no greater fault or "sin" committed by someone in leadership than to avoid taking timely action. While there is never any assurance that the initial course of action is the best and/ or most viable one, evaluations of leadership models and actual case studies consistently indicate that far more damage is caused to most organizations by avoiding action (procrastination) than by making any mistake.

2. These steps do not have to be major ones, either. They can be the leadership equivalent of baby steps. But taking any step generates awareness, enthusiasm and momentum, as well as makes it obvious that the organization is making efforts to maximize the experience and value of belonging and being involved. All steps can be modified, tweaked and amended, and true leaders understand that an essential part of any action plan is to first get started, and then continuously evaluate and make necessary modifications. Part of the planning process should involve alternatives to be taken after the first step in the process is begun.

The reality is that you can never get anything done unless you start. Making mistakes are a part of the process. Great leaders have always learned from adversity, and become better as a result of what they learn from their mistakes. As long as there is a mission, a vision and a goal, and the process is begun, the momentum for achievement becomes the preamble to a greater reality.

Richard Brody,with over 30 years consultative sales,marketing,training,managerial, and operations experience,has trained sales and marketing people in numerous industries, given hundreds of seminars, appeared as a company spokesperson on over 200 radio and television programs, and regularly blogs on real estate, politics, economics, management, leadership, negotiations, conferences and conventions, etc. He has negotiated, arranged and/ or organized hundreds of conferences and conventions. He's a Senior Consultant with RGB Consultation Services, an Ecobroker, a Licensed Buyers Agent (LBA) and Licensed Salesperson in NYS, in real estate.
Richard has owned businesses, been a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Development, as well as a consultant. He has a Consulting Website ( http://tinyurl.com/rgbcons ), and his company PLAN2LEAD, LLC's site ( http://www.plan2lead.net/ ), and can be followed on Twitter

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