7 STEPS MASTERPLAN TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE

Is there someone who doesn’t want to be a more successful and
effective person?
Well, there are some people who would love spending their days
watching TV, eating, sleeping, and doing nothing useful. Most of
us don’t dream about becoming such persons. We want to achieve
great goals and be an example for the generations to come.
But, are you doing anything of solid importance to realize those
goals?
And, what precise actions did you take today towards your
success?
Hey, do you even have your personal definition of success?
Every moment of your life is important, so you need to make a
conscious effort to use them in an effective way. The following 7
essential ‘pre-steps’ to success will show you how.

1. SELF EVALUATION
   This is the precise first step to take if you want to learn how to
   get success in life.
   Before you take steps to become more successful and effective,
   you need to evaluate your current capacity and situation. Then,
   you need to compare that state to the goals you want to achieve.
   One of the first changes you should make is in the way you use
   your time. That’s where the evaluation begins. Take notes and
   track your activities throughout the day. After few days, you’ll
   notice a pattern.
   You’ll recognize the activities that are consuming your time and
   efficiency. There is a name for them: distractions . You need to
   become aware of these weaknesses and do everything to avoid
   them.
   When you evaluate your capacity well enough, you get to know
   how much work you can handle. Then you’ll be able to organize
   your activities throughout the day and achieve the best results
   with the least effort.
2. DAY PLANNING
   The goal of efficiency doesn’t leave you with the luxury of lost
   time. You need to plan your day in advance and take all steps you
   need to take to achieve a goal on time.
   Write the To-Do list. You need a reminder of the things you plan,
   so you won’t be comfortable about leaving a particular task out of
   the list.
   You can write the daily tasks on a paper or in your phone or tablet.
   But keep them in a place so that they will be easy to access
   throughout the day. You could use Evernote for keeping your
   notes.
   If you already don’t know, then make it a point to learn how to set
   effective goals: 3 Highly Effective Goal Setting Techniques That
   Always Work .
3. DELEGATION
   It doesn’t matter how well you organize your time; sometimes you
   won’t be able to take the entire workload on your own. When you
   want to be more efficient, you have to perform perfectly on each
   task you have.
   However, quantity prevents you from delivering quality. So
   sometimes you have no other choice than to delegate part of your
   work to a team or to someone you hire.
   For example, you want to promote your business online, but you
   can’t invest enough time in writing profound blog posts. There are
   plenty of professional writers you can hire online. They can help
   you write the content through a collaborative process. They can
   also complete your rough ideas into a cohesive piece as per your
   instructions.
   The main thing to keep in mind is that you’ll become more
   efficient when you delegate the work to someone who can
   complete it better than you.
4. TIME MANAGEMENT
   Wasting your energy on multiple tasks is not the perfect way of
   becoming more effective. Focus is the key to success. Make sure
   to know your priorities and arrange your acts in accordance.
   Have you heard of the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20
   rule )? It’s named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who
   first realized that 80% of the effects came from 20% of the
   causes.
   How does this rule apply to your efficiency?
   80% of the results you achieve will come from 20% of your efforts.
   Those 20% are your priorities. When you focus most of your
   energy on them, you’ll achieve the ultimate level of effectiveness.
   Find out if procrastination is killing your happiness goals.
5. LEARNING TO SAY NO
   People have a deep need to be liked by others. So they go out of
   their way and do things to make others like them.
   An egoism is often the cause of such tendency. You care about
   the way people perceive you, so you accept more work than you’re
   capable of. You do that because you don’t want to ruin your
   already established impression of helpfulness.
   This behavior leads to a huge problem. You aren’t able to finish
   all your tasks on time. And you aren’t either able to achieve the
   quality you’re expected to deliver. So think it over a few times
   before accepting a gratuitous task.
   Remember, ‘Yes’ is not always the right answer.
   You have free will and the right to choose. Value your time and
   have your priorities in mind before you accept to help others. Keep
   a watch that you do not compromise your efficiency.