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Change is difficult; I'm here to help you take off. Get started with some very basic steps that will allow you to change, and I show some simple steps to follow in getting started. First let's understand the three phases you are going to dive into, the what, how and when. Additional Article Information: =============================== 739 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2007-05-01 14:48:00 Written By: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success Copyright: 2007 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success's Picture URL: http://shortcut2success.com/Images/kentjacobson.jpg For more free-reprint articles by Kent Jacobson a.k.a. 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Mr. Success Shortcut 2 Success http://www.Shortcut2Success.com If you have not realized it yet, no one is going to hand you the golden platter with your life's forward path laid out on it for you to follow. You are the only one that can take the steps to improve your situation and life. Change is difficult; I'm here to help you take off. Get started with some very basic steps that will allow you to change, and I show some simple steps to follow in getting started. First let's understand the three phases you are going to dive into, the what, how and when. The *What* phase is digging into your self-improvement psyche and brainstorming a list of areas to improve about yourself. This list should include anything about you requiring improvement. Dig deep and be honest. The *How* phase is simply five steps that guide you through your list created in the *What* phase to actions you will take. Examples may include your desire to be a more creative and healthier cook at home, train for a 5k run, and learn a foreign language. The key is list than all. In this phase these five steps help me get going on my self-improvement journeys--convince, create, categorize, prioritize and initiate. 1. Convince - You are the only person that can commit yourself to this whole process. If you cannot convince yourself, no one else can and you will fail. Why, because you will let distractions and setbacks stop you. Any doubts at this point, a close friend or partner may be able to review what you are engaging in and give you that push. I encourage you to talk with them as a way to convince yourself, *I can do this*. 2. Create - Write out your list of improvement items. At this point put anything and everything you may think of on the list. Include areas specific to health, personal relationships, family, income, your job, education, sports, family, communication, relationships . . . the list is limitless as you can see. 3. Categorize - Now that you have your list it is time to put the lists in common categories that are manageable. These categories should be such that some of the items may compliment each other. For instance, cooking or eating may fall under improving your health; walking, swimming or running can fall under improving physical activity and appearance. You get the idea, simplify. 4. Prioritize - Take your categories and review them critically; pick out the top 3 or 4 ones that you seem the most interested in; put the others aside for now but do not throw away; remember this is a lifelong journey. With your selection down to 3 or 4, now pick only two . . . you guessed it . . . now pick one. There may be more than one item under this category, so you need to repeat this same prioritization exercise again until you have identified the one! 5. Initiate - What are the resources you can tap to learn about this subject? Is it the internet, local continuing education, on-line universities, seminars? Seek out subject matter experts. This may take a little time so be patient. A good starting point on the internet search is to identify key words regarding your subject. These will expedite the search and give you greater access to the resources that are available. I have found the resources at Success University to be among the best. Here is a link for you: http://start.successuniversity.com/specialoffer.aspx For just a $2 charitable donation you have 14 days of unlimited access; how great is that! Next comes *When*; this phase creates milestones and a timeline for measuring your achievement toward the self-improvement goals. Do not underestimate or overestimate the time it will take you to achieve some of these life-changing activities. Understand and remember how long it took you to be where you are. It will not be easy, but you can do it. Include in this milestone and timeline chart specific tasks required to get you toward your ultimate achievement goal. Keep this list with you and visible; this will keep you focused. If you are a visual person, stick-up reminders every place you can on the specific task to be accomplished as well as your ultimate goal. Many tools can be helpful; calendars, day planners or PDAs are terrific. You are in control. Now just dedicate yourself to giving the 1st project a try. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent Jacobson, a.k.a. "Mr. Success" is a trusted authority in the success field and provides valuable success information for free through his website at: http://www.Shortcut2Success.com . 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