Top 5 Success Principles

 By Anne Bachrach | Submitted On September 20, 2011

If you think creating a successful business may just be the most challenging goal you've ever taken on, you are probably correct. Building a successful business is not a walk in the park, but it is certainly a realizable and achievable goal. It doesn't always require a lot of money (although that would clearly be an asset) and frankly, it doesn't even require that you have more talent than the "average Joe." However, building a successful business does require a strategic business owner who follows the principles of success to build a castle where there was once only sand.

 Below are the Top 5 Success Principles that will teach you how to create a successful business in realistic and achievable steps. 

Success Principle #1: Don't waste your time on unnecessary tasks that won't help you build success. Tasks like watching TV, reading a magazine or talking on the phone with friends should all be done after you're done with your goals for the day, not during your workday. Taking part in these activities throughout your workday is called procrastination and it's a nasty self-sabotaging habit that will only keep you from being successful. You only have a limited amount of hours to work each day, make sure that these hours go toward activities that will build success for your business. Focus on your highest pay-off activities that put you in the highest probability position to achieve your goals and apply effective time management principles for even greater success. 

Success Principle #2: Put your money into your business. When you're first starting out, it's exciting to turn a substantial profit and you may be tempted to blow the money on non-business related items or events. The money is better served going right back into your business. Your business will never grow if you take most of the profits and use them for personal gain. In order to grow your business, you must constantly invest in it. That's a principle of success, period.

 Success Principle #3: Get outside your own limited mindset. Negative Nancy's never build success; do you know why? Because they're too busy focusing on the negative to take action on valuable opportunities. That doesn't mean that you must remain Happy Holly 24/7, but do not let the negative keep you down. If something doesn't go your way, allow yourself just a brief moment to replay the situation and think about what you could have done differently. Once that minute is up - let it go. Learn from it and stay positive. It's important to expand your mindset and train yourself to look for viable and profitable business opportunities in the midst of all the failure. You need to believe that your business can succeed and believe in your own abilities as a skilled professional, even when no one else is willing to. 

Success Principle #4: Remember your passion. After the novelty of opening a new business wears off, you'll have to find a way to keep the passion for your work alive. Reconnect with why you started your business in the first place. Keep those triggering thoughts close to your heart and exploit them to propel you into working, smarter and build success for your business. Keep the fire that compelled you start your business in the first place burning bright. 3/15/2021 Top 5 Success Principles https://ezinearticles.com/?Top-5-Success-Principles&id=6574648 2/2

 Success Principle #5: Take action, constantly. Many unsuccessful business owners share common traits: they complain, feel sorry for themselves and ultimately give in to failure. While all successful business owners have gotten to where they are today because they kept going - no matter what happened. Every step they took was step closer to achieving their goals and eventually, they experienced success. Don't let anything derail you from your goals. Keep working on improving your business and overcoming failure. Regardless if you're trying to take home $75,000+ profit or want to net $1,000,000 in sales within the next three years, it's attainable; you just have to be diligent and believe in your business. Focus on what you can control - you and your actions and activities. You can build a successful business by following these five success principles.

 Many business owners tend to make a situation more complicated than it needs to be; they think achieving success is only attainable for the rich and famous or for those who have been dealt a lucky hand. However, it's been proven many times over that an "average Joe" can transform into a wealthy business owner if they are dedicated to success and learn how to think strategically for the sake of their business. The most important factor when achieving success is having a game plan. Without it you are merely going to be "winging it," and that will make the journey more complicated that it needs to be. Step #1. Start with where you want to be. Write out a list of goals that addresses long-term, big picture kind of goals. Step #2. Next, determine where you are.

 Is your current life completely different from your long-term vision or is it on the right path, just not quite there yet? This can be a difficult question, as most cannot "see" where they really are in relation to their goals. Get a life coach and you will have a much better idea of where you are and which direction to head in. Step #3. Now it's decision time. There is a BIG difference between wanting a specific goal and actually committing to doing whatever it takes to accomplish it. Decide right now how much your goals mean to you and if you can stand to continue living life as you currently know it. If your answer is no, the only other option is to commit to making it happen - no matter what. Copyright Anne M. Bachrach. All rights reserved. 

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