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achieve those goals. Follow your plans, be flexible, and enjoy the
process. It’s not about keeping up with the Joneses.
Here are five simple steps to help you define and achieve
success:
Achieve Success Step 1:
Identify Your Goal
Clearly determine what the goal is. Be specific.
·Bad: “To lose weight”
·Good: “To lose 10 pounds in a healthy way”
Achieve Success Step 2: Identify Your Obstacles
List all the obstacles standing between you (or your team) and
the goal. Identify resources, assistance, information or anything
else that might be needed to reach the goal. As your writing,
don’t get discouraged by the obstacles– they’re absolutely
necessary to help you with the next step in completing your plan.
Achieve Success Step 3: List Tasks to Overcome Each
Obstacle
Taking each obstacle one at a time, write one or more ways the
obstacle could be overcome. These are tasks (or action items)
that will comprise your to-do list. Expect to have several tasks
per obstacle.
Achieve Success Step 4: Assign Task Deadlines and Set up
Task Reminders or Other Alerts
Assign a start and completion date to each task in the plan. It’s ok
to be working on several different tasks at the same time, but
don’t overdo it. Be realistic. Assign a reminder or alert to each
task in the plan to keep you on track.
Achieve Success Step 5: Follow Your Success Plan
Complete each task in succession. Make sure that you use a
reminder system to keep you on track.

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