Are you successful? Find out now! (Part 2)
In a previous post, we talked about the different ways for you to measure success. Now, we’ll try to measure success as accurately as we can. Here’s how:
1. Grab any writing tool you like, whether it’s pen and paper, Notepad, or a mind mapping tool. For this example, I’m using Mindomo.
2. Write your name in the center of your writing space.
3. Around your name, write down your main ideas of what success is.
They don’t have to be detailed, we can add detail later. It’ll look something like this:
4. Then for each measure of success, you need to identify 2 to 5 smaller goals that will help you reach these levels of success faster. For example, in under “Be a successful freelance writer”, this may include getting published in at least 10 local periodicals, having a short story included in an anthology, or winning a writing contest. When you’ve figured out these smaller goals, write them as sub topics of your main oals, accordingly. See here:
5. For each goal, list what you can do to reach it within a maximum of 3 or 5 years (depending on your own personal timetable) . For example, to be published in local periodicals, one needs to apply for a position first, then submit articles. Or to install solar panels, first I’d need to buy them. When you’ve figured them out, list them under their respective topics. Here are the examples:
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6. Under your 3 to 5 year goals, list what you can do within the next week to reach them. You can also list the things you’ve already done, just mark them differently. You can put a check mark next to the finished goals or write them with a different color. Here’s a sample:
7. After this, don’t forget to put deadlines for each goal or task, whether it’s for this week or within the next five years. This will set you on a more concrete path to your own definition of success.
Keep in mind that this “map of success” will keep changing. Because your definition of success will change over the years. Don’t get frustrated if you have to redo this map as your career plans change, or as your priorities change. The map isn’t supposed to be set in stone - it’s supposed to lay out a path before you so that the road to success won’t seem as hard as it does without a guide.
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