1. Change your language about the problem from negative to positive
2. Define the situation or problem clearly
3. Use critical thinking to approach the problem from several different directions
4. Clearly define the ideal solution to the problem
5. Pick the best solution to solve your challenge
6. Prepare for the worst possible outcome and how to overcome it
7. Measure your progress
8. Take complete responsibility for your decision
9. Set a deadline for when things should be solved
10. Take action and solve your problem

* Source: Brian Tracy – The 10 Step Process to Solve Any Problem

When the reason is big enough, you will be willing to perform almost any how. The power of your why is what gets you to stick through the grueling mundane and the laborious. All of the How’s will be meaningless until your Why’s are powerful enough.

Until you set your desire and motivation in place, you will abandon any new path that you seek to your better life. If your why power, your desire, isn’t great enough, the fortitude of your commitment won’t be powerful enough.

* Source: Darren Hardy – Create a More Powerful WHY

Do FEWER things, MORE often, and get BETTER at them.

* Source: Darren Hardy – How to Stay Focused

The steps of being as organized and calm as the Commander-in-Chief:

1. Get your to-do’s out of your head and onto one document.
2. Lock in your calendar and set alarms so you don’t need to think about what’s next.
3. Use “batching” and filters so you only get the info you need when you need it.
4. Opt for “good enough” on the little decisions so you can focus on the big ones.
5. Regularly capture, triage and prioritize new items.
6. Have a “War Room” that contains what you need — and nothing else.

* Source: Eric Barker – 6 Things The Most Organized People Do Every Day

1. Did I work toward my goals today?
2. What bad habits do I need to stop?
3. What motivated me today?
4. Have I been the kind of person I want to be?
5. What mistakes did I make today, and what can I learn from them?
6. What am I grateful for today?

* Source: Inc. – 6 Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself Daily by Lolly Daskal

1.  Have vision for your life

Sit down with a piece of paper and a pen and say, “What’s my vision for life? What do I want my life to be like? Where do I want to live? What kind of work do I want to contribute to the world? What kind of relationship do I want to build?”

That requires thought, brainstorming, and if you don’t know the answers to that, that’s okay, experience the world some more. Go sample different parts of the world, of your community, or ask other people how they discovered what they wanted in life. Start this journey, become a seeker of what your vision will be and the vision will suddenly start to coalesce and you’ll figure these things out.

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What can we do to have more success and achievement in our lives?

1.  Desire

You have to be hungry to succeed. You have to have a deep desire to move the needle of your life forward. You have to have a desire for a dream, for a mission, for a cause, for something you believe in that’s pulling you forward because you care about it so much.

2.  Direction

If you have a desire, go out and interview people on how to have that, to achieve that, or to accomplish that. Ask lots of questions. Be a student of life. Even experts are always students first.

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