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From my experience and that of leaders I have met over the years, there are five easy (easy to say but maybe not so easy to execute) steps to creating a success system.

Begin by clarifying your goals, in other words what you really want to have, be or do. Like when you are setting out for some physical journey such as driving to Disney World, having your specific destination in mind is the key. That way you will be able to look at the map and see that you are moving toward or away from your intended destination.

Next is to clear away the debris and useless details in your path. There are always going to be boulders in the way on our path to success. Unfortunately we are the ones responsible for putting many of them there ourselves. Are there things you are doing to subtly sabotage your progress? Things that always seem to need doing before you get started. Are things that you are doing now that are delaying your progress?

Once you have begun to clear away the useless time wasting success delaying activities it’s time to create new success inducing habits, structures, and beliefs. As I have observed many many times, nothing is neutral - it takes you closer to ow farther away from your intended goals. If those things that taks you in the direction you intend to go can be systematized and automated so they are done without thinking, you will be less likely to drift back into the old inefficient ways that had the opposite results from those you were seeking. What systems can you create that will make every action take you forward, toward where you want to be 3 months or three years from today?

Just like planning your trip to Disney World, when you know where you are right now, precisely where you are going, and have checked the map to avoid disruption, detours, and delays then then next step is to step on the gas! Execution in other words is everything. Just be doing something you will separate yourself from 90% of your contemporaries!

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