ENACT A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS


Once you know your mission in life, and can picture it in your mind, a certain tension takes over. Getting from Point A to Point B can be difficult unless you prepare for the journey. You need a strategy for achievement:

  1. Get the facts. Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article. Do your homework. Wisdom comes from realizing how much you don't know, and taking the time to get the facts.

  2. Get a goal. Write down what your goal is - preferably in five or six words. Moses' mission was to free the Jews. His first goal was to convince Pharaoh to let the people go.

  3. Examine, educate, and enlist your resources. Your resources are your time, talents, your gifts, hobbies, training, material wealth, environment, and most especially the people you know who also have all of the above. Take inventory of your resources and educate them in the mission you propose to accomplish.

  4. Give them something tangible to remember you by. Napoleon discovered that men would be willing to risk their lives for the privilege of wearing small medals on their chests. So he gave out medals. What can you give a customer or client so they will remember you in a unique way?

  5. Break ranks. Be bold. Step out from the crowd and quit marching in place. Make that leap of faith toward your greatest goal.

  6. Get visible. To succeed, you and your mission must be seen and heard. Do something noticeable to set yourself apart.

  7. Saturate everything you do with prayer. Prayer is the most powerful source of energy known to man. It offers a direct line to God. "Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established." (Proverbs 16:3)

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