Everybody wants to be successful, it’s just that some people want it more than others. Some people are prepared to do whatever it takes to be a success. No matter what the cost, they will do it as long as it will help them along their way.

But of course, not everybody is like this, it may not always seem like it, but there are people out there who want to be a real success, but want to do it through sheer hard work and determination, but these people never seem to get as far as the people who are willing to tread on everybody else.

But they can, they just need to change a few things in order to become more successful.

1. Plan

No matter how much you want to succeed, if your mind is in a state of chaos, then you are very unlikely to succeed. Your mind needs to be clear so that you can focus on your long term goals of success.

Start by writing things down, you may have them in your head, but writing them down will cement them and it will also give you a greater sense of perspective so you can look at things objectively.

Write down what you want to happen in the long term, and what things you may need to do on a day to day basis in order to achieve it.

2. Tidy

Keep things in a neat order, it has been scientifically proven that mess has a negative effect on people. The old phrase “Tidy house, tidy mind” goes for your workspace too.

Make sure your home is tidy too; it will make you feel negative and sluggish if it isn’t.

3. Baby steps

If you take too big a step and you fail because you weren’t prepared, it can be a real blow to your self esteem. Take small steps everyday towards your goal, no matter how small they are, everything you do with regards to working towards your success will help.

Whether it is planning, researching or simply preparing to plan or research, take one step at a time. You will find that as you progress towards your goal, your steps will get naturally bigger and bigger by themselves.

4. If at first you don’t succeed

People very rarely succeed the first time they try anything new, if you don’t quite make it the first time, try again, keep trying until you get what you want.

5. Focus

This is possibly one of the most important things, you need to keep focusing on your long term goals of success in order to succeed, if you lose sight of what it is you want, you have lost the battle.