Just Three
There are a lot of suggestions and recommendations in this book. It might seem like a lot to take in and many changes to make. But there is a very simple technique for making change manageable.
You can transform your life with the principle I am about to outline. It is one of the key principles in this book.
First, think about where you want to be in five years time. Then pick just the one main area of your life that requires the most change in the next five years. Write it down, but be specific.
Second, write one specific five year goal for that area.
Third, make a commitment to yourself and one other person that you will complete just three small tasks every day to achieve your goal.
Let’s look at an example. Say the one main area is your career. Say the goal you wrote down was:
In five years time I will own my own business. It will earn over $200,000 per year, and I will love what I do. But I won’t work more than 15 hours a week, and I will take ten full weeks annual vacation.
Start today by taking just three small actions towards that goal. Some ideas:
1. Order the most popular book on Amazon written by someone successful in a similar business.
2. Google some ideas you have for the business.
3. Find out about a small business accounting course.
4. Email a friend for advice.
5. Register a domain name.
6. Set up one Social media site for the business.
7. Do a budget and set up a savings plan.
8. Spend five minutes writing ideas and diagrams on a standard size piece of paper.
9. Phone a friend and tell them your ideas.
10. Download a relevant free audio to your MP3 player and listen to it next time you exercise.
11. Visit a similar business and see how they do what they do.
12. Visit a website of a future competitor. Request their marketing material.
13. Send a request to a potential mentor in that field.
14. Call your bank and ask them what you should be doing ahead of time.
15. Set a goal for the first year of your business.
16. Set a date for your first sale.
17. Order a book on marketing.
18. Find ten websites that sell your planned product or service and write down what you do and don’t like about the websites.
19. Get a simple website made utilizing the best features you have seen.
20. Make a plan for how you are going to move out of what you are doing now.
If you take three small actions every day, you will achieve faster and higher than you ever thought possible.
Action Step 19:
Commit to yourself and one other person that you will take three small steps every day towards fulfilling your dream.