3 steps go-getters have mastered and you can too

  

Date Posted: 6/3/2019 12:17:15 AM

Posted By: Jayne Wathira  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 137

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Many guides have been written on how to be a go-getter. This is because nearly everyone admires the people who always move towards and achieve their goals. There is something that all go-getters have mastered and if you do master it, then you might stop looking for the many tips on how to become a go-getter and actually start chasing and achieving your goals.
It is something simple, yet so many people spend their lifetime trying to crack it. All you need to be a go-getter is to be:

1. Know exactly what you want

If you’re not sure of what you want EXACTLY, you’re likely to start off something well but never finish or give up in the face of temporary defeat. How can you chase something that you don’t really know if you want it? Take your time and think about what you really want and that clarity of desire will be your turning point. If you have underestimated the power of having DEFINITE GOALS, that is why you are not a go-getter and you might spend even more time searching for tips without success.

2. Make definite plans to get what you want

Having definite goals makes your roadmap to achieving them even more precise. If you don’t have definite plans of achieving your goals, that is why again, you are not a go-getter. When you have set definite goals, however, it is easier to set your definite plans. Definiteness of plans isn’t, however, to be confused with rigidness. You do your very best to ensure everything works out as planned but things can be different than anticipated and you might need to adjust your plans along the way. Your plans, therefore, should be a roadmap, the paths you are going to take to

achieve that definite goal.
It is easier to be persistent in the journey towards achieving a definite goal, which you have a roadmap for. In the event that you encounter hardships along the way which is most likely to occur, you will have the power not to give up when you know your definite goal and your roadmap.

3. Do the work

You might have clear goals and definite roadmap, but if you don’t actually start doing the work, you will never be a go-getter. Most of us spend our lifetime, visualizing in our minds great ideas and plans that could work but we never put them to action. You will later see someone who actually took initiative and implemented their thoughts, and then you will be telling people of how you had actually thought about such a thing. Well, it’s nice that you ever thought of something practical but now you are left to only see it happen by someone else.
Take initiative, and actually do something every day about your goals. Having a daily action plan would be the game changer in this.

To conclude, be clear about what you really want, plan how to get it, and actually work towards achieving it. If one of these three is missing, that's why you're not a go-getter and you need to start mastering those three steps and it's all you'll ever need to master.

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