Action! Seven Step System for Success in Life

Change your life today! Follow my 7 step F-DAPPER System for Success.

Steps 1 & 2, find your emotional fuel, and 2. Make a small, but profound, decision. Visit www.thegethappinessplan.com for a free exercise to find your fuel. This is critical as our thoughts are dictated by our subconscious. In order to change our subconscious we need to use emotion, strong emotion. Find it. Take inventory. What have you sacrificed, what are the real costs of staying where you are at? Once you find the rage, passion, love, whatever it takes, use it!. Then take step 2: make a decision to make a change today! Watch the next video about step 3: Action.

Step 3 of my system for success is to take a small ACTION. This is the beginning of your new life. There are three kinds of action you can take. 1. Change your setting. This is your routine. Change your schedule, your daily activities, your surroundings, your workspace, etc. 2. your thoughts. Get present to your minute by minute decisions. Are negative thoughts allowed? Reframe setbacks, 3. Are your actual actions.

Step 4 is to create your plan. This starts with a strong Vision statement.

This is a short but strong statement that articulates your vision for your future. It is not vague, e.g. "In 2 years I want to be happy." It is crystal clear, "By December 31, 2026, I will be living in _______ with ____ doing_____ /earning_____." Then you need goals. These are incrementally measurable. Use metrics that are easy to track. Financial, physical, visual. By January 31 I will have held ____ meetings. By ___ date I will have earned ____ by doing_____. Take inventory of what you need to fulfill your plan. Do you need education, tools, contacts, materials, expert support... Finally, create your action steps. This is not EVERY step you will take but main action steps and place a date. This is an iterative process but you should be able to knockout your first plan draft within an hour.

Step 5 in the F-DAPPER System for Success is "Proclaim". That means you must share your plan with others. Talk about what you are going to do and enroll others in your vision. It is not a "I think I will..." It is "I am doing X!". By your proclamation, it becomes as real and concrete as a block of ice. Create a Facebook page, a website, post your vision. This also helps you really commit yourself. Words are actions and words are things that make it real. In the video I recount the military story of the commander who has landed on a shore with the goal of securing it and building a successful colony. However, those with him were always seemingly viewing the ships as the fall back plan should the plan fail. So, he gave the order to "burn the ships". Once the option of retreating was eliminated, the only option was success. As a result everyone knew, including the commander, that focus and action was the only option for success. So, burn your mental ships!

Steps 6 and 7: Execute and Repeat. By now you have 1. found your fuel, 2. made a small decision to move forward, 3. taken small actions to prepare, 4. created your plan, 5. Proclaimed your intention and enrolled others. Now you must be in 100% ACTION. Every day you should be executing toward your goals in your plan. Remember, you WILL encounter setbacks and challenges. But, remember that the set back was always there. You are just now finding it. So reframe, take inventory and move forward (See my video on setbacks). And, remember to repeat. Recall your fuel, make other small decisions, refine your plan, continue to proclaim and execute. Most importantly, the outcome is the journey. So, this is your new reality. Be in motion. It is like laundry or grocery shopping, you are never finished. But you are now moving with purpose to fulfill your vision (that will likely evolve as well). This should be fulfilling and fun.

If you want me to guide you through this process and my Get Happiness Plan process through my 1 on 1 online coaching and personal development and life transition programs, set up a free 15 minute call here on my website

to talk about it. Onward!