HRJR's 5 STAR SUCCESS PLAN ©

The great Jim Rohn was famous for saying, "Success leaves clues." If you know where to look, how to look, and what to look for the process can be easier than you think. It has always been my belief and proven experience that finding and learning the process were never what was most difficult ... It was always hardest to implement the lessons learned; but without difficulty, how could any of us possibly learn anything?

Below I share with you five steps to improve your chances of succeeding in your endeavors.

1.  DETERMINE YOUR GOAL
Success does not come like reading a fairy tale. By that, I mean it does not go in the order of "Once upon a time" leading up to "and they lived happily ever after." In real life, if you want to succeed you have to see the success and then work backwards.

Another way of "seeing the success" is to determine your goal. You must be clear about what it is that you are setting out to accomplish. Envision what your life will be like once you've accomplished your goal. Be specific. What are the sights and smells you expect to experience? How will you carry yourself around people once you've achieved your goal? How will they carry themselves around you?

What you will find is that the more you focus on these elements, the more your mind will work to seek them out to satisfy the disconnect between the perceived experience and the actual experience. By determining your goal, you begin setting yourself up for success because you have established what your success will be.

2. CREATE YOUR TEAM
One of the wealthiest men in American history, Andrew Carnegie owed the acquisition of his wealth to the team he built. He called his team "the Master Mind," which he defined as, "An alliance of two or more minds, working together in the spirit of perfect harmony, for the attainment of a definite purpose."

No one person totally succeeds on his or her own. Steve Jobs didn't create and build Apple on his own. He had a partner named Steve Wozniak. Bill Gates didn't create and build Microsoft by himself; he had a partner named Paul Allen, and Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook with three partners - Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. These men have changed the world, and while in each of these particular entities there may be one man's name who stands above the others; neither Apple, Microsoft nor Facebook would be what they are were it not for those lesser known team players who were there from the start.

If you are going to succeed in any given endeavor, you need to surround yourself with quality like-minded people. It's a good thing if you can create a team with friends, but that can be a dangerous game if you're not all on the same page from the start. Be careful who you approach and share your vision with. A particular friend might be good to hang with when it comes to watching a game, shooting hoops, going out dancing or shopping, but that does not mean they would be a good fit for your business or that they would even be willing to share in your vision.

In creating your team, you have to really have to define the nature of the relationships between you and the prospective members of that team. Friendships can exist within the team construct, but only for as long as everyone is working in harmony. Differences will always arise, but you have to be able to work through those differences for the benefit of the team's overall goals.

Also in creating your team, everyone has to bring something to the table. Everyone has to serve a significant and valuable function. This way, no one can be accused of just going along for the ride. You may have the overall vision, but not all of the resources to pull it off. You will need people on your team who can compensate for what you and other members lack to pull off an overall collective result.

3. DEVISE YOUR PLAN
Success does not come from having the right answers. It comes from asking the right questions. In devising your plan, you've already established what your goal is. The only riddle is getting there. Solve the riddles and you win the prize! Begin asking questions ... What is it going to take to achieve your goals? How much will it cost? Where will the money come from? What resources will you need? What resources do you have at your disposal? What resources do your team members have? What resources can they acquire? How long will it take you to achieve your goal?

These are but a few examples of the types of questions you will have to ask of yourself and your team as you begin the process of achieving your goals. Having a goal is not enough. You have to have a plan to achieve it.

4. UNIFY YOUR RESOURCES
This is why you create a team. No one person can do it on his or her own - and why should they? With everyone on the team bringing their skills to the collective, the team comes closer to achieving its goal. One person might be good with numbers; another computers; someone else might be great with people and be a great networker, and yet someone else who is good with organizing and prioritizing.

This is where steps 2 and 3 come into play and why they are so important. Everyone on the team has to bring something of value to the collective. It can be something as simple as everyone chipping in for dinner or building a multi-million dollar business. When everyone shares their resources to benefit of the common good and the common goal, everyone benefits.

You actually increase your personal power by however many people are on your team. Imagine your fight to succeed as a game of Tug of War. You can pull the rope alone or you can use the strength of four or five people to pull it.

5. TAKE ACTION
Nothing happens unless and until you take action. You can draw up all the plans and strategies you can think of. You can build a team of five people or you can recruit an army of followers; however, in order for people to "follow" you, you have to be going somewhere. And in order for you to go anywhere, you have to take action.

It is believed by many that taking action is the hardest step in this process. What's ironic about this being the last item on the list is that even though the command to "TAKE ACTION" may seem intimidating, if you've already taken steps 2, 3, & 4, you've already begun taking step 5.

It takes action to "Devise Your Plan" because you may have to do all kinds of research to validate the worth of achieving your goal. It takes action to "Create Your Team" because you now have to actually approach people, share your vision with them and hope they see the value and are willing to join your team. And it takes action to "Unify Your Resources" because when it comes time for the team members to put their talents and skills to use, that's truly when the rubber meets the road.

But that is why "Take Action" is actually listed as the last step in this process. It's the kick in your pants you need to really get started. It "takes action" to build a rocket ship or a fast car; however, once that rocket ship or car has been built what is it going to take to actually see if it works? ACTION... Someone is going to have to get in, turn the key and step on the gas. Otherwise how else are you going to know if the goal you determined is actually attainable? How else are you going to know if you have the right people on your team? How else are you going to know if your plan was on point or at some point flawed? How else are you going to know if you had enough resources ... unless you take action?

So let's sum this up...
1.  DETERMINE YOUR GOAL - What are you setting out to accomplish?
2. CREATE YOUR TEAM - Who is going to help you accomplish it?
3. DEVISE YOUR PLAN - How are you going to accomplish it?
4. UNIFY YOUR RESOURCES - What do you have at your disposal to accomplish it?
5. TAKE ACTION - Get to work.

Yes ... The plan really is just that simple. The plan is simple but the complexity comes into play in the implementation of the plan. People want simplicity, but simplicity comes at a price, and like it or not, complexity is that price. People want success, but the price to pay in succeeding is overcoming all of the obstacles that stand in your way. This plan is but a tool to help in overcoming those obstacles.

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