Identifying Your Success Factors in Life
Success…. The fact that you have achieved something that you want and have been trying to do or get
Factor….One or several things that cause or influence something
Critical…..Extremely important because a future situation will be affected by it
Consequently Critical Success Factor…."The limited number of areas in which results, if they are satisfactory, will ensure successful competitive performance for the organization
WHAT IS CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR?
Critical Success Factors are strongly related to the mission and strategic goals of your business or project. Whereas the mission and goals focus on the aims and what is to be achieved,
Critical Success Factors focus on the most important areas and get to the very heart of both what is to be achieved and how you will achieve it.
Background
Every human being has being created to succeed, for those of us who know the scripture, the One who created us in Gen.1:28 Be fruitful and multiply, replenish the earth and have dominion over everything …………that is a recipe for success
However, most people in life do not succeed because…..
1. Even though they aspire, they do not realised that they have been created to succeed
2. They do not have their definition of success right
3. They do not know what it takes to succeed… What we have called CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR (CSF)
4. They are not ready to pay the price or do what is needed to succeed
However, today we are focusing on item 3(CSF).
Let’s take a look at them....
#1: A Positive Self-Image
People must know who they are and what they were created to achieve. Gideon in Judges 6:11… failed because he had a wrong image of who he was, a lot of people has a wrong image of themselves. If you do not have a right image of yourself you can not succeed.
The question is WHO ARE U?
All successful people have a very positive picture or image of who they are.
#2: Self Confidence
Self Confidence is defined as a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful
You must belief in yourself. If you do not believe in yourself or believe that you can do it yourself, it is unlikely that you will do it. Mark 9;23 … All things are possible to him that believeth.
Small successes are stepping stones to greater successes. Smaller successes provide the confidence to attempt greater and greater things.
BE CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF. Acquire confident by celebrating your little successes.
Reinforce those success memories with feelings. Remember how you felt when you succeeded - no matter how small it might have been.
Think on your success and your confidence will soon return.
#3: Vision
Ø Know exactly where you think your life is going and run toward it Prov. 29:18 … Where there is no vision, the people perish. It means that a lack of direction in your life leads to destruction. E.g Joseph in Gen. 37… of 12 brothers He alone had a vision and succeed.
Ø Every living thing on the face of the planet is a goal seeking life form.
Ø The goal seeking mechanism is built in. It is part of the genetic code. The most basic goal of all is 'to live'. Human society would call food, shelter, clothing merely 'survival'.
Ø Successful people maintain an aggressive goal directed attitude and reject a defensive evasive negative one. Nothing will stop a successful person from achieving their goal.
How do you get your Vision?..... Through Positive Imagination.
ü It is out of our imagination and from our dreams that our goals come.
ü When we demand more of ourselves when we challenge ourselves to create what we've imagined....
ü Highly successful people utilize this critical success factor by visualizing each step they must take to attain their desired goal.
ü Albert Einstein said "Imagination is more important than knowledge".
#4: Highly Focused
When you have determined who you are and where you are going, you need to concentrate on your goal. A lot of people fail because they either have too many things they are doing at the same time or change things they are doing often…. INSTABILITY. James 1:8…. A double minded Man is unstable in all his ways.
The most successful people realize that their biggest return will come from attaining their one big goal so they focus all their time, energy and effort on that one thing - and let others do the other 'stuff'..
There are some simple things you can do to retain your focus:
ü Do it ……If you absolutely must do it - then do it.
ü Dump it…..If you don't absolutely have to do it - dump it.
ü Delegate.. If it absolutely must get done but someone else can do it - let them.
ü Defer it …If it absolutely must get done and only you can do it - Set a date and do it then
5: Hard Work
Ø It is important that you just not have a vision, think or focus , you just have to work hard. If you do not put in the effort nothing will happen. Gen 22:12…. Then Isaac sowed in that land, then he received in that year a hundred fold and the Lord bless him. It means if you do not act, you don’t get result. Also God encourages God’s blessings.
Ø Your working hard, need to enjoy what you are doing, you must be passionate about it. If you do not enjoy what you are doing, what you are doing is wrong, find something else to do. Successful people enjoy.
Ø Successful people enjoy the process of getting to the goal. They enjoy every minute, every challenge, everything. The journey has as much joy in it as the goal itself
Ø John Maxwell says… Passion energizes your dream
Ø Being self-confident, having a positive self-image, being purpose driven & goal oriented, having laser sharp focus, and imagination are all good and necessary critical success factors, but they are useless without... ACTION
#6: Learning from every Failure & Success
Ø Gen 30;25-30 tells us that Jacob learnt from his initial failure in life, he was determined and that help to turn his life into success. Luke 5:11…. Peter learnt from his success and new he could do things better and do better things.
Ø Both success and failure have lessons that need to be retained.
v From failure we learn what not to do.
v From success we remember what we should do.
Ø Don’t be worried when you make a mistake… mistakes and failures are usually inevitable in life, don’t let mistakes or initial failure put you down, learn to arise every time and be determined.
Ø Learn to take responsibility for you actions. That is why Rom12:2 … be not be conformed to this world, but be yea transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Ø Responsible people do not blame their circumstances, their environment, their genetics, their lousy boss, wife, husband, parents, teacher or anything...
Ø Your attitude towards mistakes and failure will determine what effect they will have on your life. Will you give up - or will you get up?
#7: Gratitude.
Ø You may not belief this, but being grateful for things brings favour your way and help us succeed. This is a critical Success factor that is learnt early in life and can be extinguished…. The story of the ten leper in Luke tells us about gratitude.
Ø This is a critical success factor that is learned early in life but can be extinguished by listening to the negative voices of the hoards around you. There is so much to be pleased with and so much to be thankful for...
Ø Be grateful to people, circumstances, institution, leaders above all be grateful to GOD because every rational human being should know that there is fellow up there who give all things and make all things possible
Ø Make sure that God is important to your life and learn to relate with him so that your success may be assured
CONCLUSION
In Conclusion ……
The power of positive thinking is only realized when you consistently and habitually think positively. Creating new positive thought habits is not hard but few know how.
Personal success is success from the inside out. Personal success starts at the core of your being and it's effects ripple outward into your sphere of influence touching everything.
Success secrets are no secret. The principles - the secrets - that drive success are out there for all to find. However, they remain invisible to those who are not looking for them. They need to be hunted down like valuable treasure.
It is very important for you to identify your critical success points in life and work hard to achieve good success and with God on your side Great good success is greatly assured……………….
About the Author:A career counsellor and a Business Administrator.
A citizen of Nigeria.
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