Keeping It Simple: Tips for Achieving Success

When it comes to achieving success, more and more sources are saying that the key is to keep it simple. Let’s apply that principle to various areas and see how it works.

Simple Expectations

Starting with simple expectations helps get you off on the right foot. Success is not the same thing as perfection. Perfection is, simply put, an illusion. Success can be a reality; it’s basically just getting the job done.

Determine what your expectations are, and make sure they’re realistic. “Make absolutely no mistakes” is not, for instance, a realistic expectation. Keeping it simple, think instead along the lines of “I will try not to make mistakes.”

Simple Marketing

Business success and simple marketing tend to go hand-in-hand. Heavy-handed, over-planned marketing strategies can fall flat and prohibit success. Also, over-complicated marketing can take a much bigger chunk out of your time and ultimately inhibit productivity. Ultimately, your plans have to come to fruition in the form of action. Success is, after all, getting something done.

Simple marketing plans involve the principle of seeing a niche and filling it, or determining a need and offering your price to fulfill it. Seeking out businesses that need help and improvement is a great (and simple) place to start.

Simple Goals

You may be more likely to succeed if your goals are simple, too. This doesn’t mean your goals aren’t tailored to your specifications; it just means they are not so complicated that you get caught up in them at the expense of productivity. It’s productivity, after all, that helps you reach your goals, whether in the home or the workplace.

Simple Desires, Simple Satisfaction

Here’s a simple principle you may not have thought of: will your desires, if you achieve them, bring you satisfaction? Really considering this is one of the key elements of succeeding in obtaining not only your desires, but the right desires for you.

For example, do you desire a neater, more organized home? If you achieved that, would it give you true satisfaction? If not, then maybe you need to adjust your desire to fit something that will be meaningful if you obtain it, such as a well-organized kitchen. This also helps narrow down your desires, making them more achievable.

Another aspect of this is to determine what your desires are on a conceptual level rather than specifics. Then you can apply other things to it. For example, do you value hard work? Academic achievement? Intelligence? Quality? Think about what you really value and adjust your desires accordingly.