A common denominator among the successful is that they are focused on the immediate accomplishment of specific objectives. Separate the important from the urgent and allow time for both. Break down any large task into a series of small tasks and start taking action. In the beginning, don’t be too concerned with how you will achieve your goals. With commitment, research and patience, the means will come. Answers materialize when the facts have been collected. Your goals will evolve into a set of action-oriented objectives, which will become a series of to-dos.

Now prioritize. If you don’t prioritize your day’s activ­ities, everything is of equal importance. Whether one thing gets done or not doesn’t matter. You want your activities to be important, to have had a clearly defined purpose. Write your to-do list every day. Prioritize it. Make at least one of your daily objectives a challenge. At the end of each day, you’ll be able to relax and bask in that wonderful feeling of accomplishment.

Initially, many of the goals you set will seem ambitious. This is good. Reach for the stars. Now, with your feet firmly planted on the ground, make your plans. Take your goal and divide it into meaningful, realistic, achievable objectives.

You want to own several McDonald’s franchises. You start by owning one.

You get a job at McDonald’s. You volunteer to do the jobs that average employees avoid. You mop floors, clean rest rooms and empty grease traps. You pick up litter in the parking lot. You react with an understanding smile when a child spills a milkshake. You willingly work extra hours.

You become the irreplaceable employee. You become a shift supervisor and then assistant manager and then manager. You network with other store managers and store owners. You learn the fast food business from the ground floor up and inside and out.

You are known and liked by the national corporation. You confidently borrow the money to buy your first store. Then, you invest in a second and third and fourth store.

On the road to your future, divide your journey into 6 short trips.

BillFitzPatrick.com, The Action Principles

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