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Nobody can make things happen by being passive. It is no good setting wonderful goals without doing anything about them. Equally it is pointless just doing one thing. Spending a lot of time getting to know what you want will help you commit 100% to going after what you want to achieve.

To grow your career you will sometimes need to move a little or perhaps a lot outside your existing comfort zone. This is because you need to be experimental and try new things in order to create new experiences and new successes in your life.

• An attitude of total commitment. Prepare to be flexible, take risks and stick your neck above the parapet.

one minute wonder Bear in mind the saying: “There is no failure, only feedback.” If you stretch yourself you will make some mistakes but these don’t matter. When you don’t get the result you want, use what you learn to make better choices next time that will move you towards your goals.

“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them” Og Mandino, author of The Greatest Salesman in the World

• The will to change. Committing to goals may mean you have to be the person who is willing to go out and learn a new skill. It may make you the person who is willing to shoulder the responsibility for a task or who gets up early and works an extra hour to achieve what you really want.

Think through what you really need to do to get your goal. If you aren’t willing to do what it takes (and I mean whatever it takes), you may achieve something but probably not what you originally intended. You won’t be managing your career as such and you’ll be back at the effect side of the cause > effect equation.

Of course you are allowed to change your goals. So if you get halfway to your promotion or to setting up a new company or retraining for a new job and think, “No this isn’t right for me anymore”, then it’s ok to have a different goal. But if you do want your goal, you need to commit to it, not 99% or even 99.95. It’s going to take 100% focus and energy to see you through.

But remember if you have the right goal, the rewards at the other end will be worth the wait.

Only 100% commitment will put you in control of achieving meaningful goals.