Strategy-Winners Ace

Striving for success in any area of life is rarely achieved by just adopting any haphazard approach. Only those who see striving for success as a war or a battle come out victorious. It is a war or a battle in the sense that you’re fighting against the forces of failure. Success doesn’t just happen you have to put it in place. As in every war or battle only the troop with the best strategy wins. Your weapons of achieving success in whatever area are the success principles that you know and adopt in that area.

Strategy is defined as an elaborate and systematic plan of action. Action sets into motion the process that leads to success. No matter how you plan without taking the right actions you cannot achieve success. However, many folks have the knowledge of this half truth that action and self-confidence alone can lead to success. Little wonder why many have become wearied because they seem to be working hard at their business but are making very little progress. In other words their progress is not noticeable compared to the time and effort they are putting in. The truth is that they don’t have a workable and sound strategy.

Go back in history and you’ll discover that most great generals were also great strategists. The Master himself Jesus of Nazareth taught that no one intending to go into battle without checking first on what he has whether its able to withstand and overcome his opponent should expect victory. That means he shouldn’t be surprised if he loses because he failed to strategise. A close observation of any successful business person of today will reveal to you a good strategist.

Information gathering is the first phase of strategy development. You must go out of your way to bring relevant information together pertaining to what you’re planning to achieve. For example an athlete who desires to win an Olympic gold medal must get first hand information on training schedules of past Olympic gold medalists. They should know what those people did that turned them into Olympic gold medalist and then be ready to do more than them. Only then can he or she be seen as qualified to compete. Again such athlete must go also for information about the athletic capabilities of their fellow competitors and practice to break whatever record has been set by such in the past. We can readily see that proper strategizing changes people and situation. Success is more of the internal than the external. The athlete by preparation and planning is already internally no longer the person they used to be before they went through such rigorous preparation. Their readiness is actually the image of the success they desire, they only go to the actual playing field to show to the world what they have turned to in secret.

Proper strategizing is never devoid of drills and that’s why you see soldiers always training and making themselves fit all the time. Drills mean trying to experience the situation of conflict before the real conflict as a way of training and preparation. This way you correct whatever weaknesses or lapses that occurs. There is always no room to make any corrections in the real battle. The mindset of great strategist is that preparation time is never wasted time. You must therefore adopt this useful habit if you desire to see yourself winning more battles in life, scaling more hurdles or passing more exams. The process may be tough while going through it but the joy of being crowned with your laurel wipes away than pain instantly. That’s why any one that has benefited from strategic planning do not mind staying awake in the night doing so. Prepare your strategy and then act on it to attain your desired success.