HOW TO BECOME AN ACHIEVER IN LIFE

They set goals to satisfy their important needs: Most people are told that they must have goals in order to have a useful life. As a result those people try to find anything useful to do even if they don't really have PASSION for it. Achievers on the other hand are self motivated because they only go after what they really want not what was forced upon them by peer pressure
They take full responsibility: All achievers without exceptions understand that they are responsible for whatever they are going through. In other words, they don't blame luck, the government, the economy or the UNFAIRNESS OF LIFE but instead they strongly believe that they can change their fate with their own hands. That's the main reason why Achievers never GIVE UP. Because they have no one to blame other than themselves giving up makes no sense to them
They have a burning desire to reach their goals: How would you react if you were lost in the desert without any water then suddenly saw a car passing by? How fast are you going to run towards that car? How loud are you going to shout so that someone hears you? This is similar to the burning desire all achievers have.
They have Perfect self understanding: There is an important question that might have came to your mind, what if you don't have a burning desire for anything? The difference between a person who has a burning desire to reach something and a one who doesn't know what he wants in life is the lack of self understanding. When you understand yourself very well you will find out the things that you are in need of the most and as a result you will have that burning desire required to become an achiever
They are very brave: In my previous articles i said that many people aren't brave enough to pursue their goals and as a result they PROCRASTINATE claim that they don't want to achieve the goal that much or even DECEIVE THEMSELVES by finding another direction to move towards other than the one they really wanted. In all cases courage is the trait needed to help a person admit what he really wants in life and to fight for it

Take responsibility for your success. One of the most common characteristics of a high achiever is the personal responsibility she takes for her own success or failure.^[High achievers tend to see ambition as the biggest factor that determines success, and tend to avoid blaming external factors like resources or circumstances.
- To a high achiever, the only thing limiting the potential for success is ambition and dedication.
Learn to see challenges as opportunities. Many people tend to think of challenges and demanding tasks as a threat. They see these things as being a potential cause of failure. A high achiever, however, sees challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.
- Instead of dwelling on the possibility of failure and how to avoid it, try focusing on pursuing success. Even a simple change in perspective like this can help motivate you to take chances and pursue a meaningful achievement.^[6]
- If you want to be a high achiever, always remember that anything worthwhile in life is going to be difficult. It will take hard work and dedication, but ultimately, it will be worth your effort.
Find ways to enjoy your work. No matter what you do, it's important that you learn to enjoy working on demanding tasks. Rather than seeing work as stressful, learn to see work as an exercise in concentration and commitment.^[9]
- Find ways to challenge yourself. Develop new skills that can be applied to everyday work tasks. You can do this by trying different techniques to accomplish the same tasks. Work-related tasks that do not involve any kind of variation or challenge can quickly feel tedious and never-ending.^[
- Try to take pride in your work. Rather than thinking about the tedium of your job, or dwelling on cynical thoughts about your day-to-day assignments, train yourself to actively think highly of what you do. You can work on this in little ways by simply finding value in the work you perform, no matter what that job is.
- Take stock in the things you accomplish at work each day. Try making a list for yourself of everything you got through before you leave work. It will help give you perspective about both your role within the company and the kind of impact your job has on others.
Avoid perfectionism. It's imperative that you push yourself to grow and learn in order to achieve success, but you should not let yourself become a perfectionist. Perfectionists tend to set unrealistically high standards for themselves and others, and end up feeling defeated if they cannot achieve complete perfection. This type of mindset can actually be damaging, and may prevent you from ever accomplishing anything by creating unattainable goals.^[13]
- Learn to recognize perfectionist thought patterns. If you have trouble meeting your goals or feel frustrated/upset when you can't meet your own expectations, you may be engaging in perfectionist thinking.^[14]
- Be realistic. Try to scale back unreasonable expectations that you've created for yourself, and learn to let go of the way you think it should ideally be done perfectly.
- Challenge yourself to engage in situations where you know you may fail. That doesn't mean allowing yourself to not meet your professional goals, but it does mean learning to accept small failures as an unavoidable part of life.

Always seek to improve. A high achiever is always trying to improve her skills and improve the quality of her work. Rather than thinking of a skill as something innate, learn to think of a skill as something that requires constant practice and improvement
- Rather than feeling insecure about your talents, focus on what you can improve each day. Then work towards getting better or more proficient at everything you do.
- Even if you're not getting motivation to do better at work, you can provide your own motivation. Coach yourself on seeking to correct the minor mistakes that might slip through despite your day-to-day efforts. If you need help with this, try asking your immediate supervisor for more thorough feedback and suggestions on how you can improve your work.
- No matter what you do or where you are, always seek to learn from others and from your own experiences.
- Put yourself in challenging situations, and learn how to adapt to any environment or condition.
Be persistent and patient. High achievers know that success takes time and dedication, but it also takes a great deal of patience. Even if you experience set backs or flat-out failures, it's important to remember that these are merely obstacles on the path to success.
- Some of the most successful people have overcome incredible obstacles and repeated failures before achieving their dreams. JK Rowling was rejected by her publishers many times before she got her first book published.Bill Gate's first business failed.^[ Yet neither of these famous achievers let those setbacks keep them from attaining success.
- Remember that you may not see immediate rewards in your endeavors. That is no reason to give up, though. If anything, you should change your outlook to let setbacks or minor failures motivate you even more.
Learn to collaborate. Being a high achiever requires a great deal of personal motivation and a strong work ethic. But it also requires an ability to work with others. It may sound counterintuitive, but success often hinges on a motivated person's ability to unify other people around a vision or goal.
- Trust is an essential part of any collaboration. Learn to let go of some project control, and have faith that your colleague will work her hardest to help you succeed on the project.
- Clear communication can help colleagues work together. In fact, clear communication can help most work-related tasks get done more efficiently.
- Get to know your co-collaborators on a more personal level. Often times finding shared interests or life experiences can bond a group and help the individual co-collaborators work together more effectively.
- Collaboration can take many forms. It may involve partners and coworkers, or it may involve employees, customers, and investors. Whomever you need to surround yourself with to achieve your goals, learn to work with others and rally them around your vision.