Success for everyone is defined in different ways. For some, it may be a successful marriage, and for others, it may be a well run business that provides well for their family. Naturally, there are numerous other areas of your life that you should be concentrating on as well, and for a healthy balance, I highly recommend a balanced approach to life. The reason being simple, in that for those who only concentrate on business, as a common example, may find their family life fails, and that will, ultimately, affect their business. I think you get the point.

Hence, what are some of the processes you need to apply, as part of a success strategy? To best answer this, I recommend that as a first priority, sit down, and think about everything you want, and picture your life as you wish it to be, as if the future date is now.

Notice I have said that you need to picture your life as if you already have it, in the best possible light, and do this, imagining you are in the present tense. I recommend this, instead of thinking of a future date, as this is a proven method to help your subconscious mind accept the vision as fact.

This very exercise has been proven by too many people, as well as myself, from my life experience, to question whether it is fact or fiction, but I do understand that if this is the first time you have come across this idea, it may be a challenging one for you. I can point you in the direction of Napoleon Hill's Book on Think and Grow Rich, available on many online websites, if you need further evidence.

Once you have this ideal picture in your mind, you need to plan your next move, in terms of being clear of what you want. Notice that you do not need to have every detail laid out yet, as this concept is similar to driving at night. You know where you are heading, but you also know your headlights are only lighting up a very small portion of road just ahead of you. You do not know every pot hole, or bump in the road you will experience, but you have a general idea of how to get there. You may even say you will buy another map, at another point further on along the road. The point I wish to convey is similar. Follow this guide, and you will get to your desired goal.

It is about taking steps, in a logical order, but not falling for the trap of insisting it all be just right, because this will often lead to procrastination. There are thousands of people with great ideas that were never just right, that never got off the ground.

Which side of the success fence will you sit on? Strategy is about planning, and action, but not analysis by paralysis.