What are the things you need to be successful in life ?

One of the aim of everyone in life is to be successful. Success is what everyone wants to achieve but only few people get success because few people hunt for success. Everyone wants to be successful but no one is ready to pay the price for success, how is that possible?
The fact is if you really want to be successful, you need to follow the steps and procedures to make you successful.
I am able to come up with the below points indicating the ingredient of success.

INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS

SET A GOAL: You have to set your target or goal. Every successful individual always have what they are working for. You have to set up a goal to enable you to focus on where you are going. It's just like you know where you are aiming at whenever you set a goal. Setting up a goal enables you to focus on the path that will lead you to success. Always make sure you set up your goal. You can achieve this by writing down your goals and develop the attitude of achieving your goals.
MAKE A PLAN: Planning is very important to enable you achieve success. Without plan, you lack direction and path that can make you successful. Always make sure you write down your plan. Every successful individual always have their plan and they set up their plan which aids their success.
DEDICATION: One of the habit of successful people is the ability to give 100% dedication to their goals. They are always hungry for success and they dedicate their effort, time and everything they are capable of giving just to become successful. Always make sure you dedicate whatever you have to make you accomplish your mission.
FOCUS: The best ingredient of success is to stay focused. Don't be distracted by mere things that can hinder your success. Always starve your focus and feed your success. Your power of focus must be very intense such that it ignites your passion to be successful.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: Every successful individual never give up on their goals. They have the habit of "self belief". Once you believe in your self, you attain confidence and with confidence you can achieve anything in life. Always believe in yourself and never give up. Once you have develop your self confidence, you are close to achieving success.
WORK HARD AND WORK SMART: The more work you put in, the higher your chances of succeeding. Always ensure you work very hard and also engage in smart work. This qualities will surely make you successful.
CHARACTER: Character is a means of attaining success. Shiv Khera once stated that 80% of your success is determined by your character while the remaining 20% is by your intellectual ability. Always ensure you have a good character towards people and always ensure you respect everyone. Your character plays a major role in your success.
The above point has made me adopted a story which explains the concept of success via attitude. The story is narrated below.

A Short Story

There was a man who left his village to the city for the search of job. He left with just a few balance in his pocket and he decided to keep going for job hunt around the city.
After his strenuous effort, he wasn't able to get any job offer. He had to sit down under a tree just to have some rest because he was very tired. While he was sitting, he noticed different children passing his front with different balloons. He decided he was going to start selling balloons. With his little balance, he was able to set up a small store where he can be trading his balloons.
Different kids began to stare at the sky due to his flying balloons. This brought a sense of amusement to everyone and he was able to sell plenty balloons. He always filled balloons with Helium to make them fly higher.

One day a kid ask him, "if you release the blue Balloon, will it also fly higher like the black one?" The balloon seller really got touched with the question asked by the small boy. He replied by telling him "the balloons don't fly, but the content inside the balloons makes them fly higher".

Lessons Deducted

I was able to deduct the following lessons from the above story.

SACRIFICE: The village man had to sacrifice by leaving his village to the city just to hunt for success and he eventually became successful. This implies that successful people make alot of sacrifices
RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNITIES: The village man noticed different kids with balloons and he was able to recognize the opportunity by starting a Balloon business. Not only recognizing opportunity, you maximise the opportunity to it's fullest potential. The village man was able to insert Helium into the balloons compared to other balloons seller which brought him a uniqueness quality in his job
ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING: The balloons were able to fly higher because of what is in them. This also applies to people, your attitude will make you grow higher in life. Always make sure you have positive attitude because it will impact your success.

Thanks for reading and always make sure you strive to be successful and always remember you have to hunt for success by leaving your comfort zone.