For you to succeed, in any endeavor, you must learn to align 4 basic components of your life. The four components are:

1. Your thoughts

2. Your decisions

3. Your actions

4. Your awareness

Today, we'll discuss the fourth basic component: your awareness.

Your Awareness

Awareness isn't a big deal to people who don't want to succeed. But awareness IS the most important component to success once you've started thinking, deciding, and acting in a way that takes you toward your dreams and goals (your success).

Here's what most people, who are on track for success but never make it, do:

1. They think right

2. They make smarter decisions

3. They take massive action, consistently

4. And they end up in the wrong spot (i.e. - not where they wanted to be)

Now, why is that? The answer is simple. They were not AWARE of the results they were getting. They were getting results and didn't stop to think where THOSE results were taking them.

Listen, to make it to where you want to go, you have to know where you are at all times.

Think about it. When you go on vacation to a place you've never been before, do you stop every once in a while to make sure you heading in the right direction?

Of course you do. So, why would you NOT stop and make sure the results you're getting are taking you in the right direction when it comes to your success?

It just makes sense to do so.

So, why do a lot of people fail to monitor their results? Here are the two primary blunders most people make and how you can avoid them:

1. Results Trap

Again, the actions you take and the results you get can be addicting.

After all, if you're getting results, why should you stop and question that? Just keep going and you'll eventually make to where you want to go.

Right? Wrong!

Getting results is awesome. That's what drives most successful people. But, if the results you're getting aren't helping you make progress toward your ultimate outcome, what use are they?

Listen, life is not just about taking action and getting results. Life is about the journey you take and the person you become when you get to where you want to go.

Life isn't easy. But it's worth every mistake. It's worth every struggle. It's worth every disappointment, frustration, and heartache.

Just make sure these set backs aren't in vain. Know where you want to end up and be aware of where you are at all times. The right results will get you to where you want to be.

Remember, results don't equal success. The right results equal success.

2. Ignorance

You don't know what you don't know.

As I said before, the people who seem to do it all right and still fail are the ones who are not aware of the results they're getting.

So, the problem is not, "I can't get results".

The problem is they don't know they have to track their results and make mid-course corrections to achieve their results.

In other words, they are ignorant to awareness and its importance.

But not you!

You now understand that you have to know where you are at all times if you're going to get to where you want to be.

You know you have to become aware. You know you have to make corrections along the way. You know success is right around the bend.

So, become aware and succeed!

Copyright (c) 2008 Weston Lyon