Building oneself and realizing dreams does not happen overnight, rather it is something that requires focus, planning, self-management and discipline.
"Five years from now you will arrive. The question is: Where?" Jim Rohn.
If your goal is to start a new project, build a brand or create a good network of relationships, start a company or any other project that could radically transform your life. You can do this if you can commit to trying to accomplish your goal for five years.
“Five years is not very long,” says Eudji Usika. “I have silently committed to this timeframe. I wrote almost every day, read books, watched videos, attended trainings, and it basically became a very sophisticated self-improvement machine in this period. I moved forward and followed the same topics for five years. ”
Writer James Altucher says you take five years to recreate yourself. Jon Morrow said: It takes 4 to 6 years for you to build a blog that you can make money from.
This is the story of the five-year rule as tried by writer Eudji Ousika, who says: “During the first three years when I was making little to nothing, I hover around trying to figure out how to become a blogger, banging my head against the wall trying to learn all the nuances along the way, I kept that The figure is in my head. In my third and fourth year, I could see that success was inevitable. In the fourth and fifth years everything developed rapidly. I have reached my 5th anniversary as a writer and self-development scholar and have accomplished these accomplishments
I have published three books.
I gave a speech for TEDx.
I upgraded my reading from zero to a very high level.
I quit my previous job and became a full-time writer.
Being at the other end of the five-year equation, I can tell you without a doubt that this plan is working. At first you will not be very good at the new skill you choose to learn or the path you are trying to shape. At this point you are just trying to keep going and trying to build good habits. Most people give up at this point. Don't be one of those. Why? Because one day, not only will you get a little better and be more successful but you will suddenly be much better and experience big successes.
Charles Menger says: “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Doing your homework well step by step will progress, but not necessarily with quick jumps. But you build discipline by preparing for a quick rush. Go about an inch each day. If you live long enough, you will get what you deserve. ”
Here are some good rules to follow during the five years
The condensed 90-day rule
Spend your first 90 days working on your new path, new skill, or project every day with intense focus. You will learn a lot - not just about what it takes to succeed, but also whether or not you like the field. Most people don't make it that far. If you did and finish the 90's you will continue, and if the field is not right for you, you will find out before wasting any more time.
The Hundred Base
Be prepared to do something (100) times to get good at it, write (100) posts. Shoot (100) videos. Record (100) podcasts. (The fifty race is your chance for a new success).
A cycle of (18) months
Business expert and author of Self Management Peter Darker talks about using the 18-month standard to calibrate the footing of the year. Length of time is good to give you enough data, but not long to create unrealistic goals.
The one thing
The one thing rule, by Gary Keeler, taught us a simple way to help us stay focused and productive: Ask yourself this question: What is one thing I can do that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary. You can use this system to convert long-term goals into actionable goals. Choose one thing for 18 months, then 3 months, then for every month, then for every week, then for every day.
Five years seems like a long time. But it is not. When you divide things into the present moment with a focus on the near future, five years later you will know that you have achieved a level of progress that you never imagined possible. Your skill has accumulated like an investment account that is growing and you will definitely be better than you were at the start, but you have to start.
You should use this framework for each new goal or important decision, and if you do not want to commit to the next five years to do what you decide to do, then do not start. But when you start with it, continue to the end, the positive accumulation of the five-year period inevitably leads to a better life.
In conclusion, I know that each of us has a dream that he wants to fulfill, but most of us feel fear and hesitation. Everyone wants to know in advance whether this will work or not? But rest assured that if there is enough talent and enough hard work to gradually improve over a period of (5) years, it will work out. So let's start now.