What’s it take to be successful?
Harvard-trained scientist, Dr. Stephen Krause (aka Dr. K), says it takes five steps. All scientifically valid.
In short series of posts, we’ll journey through the five steps to success.
But first…
A Brief 3-Part Intro
1. Success Defined
2. Success is Slippery
3. What Holds People Back
1. Success Defined
Success means different things to different people.
How can it be defined or measured? Harvard researchers suggest metrics.
Metrics are complicated. Let’s keep it simple.
Dr. K, simplify…
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
“Success is aspiring to something and then achieving it. It’s desiring something and then accomplishing it.”
Simple enough definition, but achieving it is not so easy.
2. Success is Slippery
Dr. K says struggling to succeed is common. Success has a strong history of being elusive.
Here’s three examples.
Weight loss, you’re up first.
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
When the National Institute of Health reviewed decades of research on weight loss, they concluded that,
“Weight loss at the end of relatively short-term programs can exceed 10% of individual body weight: however, there is a strong tendency to regain weight, with as much as two-thirds of the weight loss regained within 1 year of completing the program and almost all by 5 years.”
Quitting smoking, your turn.
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
Seventy percent of smokers want to quit, and nearly half try each year. If you followed a group of people trying to quit smoking,
80-90% would be smoking a year later, and
over 95% would have smoked at some point in the previous 12 months.
Even formal treatment programs RARELY have success rates over 25%.
Business start-up, go ahead.
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
Only half of “employer businesses” (those with employees) survive four years, and the failure rate is likely much higher among businesses without employees.
Success is slippery. Some achieve it, most don’t.
Why?
3. What Holds People Back?
Here’s Dr. K…
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
True success in life isn’t rare because people are weak or lazy or lack willpower. True success in life is rare because too often people used flawed strategies for success.
For instance…
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
Nearly half of Americans have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight or change either eating habits; of those,
20% broke their resolution within a week,
68% broke it within three months, and
only 15% kept their resolution for a year or longer.
With only a 15% success rate with New Year’s resolutions, strategies for success need improvement.
Begs the question. What really works?
According to Dr. K,
From: Psychological Foundations of Success
“When it comes to success and well-being, scientific research is the single best tool we have for understanding ‘what really works.’”
And according to Dr. K’s research, five-steps are all we need. Stay tuned for the scientifically-valid five step system for personal achievement that anyone can use.
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Wrap Up
1. Success is desiring something and accomplishing it.
2. Success can be elusive as studies show with weight loss, smoking cessation and business start-up.
3. True success in life isn’t rare because people are weak, lazy or lack willpower, but because too often people used flawed strategies for success.
4. Harvard Scientist, Dr. Stephen Kraus, has discovered a scientifically valid five step system for personal achievement that anyone can use.
Thanks for reading!
Dave
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