How to achieve enormous success, really great success, phenomenal success with just 5 easy steps that work

Okay, I was impersonating Trump because I thought it was funny the way he talks.

But seriously, use these 5 tools to achieve enormous success.

1. Index cards (okay pencil is also needed)
2. Fud Wud Ug Wug aka Change
3. Random
4. Idea Muscle
5. Egg Timer

Step 1 Index Cards

Go to a supermarket, Staples, anywhere you can get the standard 3x5 index card. I prefer the ones without the lines.

Step 2 Fud Wud Ug Wug

This isn't an Indian chant but an acronym for

If you do what you've done, you get what you've got.

So  you want to look at your life so far. Has it turned out the way you want or are there things you don't like about it. Look at everything you have and if you keep doing the same things you'll get the same result. I think it was Einstein who said "Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result."

So if not not achieving success at anything the first key is to change, try something else, almost anything else is better than doing the same thing.

Change is hard because habits are so easy.

So if you want a different result you will need to change.

Step 3 Idea Muscle

I first heard of the idea of an Idea Muscle a few years ago from +james altucher.  He basically says just like if you don't exercise your muscles waste away, if you don't come up with new ideas your idea muscle wastes away.

One great benefit from improving your idea muscle is that everything you do starts with a change. Don't know how to change, then come up with a list of 10 ways to change.  Don't know how to implement the change? Come up with 10 ways to implement change X. Anything you want to do, just use your idea muscle to start a solution to your problem. Use your idea muscle to come up with 10 goals to reach and 10 ways to reach a specific goal.

Step 4 Random

If you used an iPod set to Random or shuffle you know the benefit of this. Rather than listening to the same songs because of habit, random will break down habits. You can also use random to come with ideas when working on your idea muscle.  Get a book and open to a random page. Select a random word on the page and try to come up with 10 ideas on that word.  You could select 2 random words or 3 and continue coming up with new ideas.

Now back you your index cards.  You can use these index cards for randomization.  Write your 10 goals on 10 index cards and randomly select one. Then write on 10 more cards 10 tasks to bring you closer to your goal. Now work on this task for a set amount of time using step 5.

Step 5 Get an Egg Timer

You can buy the old egg timer or use your smart phone. There is a nice on at http://e.ggtimer.com 

Summary

Take these simple 5 steps and continually improve your life. The first step to change is to take the first step.  Give me some advice on how I could improve this and post your updates in the comments below or tweet me at @Alecberg on twitter