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\u2018Plan A\u2019 for 16-year-old Matthew Michalewicz was to become the next Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n
But, after reading Arnie\u2019s 600-plus page Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding<\/em>, Matthew realised that the book neglected to mention the extra two percent you needed to become an elite bodybuilder \u2013 unbelievable genetics and a pharmacologist to support you every step of the way.<\/p>\n It was that realisation that led the highly acclaimed speaker, author and entrepreneur to later research his \u2018fact-based\u2019 formula for achieving success in life and business.<\/p>\n At this year\u2019s Educate Plus SA\/NT Chapter Summit, Matthew Michalewicz outlined five \u201csimple things that if you do in your life, your chances of succeeding are going to be much, much greater\u201d.<\/p>\n Here is Matthew\u2019s proven path to personal and professional success:<\/p>\n \u201cMore than 80 years of research proves that people in organisations with goals outperform the organisations without,\u201d Matthew said, because they had \u201cfocus and context\u201d.<\/p>\n However, Matthew says goals must be precise and \u201cin the language of mathematics \u2013 that\u2019s minutes, hours, volume, length, percentage etcetera.<\/p>\n A goal shouldn\u2019t be to grow quickly because that\u2019s not measurable. A goal should be to increase your school\u2019s fundraising by 10 percent in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n These precise goals give clarity, and people with clear goals make better decisions and ask better questions.<\/p>\n \u201cDesire equals effort\u201d and the more aligned our goals are with our true desires, Matthew says, the more effort we\u2019ll put into achieving them.<\/p>\n Often our goals don\u2019t reflect what we really want to achieve and they need to be re-framed, and if we\u2019re constantly telling ourselves we can\u2019t do something, it\u2019s more likely because we don\u2019t want to do it, than that we can\u2019t actually achieve it.<\/p>\n Examples that Matthew gave included whether a personal goal should be to lose more weight, versus wanting to have more energy, or whether you want to spend more time with family, versus wanting to be a better role model.<\/p>\n What we believe is more important that what is real, Matthew argues, because we act in a manner that is consistent with our beliefs.<\/p>\n Belief is a better indicator of performance than actual capability, Matthew says, pointing to school students as an example. If they don\u2019t believe they are good at a subject, then they\u2019ll get bad grades, even if they\u2019re more than capable of doing it.<\/p>\n Nothing about our beliefs is genetic and is entirely dependent on those around us. The greatest influences on us, Matthew says, are the five people we spend the most amount of time with besides our families. That\u2019s why we must surround ourselves with friends and mentors who believe in us and support us to achieve our personal and professional goals.<\/p>\n Matthew says he often hears people say that education is too expensive, and it\u2019s stopping them from being successful, however \u201cthe most expensive thing you\u2019re ever going to encounter in your life is ignorance\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIgnorance is the difference between where you could have been and where you are, but you lacked the knowledge to close that gap.\u201d<\/p>\n If you can only invest in one thing, invest in yourself.<\/p>\n When goals are so great, they demotivate us to achieve them.<\/p>\n However, according to Matthew, \u201cresearch has shown that if you can take your goal and break it down into steps or label milestones, they become more achievable and people are much more likely to follow through on the action\u201d.<\/p>\n Coming back to the weight loss example, Matthew said if you wanted to lose 40 kilograms, that\u2019s the big goal. That\u2019s the goal that seems unachievable and makes you lose motivation.<\/p>\n Instead, break it down \u2013 the first goal might be to make an appointment with a nutritionist, the second might be to have a personal trainer work with you 2 \u2013 3 times per week, and the third step might be joining a support group of other people working to lose weight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This article is a summary of the Presentation, titled “The Science of Success”, delivered by Matthew Michalewicz (Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and CEO, Complexica), at the recent SA\/NT Summit. 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