To dream is the first step to create a successful career. First you dream, then you build with confidence. Dreams are like seeds. Even after sowing them you need to nurture them for a long time so that they may bear the fruit of success. Many persons fail to achieve their goals because they sow the seed but don't have any action plan to help the seed grow into a big tree of successful career. Never forget that action is the key to the door of fortune.

1. Set Realistic Goals

Write your goals in your personal diary (you can also create a personal file in a computer) or on a small card. Chief goals of your life should not be more than two or three. If it is only one than it will be much easier for your to focus all your energy on it. Too many big goals will only create confusion in your mind.

Every person needs to be realistic. Analyse everything - your personality, your circumstances, your resources, only then you will be able to set realistic goals. The goals should be in harmony with your unique talent. Suppose you have a talent for negotiations and you set a goal to become a big engineer it will be unrealistic. Choose a goal in which you have to negotiate with others like property dealing, sale-purchase of automobiles, marketing or any other business transactions. And if you have talent for acting or writing you can