How do you see yourself when you consider your future? Do you have a dream for your life that you would like to achieve, but don’t know how to get there from where you are?  Are you stuck in the same rut producing the same results every month no matter how hard you try to do better? Well don’t give up!  You don’t have to settle for the status quo.  You can achieve anything you want if you have the desire to do so and set clear goals that you work on every day.  But it all starts with a willingness to change and grow.  Like Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

Here are Five Rules of Change that can help you achieve your goal:

1.  See the Need – Before you can achieve different results in your life you must see the need for change and have a desire to achieve success.  Without a real drive to reach your goal, you will fall short and give up in your quest to change.

2.  See the Changes – Just desiring to change is not enough.  You must see the change you want to accomplish and have a vision for where you want to be at the end of your change process.  It is the vision of seeing what you want that will empower you to do what is needed in order for change to take place.

3.  Willingness to Change – Change is not easy or you would already have done it.  If what you want doesn’t challenge your current attitudes and actions, it will not be enough to inspire you to change.

4.  Become the Change Agent – You must adapt this attitude: ‘If it is going to be it’s up to me.’ No one can change you except you.  If you want to change your circumstance in life, it begins with changing yourself and doing what needs to be done to affect the change you want.

5. See the Rewards ­– Set your goals high and fix your mind on what you want to achieve in return for your efforts.  The incentive to reap the benefits of change is what will drive you forward to overcome the challenges that you will meet along the way.

Follow these five basic rules for change and you will start to see results immediately.