Seven A’s of Accomplishment

One day I was thinking about the factors that lead to accomplishment.  In doing so, I came up with a few words that started with the letter “A”.  That led me to search for additional words that started with “A” and matched what I believe are the factors for accomplishment.  In this post, I will share what I came up with.  I plan to write a book about this one day.

I identified seven factors that I believe lead to accomplishing things in life.  That is why I ended up calling them the “Seven A’s of Accomplishment”:

• Ambition
• Attitude
• Aptitude
• Approach
• Action
• Absorption
• Adaptiveness

The following is quick description of each of them:

Ambition

Ambition is the force behind goals and the fundamental driver of accomplishment.  Without ambition, nothing can happen.  You need to want something bad in order to attain it.  The more ambitious you are, the more likely you will accomplish your goals. It gives us energy to act and do what needs to be done in order to get what we want.   However, ambition alone will not lead to accomplishment.

Attitude

Accomplishment necessitates a certain attitude or way of thinking.  Without attitude, accomplishment becomes elusive. Attitude keeps us on track and helps us overcome the challenges we encounter on the path to accomplishment.

Aptitude

Aptitude is an individual’s ability to learn or do something.  You need several skills and abilities in order to accomplish.  Skills enable us to get things done.  There are several levels of skills that are critical to accomplishment.

Approach

Approach is the way you go about getting things accomplished.  It is akin to strategy.  It includes the steps we follow and the processes we perform to get what we want.

Action

Without action, there will be no light at the end of the tunnel.  We must act in order to accomplish.  Our ambition fuels us and gives us energy to move.  Our attitude helps us stay on course and maintain the energy ambition gives us.  Our approach gives us the direction and steps to follow.  Action takes us to our destination.

Absorption

No great accomplishment happens without our focus and great attention to our aim and to what it takes to get there.  We must absorb ourselves into whatever we seek to accomplish.

Adaptiveness

Rarely things go according to plan.  We must be able to adapt and to rethink the plan as we move forward.  Flexibility is critical to accomplishment.  That does not mean we give up on our main goals or aim.  It means adapting our attitude, approach and actions to the conditions and circumstances.  The vision and the goals fueling our ambition do not change.

And that’s the seven A’s for you!

The BEST is Yet to Come!

Epi Torres, CEO