Last week we looked at the W.O.O.P. process to crush your goals daily. This week I want to examine Ray Dailio’s Five Steps To Success. Examine these thoughts against your daily habits to see if there is room for improvement.

Ray Dalio is one of the most successful people alive. Time magazine says he’s one of the 100 most influential people on the planet while Fortune magazine says his company (Bridgewater Associates) is the fifth most important private company in the U.S. and Forbes tells us he’s one of the 100 wealthiest people alive. In his book, Principles: Life, Dailio discusses his five-step process of obtaining your goals in life. Let’s see how we are doing in crushing our work daily.

Step 1. We need Goals. What do you want? Get clear. Visualize it. Know your why.

Step 2. Identify the Problems you’re facing that are preventing you from reaching your goal. Most (unsuccessful) people (with a fixed mindset) like to pretend that they’ll be able to achieve their goals without hiccups. The best among us, Dalio tells us, KNOW they will face obstacles and use them as fuel to evolve.

Step 3. Diagnose the problem. What’s at the root of your problems? Get clear.

Step 4. Design a solution to the problem. What do you need to do to solve the riddle? As Dalio would put it, build a “machine” that will solve your problem.

Step 5. Get to work Doing what needs to be done.

So, again. Goals. Problems. Diagnosis. Design. Doing.

Dailio’s five step process is a great tool when  we process this through the lens of scripture. After all it is our guiding foundational document by which our decisions are made. Let’s crush today and everyday – impacting our world with the most needed message of hope!