If you’re focused on self-improvement, you want to know the best ways to be successful. Let’s take a look at some of those right now.

Be mindful of your topic

The more mindful you are when you’re attempting to make changes in your life, the more momentum you’ll have going forward. When you’re more aware of what you want to get better at, you can give yourself reminders during your day. Post-its, a reminder on your smartphone, etc. can all shine a light on what it is you’re working towards.

Be accountable to yourself and others

When you make yourself accountable, you’ll take your goal more seriously. So make sure that you share what you’re doing with your friends, family, co-workers, social networks, etc. It will help you achieve your goal.

Keep track of your actions

If you track something, you can do a much better job of managing it. So, in your self-improvement mission, make sure that you track the days and hours you spend on the changes you’re making in your life. This will provide you with data you can review and use to make decisions.

Weekly reviews

This is a great way to decide how you’re doing and to know where you need to do better. A weekly review shows you where you’ve been and where you’re going. It shows your successes and your failures. Learn where your strengths and weaknesses are.

Do better

Create your framework so that you can do better and achieve better. You’ll be able to better focus by doing so. When you’re focused, you’re much more likely to be successful.

Read lots of books

Reading is a powerful tool that can help you to navigate through the changes you’re trying to make in your life. Self-improvement goals can be helped by reading a wide variety of books. In fact, every day you should read. How much, you decide. It might be a few pages or a few chapters.

Practice gratitude

Too often we’re focused on what we don’t like about our lives rather than being thankful for all the good in our lives. Make sure that you practice gratitude. When you wake up in the morning and when you go to bed at night, mentally list what you’re grateful for. It will make a huge difference in your life.

And there you have it–the best ways to improve yourself and be successful. Which one will you commit to putting into practice? (Did you notice I was using the second one right there?)