1) You need to know what you REALLY want in life.

"Ignoring your dream is doomed to failure." - Roy Chan

If you don't even dare to know what you want in life, whatever achieved in your life will be indifference to all (including to yourself). Set a goal. You might have heard people say when you set goals, you need to be specific.

However, according to my experience, that's not practical. As long as you have a direction for your goal, that's fine.

2) Finding a circle of people who share the same/ similar dream of yours, and see how your situation varies from the next person. Understand your own strength and niche where people can't copy your strategy.

Also, learn from other people mistakes. Copy what works. If internet marketing is your battle field, learn from other people success and failure stories. Save yourself a lot of time by doing so.

3) Plan your work and work your plan

Now you have observed how other people succeed, then it's time to work your own plan. Before you work your plan, plan it first. You should use 75% plan your work and start implementing it once your plan is solid and sound.

4) Monitoring your results and fine tune your work plan.

When things are not yet working, fine tune your plan and keep working at it until it works. Ask and many people are more than willing to help you. Pay back to the community where other "newbies" might have the similar questions like you, when you started out.