To achieve success in business a good plan of action and strategy is required. Success is a constant state of mind that presents itself differently for everyone. So take time to evaluate what success in every area and capacity of your life means to you.

Although there are no guarantees constant fine tuning and a quest for excellence will help minimize your failure rate. Here are just a few helpful nuggets to add to your arsenal.

• Outline a business plan and execute it with diligence. Research your competition and the area of expertise.

• Carry out each step of your plan with purpose and intent. Sometimes it's the little details that are overlooked that make the difference.

• Even though you have a good plan of action always plan for the unexpected. Life will continue to happen even in the most organized plan of action.

• With every challenge expect some setbacks even a failure can be an opportunity for growth. Learning from each setback is an important key to how to make your business better.

• As your challenges intensify never take the option to give up instead press in and bear down, a champion never gives up they simply find a different route to complete the job. (If it were easy everyone would be doing it).

• If you come to what seems to be a dead end, change your strategy eventually you will find the technique that works best to achieve your goal.

• As your opportunities present themselves take action immediately. Some opportunities only come once in a lifetime so be ready to walk through the door when it opens.

• Ally yourself with others who are willing to share their knowledge, wisdom and business sense. It’s good to have a million dollars but better to have a million dollar mind.

• Building a successful business empire requires consistency, time, dedication and patience. If you in vision your business flourishing and successful, with a well followed business strategy it can and will.