Thanks to Apple's iPhone "there's an app for that" has become a common catch phrase in daily conversations. It should come as no surprise, then, that I've found a way to tie it in with achieving success.

Here, then, is the "app" for achieving success:

• Action. It's not enough to set goals or to make plans on how you will reach your goals. If you're going to succeed you have to turn those plans into action. Success requires constant, consistent and focused actions designed to move you ever closer to your goals.
• Passion. You will find it virtually impossible to truly succeed if you're not passionate about what you're doing. Lacking passion, you will eventually lose interest in what you're doing and where you're going.
• Principles. True success is grounded in positive principles and values. History is littered with the remains of the seemingly successful who realized too late that theirs was a hollow success at best; hollow because they abandoned their principles in pursuit of what they desired.

And there you have it; your very own success app. While I'm not promising that using this app will automatically lead to success, taking principled action based on your passion certainly makes it more likely than the alternative.