Do you know exactly what you want in life? Do you have plans and goals? Are they concrete or just wishful thinking? Whatever you want to do, be or have in life begins with knowing exactly what you want. This may sound basic but ignore this vital first step. If you don’t know what you want how can you ever expect to achieve the life of your dreams. Set goals for yourself and don’t just keep your goal list in your head. Write your goals down on paper. You may ask why is writing my goals down so important.
First, setting a goal on paper brings clarity and focus to it. There is a saying "Whatever you Focus on will grow." If you only focus on what is currently happening in your life, that is what will grow. If you begin to gather your mental energy together to focus on what you want for your future, then you create something new, rather than more of "what is."
There is great power in the act of writing your goals on paper, of focusing your thoughts on whatever you want to be, do or have. Chalene Johnson is big on keeping a to-do list and focusing on your push goals.
So how do you decide what you really want?
Begin by thinking about what is important to you. It's a big world out there with millions of choices in it. Do you want financial freedom? Do you want a new house, a new job? Perhaps you'd like to make money doing something you love. For me it’s a combo of all of those things.
The first question you have to ask yourself is "Why do I want this? How will my life be different if I achieve this goal?" Notice how you feel in response to this question. If you say you want financial freedom, exactly WHY do you want that? What would it mean to you?
Sometimes we say we want things because we have been conditioned to believe they are important. The idea of setting a goal is so you can find out what is important to you, not to your parents or friends or what you've seen in the media about what people should want. Last year I set a goal to compete in a half marathon. I didn’t do this to impress anybody. I did this for me. I did this to prove to myself that I could do it.
Next, make a list of whatever comes into your mind. It could be 100 things you want to be, do or have. Go over the list and pick out some highlights that feel most important to you. Do they have a theme? Perhaps you see things on your list like "spend more time with my children" or "take trips with my spouse." If you see a trend, what would make it possible for you to do one thing that might lead to all these others?
When you see trends emerge, write these on another list. Try to rank them in the order of importance. If you have one very big goal, ultimate goal, that will take care of all the others by achieving it, like, say, "financial freedom", what steps could you take to get there? Don't focus on the "how" but focus on the end result.
The steps you take to achieve your ultimate goal are also goals in themselves. As you achieve these smaller goals, you will be inspired by your actions to continue.
Now comes the fun part. Visualize yourself achieving your goal. What will my life look like if I achieve my goals. Ask yourself this question each day, in the morning and at night before you go to bed. Dream of reaching your goal and how you will feel when you achieve it.
As you go through out your day listen to your inner voice. Be ready to follow whatever signs you receive. Think of ways to make your goals become reality. Is there a way you could do something you love or follow a passion part-time? Do whatever it takes to carry you to your goal. Keep a separate list of goals achieved and refer back to it often. Be thankful for each goal you achieve. Remember anything worth having never comes easy. I push myself every day and everything I do moves me closer to my push goal. From here on out decide what you want and go after it. There are no short cuts to success. It takes hard work and dedication to achieve the things you desire in life.
Now I challenge you what are you goals? Decide what you want, Commit to doing whatever it takes to achieve your goals, and you will Succeed.
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