Many of us are looking into the new year and thinking about the things we want to change and/or accomplish. Resolutions or goals can be powerful catalysts for improvement. The big challenge for a lot of people is keeping themselves focused on the prize and motivated until they fulfill their resolution or reach their goal.
Most folks know the mechanics of goal setting. What they may not know, remember or apply are the principles for "goal-getting." These ideas are not new but they are important because they address the motivational side of keeping New Year's resolutions and reaching organizational, team or personal goals.
1. Focus On What Will Bring Out Your Very Best
Take the time to think about what stirs your passions, inspires you and gets you excited about the future. It is important to remember that goals are maps; they will guide you towards your success – the more detailed your goal setting the easier it will be for goal getting. Also, when you are in the goal setting stage understand that the goal must be better than your best yet – but it must be achievable.
7. Take Ownership
Before positive changes can take place, you must take responsibility for your actions and outcomes. You are in control of your future and are the primary one who can guarantee results. If you give up control and ownership of your life, you will never enjoy the amazing opportunities that life offers to us all.
8. Whom Do You Admire?
Make a list of at least three people that you admire. With your list in hand describe what it is that you most respect about each individual. Often pinpointing what we admire in others offers insight into what we wish to become ourselves.
9. The Moment
Remember a time when everything seemed to be going just right? When nothing could get you down? When you thought to yourself, 'This moment, right now, is what life is all about.' We all have moments in life when we feel we are at our best, but most people don't utilize them. Use the special moments in your life to bring to light goals and desires that are sure to fulfill your needs. Learning from and building on these times will help you create magic moments on a daily basis for the rest of your life.
10. Get Specific
In order for you to create lasting change, you have to be super specific about what you want. Vague ideas just won't cut it. The more specific you make your desires, the easier it will be to act on them. Cloudy hopes create obstacles. You have to know exactly what you want, down to the smallest detail.
11. Small Steps to Big Success
While the nature of your goals needs to inspire, you must also recognize the fact that it takes only small steps to create big changes. The goal will lead the way, but it won't come in one giant leap. Small steps, carried out each day, will bring you to the destinations you seek.
13. Measure Your Progress
As you begin putting the pieces of your plan in place, be sure to measure your progress along the way. Doing so will help to keep you motivated to achieve the goal as you see real improvement taking place. You will also be able to recognize troubling areas that need more attention or successful methods that could be spread to other aspects of the goal.
14. Essentials of Change
It doesn't matter what you want, someone at sometime throughout history has desired and achieved the same thing. Not only does this prove that your goals are possible but also that you have what it takes to make them happen. People have done so much with so little, proving that the essential requirements of creating change are within you.
15. Become Aware of Your Thoughts
The wrong thoughts played enough times in your mind can sap the strength of anyone's confidence. Become aware of the things you say to yourself. Every time you come to a negative phrase stop yourself, refute the belief with logic, and replace it with a strong and empowering thought.
16. What's Holding You Back?
Take time to really think about what's holding you back from working toward and achieving your goals. Too often people get a 'feeling' and quit on their dreams. You can't fight or solve a vague feeling, but you can solve a specific problem. That's why it's critical for you to zero in on exactly what's holding you back from the level of achievement you want.
17. Share the Excitement
Don't keep your plans for a better future to yourself -share the excitement with those who will not see it as bragging or your ego taking over. This will make the goal more tangible, and include others in the picture who will ask about your progress and keep you heading in the right direction. Never underestimate the power of peer pressure.
18. If Not Now, When?
This is a simple method to adding a powerful boost to your goal-achieving project. People are gifted at the art of rationalization and procrastination. To put a stop to them ask yourself, 'If not now, when?' If you're honest, and I know you will be, you'll realize that now is as good a time as any to begin moving toward a better life.
19. Excuses Have No Uses
Excuses are scapegoats. They cover up the truth so we don't have to face it. You already know this isn't the way to a happy and successful life. You have to put a stop to excuses once and for all. Every time you catch yourself using an excuse to cover up the truth about why you aren't working toward your goal (e.g. I don't have the time), write it down along with at least three solid reasons why your excuse is completely wrong. And never use it again.
20. Fear is Part of the Puzzle
If you're waiting for a guaranteed success, you'll be waiting for the rest of your life. Fear is part of the process of success - there's no way around it. You might think that the people you look up to are free of fear as they work toward their goals you are mistaken. Everyone feels fear when they take a step outside of their comfort zone, the question is whether or not you keep going.
21. The First Step
A single step in the right direction is all it takes to put in motion great things. Every written masterpiece begins with a single word on a page. Every long journey begins with a single step. The things you desire most will be no different. Write down on a clean sheet of paper the absolute first step your goal requires - then do it.
22. The Truth about Change
You will fail. Not once, not twice, but many, many times. This is how the game works. Believing that you will be able to achieve a big goal without a hitch is like believing you can play perfect golf without a single step on a course. It's not negative, it's reality. A winner uses this as an advantage. When something doesn't go according to plan an adjustment is made and the process resumes. A short-term setback will never bring an end to your aspirations.
23. Create a Specific Strategy
When you know exactly what you want, you have to know exactly how you are going to get it. Just as a vague idea of what you want will never lead to success, a hazy notion of how you will achieve your goals will bring about the same fate. Super specific strategies will result in success. Anything less will make improvement difficult, if not impossible, to enjoy.
26. Learn from Your Mistakes
When things don't work out exactly as you had planned (this will happen) don't waste the opportunity to learn something. A short-term failure is a good thing – it teaches you how 'not' to do something, which will bring you closer and closer to the solution you seek.
27. Constant Curiosity
Be curious. The world can be a truly amazing place when you take the time to look around and learn about it. Read, converse, observe, listen, and discover the miracles that surround you. Constant curiosity is the habit that is sure to get you excited about your world, your work, and your future.
28. Your Contribution
Here's a 1.5 minute video that has a very powerful goal achieving technique:
2. Think Like A Person of Action, Act Like A Person of Thought
No matter how bad you want it to happen, change will never result from thinking alone - you must take action. The world is swimming in dreamers, but only those who act on their desires achieve truly remarkable results.
3. A Daily Habit to Begin Today
Set aside at least 15-30 minutes each night or morning to review your day and plan for the next. It's a simple way to add an element of control to your life. Also, beginning this habit today will help tremendously when you begin to work toward your exciting and inspiring goals.
4. Mix It Up
The wrong routine can spell failure for your goals. To make sure this doesn't happen to you, add at least one new step to your daily routine to help break up the pattern. One new activity will set the stage for many more in the future, making it possible for you to break free of any negative routines.
5. Get Enthusiastic About What’s to Come
You are on your way to reaching your goals. Now is the time to get excited and inspired about what your future holds. Imagine achieving your vision -now make it happen!
6. Raise Your Standards
It's time to raise your standards. It's time to expect more out of yourself than anyone else. Accept nothing less than your absolute best in all that you do and you'll have no problem achieving your goals.
No matter how bad you want it to happen, change will never result from thinking alone - you must take action. The world is swimming in dreamers, but only those who act on their desires achieve truly remarkable results.
3. A Daily Habit to Begin Today
Set aside at least 15-30 minutes each night or morning to review your day and plan for the next. It's a simple way to add an element of control to your life. Also, beginning this habit today will help tremendously when you begin to work toward your exciting and inspiring goals.
4. Mix It Up
The wrong routine can spell failure for your goals. To make sure this doesn't happen to you, add at least one new step to your daily routine to help break up the pattern. One new activity will set the stage for many more in the future, making it possible for you to break free of any negative routines.
5. Get Enthusiastic About What’s to Come
You are on your way to reaching your goals. Now is the time to get excited and inspired about what your future holds. Imagine achieving your vision -now make it happen!
6. Raise Your Standards
It's time to raise your standards. It's time to expect more out of yourself than anyone else. Accept nothing less than your absolute best in all that you do and you'll have no problem achieving your goals.
7. Take Ownership
Before positive changes can take place, you must take responsibility for your actions and outcomes. You are in control of your future and are the primary one who can guarantee results. If you give up control and ownership of your life, you will never enjoy the amazing opportunities that life offers to us all.
8. Whom Do You Admire?
Make a list of at least three people that you admire. With your list in hand describe what it is that you most respect about each individual. Often pinpointing what we admire in others offers insight into what we wish to become ourselves.
9. The Moment
Remember a time when everything seemed to be going just right? When nothing could get you down? When you thought to yourself, 'This moment, right now, is what life is all about.' We all have moments in life when we feel we are at our best, but most people don't utilize them. Use the special moments in your life to bring to light goals and desires that are sure to fulfill your needs. Learning from and building on these times will help you create magic moments on a daily basis for the rest of your life.
10. Get Specific
In order for you to create lasting change, you have to be super specific about what you want. Vague ideas just won't cut it. The more specific you make your desires, the easier it will be to act on them. Cloudy hopes create obstacles. You have to know exactly what you want, down to the smallest detail.
11. Small Steps to Big Success
While the nature of your goals needs to inspire, you must also recognize the fact that it takes only small steps to create big changes. The goal will lead the way, but it won't come in one giant leap. Small steps, carried out each day, will bring you to the destinations you seek.
12. Search for Success Stories
The stories of individuals overcoming all odds and achieving their dreams surround you. Seek out and make these stories a part of your life. You are not alone in your search for success and significance. Knowing that others have succeeded in the past can be enough to motivate you to achieve the next level of results.
The stories of individuals overcoming all odds and achieving their dreams surround you. Seek out and make these stories a part of your life. You are not alone in your search for success and significance. Knowing that others have succeeded in the past can be enough to motivate you to achieve the next level of results.
13. Measure Your Progress
As you begin putting the pieces of your plan in place, be sure to measure your progress along the way. Doing so will help to keep you motivated to achieve the goal as you see real improvement taking place. You will also be able to recognize troubling areas that need more attention or successful methods that could be spread to other aspects of the goal.
14. Essentials of Change
It doesn't matter what you want, someone at sometime throughout history has desired and achieved the same thing. Not only does this prove that your goals are possible but also that you have what it takes to make them happen. People have done so much with so little, proving that the essential requirements of creating change are within you.
15. Become Aware of Your Thoughts
The wrong thoughts played enough times in your mind can sap the strength of anyone's confidence. Become aware of the things you say to yourself. Every time you come to a negative phrase stop yourself, refute the belief with logic, and replace it with a strong and empowering thought.
16. What's Holding You Back?
Take time to really think about what's holding you back from working toward and achieving your goals. Too often people get a 'feeling' and quit on their dreams. You can't fight or solve a vague feeling, but you can solve a specific problem. That's why it's critical for you to zero in on exactly what's holding you back from the level of achievement you want.
17. Share the Excitement
Don't keep your plans for a better future to yourself -share the excitement with those who will not see it as bragging or your ego taking over. This will make the goal more tangible, and include others in the picture who will ask about your progress and keep you heading in the right direction. Never underestimate the power of peer pressure.
18. If Not Now, When?
This is a simple method to adding a powerful boost to your goal-achieving project. People are gifted at the art of rationalization and procrastination. To put a stop to them ask yourself, 'If not now, when?' If you're honest, and I know you will be, you'll realize that now is as good a time as any to begin moving toward a better life.
19. Excuses Have No Uses
Excuses are scapegoats. They cover up the truth so we don't have to face it. You already know this isn't the way to a happy and successful life. You have to put a stop to excuses once and for all. Every time you catch yourself using an excuse to cover up the truth about why you aren't working toward your goal (e.g. I don't have the time), write it down along with at least three solid reasons why your excuse is completely wrong. And never use it again.
20. Fear is Part of the Puzzle
If you're waiting for a guaranteed success, you'll be waiting for the rest of your life. Fear is part of the process of success - there's no way around it. You might think that the people you look up to are free of fear as they work toward their goals you are mistaken. Everyone feels fear when they take a step outside of their comfort zone, the question is whether or not you keep going.
21. The First Step
A single step in the right direction is all it takes to put in motion great things. Every written masterpiece begins with a single word on a page. Every long journey begins with a single step. The things you desire most will be no different. Write down on a clean sheet of paper the absolute first step your goal requires - then do it.
22. The Truth about Change
You will fail. Not once, not twice, but many, many times. This is how the game works. Believing that you will be able to achieve a big goal without a hitch is like believing you can play perfect golf without a single step on a course. It's not negative, it's reality. A winner uses this as an advantage. When something doesn't go according to plan an adjustment is made and the process resumes. A short-term setback will never bring an end to your aspirations.
23. Create a Specific Strategy
When you know exactly what you want, you have to know exactly how you are going to get it. Just as a vague idea of what you want will never lead to success, a hazy notion of how you will achieve your goals will bring about the same fate. Super specific strategies will result in success. Anything less will make improvement difficult, if not impossible, to enjoy.
24. Intelligent Action
Action is key to change - but not just any action. Eating unhealthy foods is action, but it is definitely not the kind of moves you should be making if your goal is to get in shape. The secret is to take intelligent action. Learn how to make the right moves and you'll be on your way to enjoying an amazing quality of life.
25. Windows ofOpportunity
What you see today will not necessarily mirror the picture of tomorrow. In other words - things change. You can never know for sure how long the opportunity to act will offer itself. It could vanish tomorrow or in twenty years. The point is: Today is the certainty in your world. Make the best of it.
Action is key to change - but not just any action. Eating unhealthy foods is action, but it is definitely not the kind of moves you should be making if your goal is to get in shape. The secret is to take intelligent action. Learn how to make the right moves and you'll be on your way to enjoying an amazing quality of life.
25. Windows of
What you see today will not necessarily mirror the picture of tomorrow. In other words - things change. You can never know for sure how long the opportunity to act will offer itself. It could vanish tomorrow or in twenty years. The point is: Today is the certainty in your world. Make the best of it.
26. Learn from Your Mistakes
When things don't work out exactly as you had planned (this will happen) don't waste the opportunity to learn something. A short-term failure is a good thing – it teaches you how 'not' to do something, which will bring you closer and closer to the solution you seek.
27. Constant Curiosity
Be curious. The world can be a truly amazing place when you take the time to look around and learn about it. Read, converse, observe, listen, and discover the miracles that surround you. Constant curiosity is the habit that is sure to get you excited about your world, your work, and your future.
28. Your Contribution
What are you going to contribute to the world after you have gone? Living an extraordinary life requires thinking beyond yourself and giving back to the world in some way. What will your gift to the world be?
29. Starting in the Right Direction
You may not realize it, but you've already taken a massive step toward success. Simply reading these words demonstrates your success in the New Year. Now that you've taken the first step, keep it going day after day, month after month, year after year.
30. Enjoy the Ride
While you're working hard to achieve your goals, it's important to enjoy the experience. Don't just focus on the results. It's like taking a road trip through beautiful country with your eyes closed thinking only about the destination. You'll miss out half the joy of success if you forget about the experience of it all.
All the success!
PM in the AM
29. Starting in the Right Direction
You may not realize it, but you've already taken a massive step toward success. Simply reading these words demonstrates your success in the New Year. Now that you've taken the first step, keep it going day after day, month after month, year after year.
30. Enjoy the Ride
While you're working hard to achieve your goals, it's important to enjoy the experience. Don't just focus on the results. It's like taking a road trip through beautiful country with your eyes closed thinking only about the destination. You'll miss out half the joy of success if you forget about the experience of it all.
All the success!
PM in the AM
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