The Power of Goals Dream Life Starter Kit

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1 The Power of Goals Dream Life Starter Kit

You might have just changed your mind, or gotten too busy, or maybe you just forget the excuses and tell yourself that it is too hard. You are not alone.

2 Accomplishing Goals Dream Life Starter Kit Have you ever set a goal and not accomplished it? We think that most everyone can relate. An idea comes into your mind of some great accomplishment that you want to attain, and almost immediately after deciding to move toward your goal you give up. You might have just changed your mind, or gotten too busy, or maybe you just forget the excuses and tell yourself that it is too hard. You are not alone. Setting and accomplishing a goal is serious business. There is a process that individuals need to be aware of in order to succeed. Like the great Earl Nightingale says, We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Every goal should take some degree of work. If it doesn t, you do not want it. You need to feel some sense of accomplishment when achieving your goal or you will not cherish it and you will most likely lose it. We have all seen the lottery winners a few years after they received their windfall. Most of them are broke and in a worse position than they were before they won. The reason is because they did not justly earn their winnings; they were not mentally prepared to handle such a large amount of money. The same thing will happen when you take an easy route to any goal; you will most likely not be able to retain it. So how do you make it work? First, before you even set your goal, you need to set yourself up for success and become educated on the process of accomplishment. We have included the process below for you to review. This process is important to know so you can have a gauge for where 3

3 you are on your path. Without knowing the process is like having a map that fills in as you move forward; you never quite know how far you have left or where you need to turn or speed up. The less you know, the more likely you will be to give up. The process is a simple tool that will allow you to better understand where you are, and how far you need to go. Second, when you set your goal, you need to make sure that it is something you are really passionate about. You need to fall in love with your goal, and make yourself willing to take on any amount of work to accomplish it. This is the most difficult part of the goal process. The reason many people give up so quickly upon taking on a goal is because the goal was just something they would LIKE to have, not something that they would like to WORK to have. You have got to want your goal so bad that nothing can hold you back, not even yourself. Next, you need to write your goal out on paper. You have got to give yourself some level of accountability. When you put your goal on paper, you are setting up a contractual agreement with yourself. You want to place your goal into your subconscious mind, and the best way to do this is to write it out on paper and read it often. Below is the best way to write it. 1. Set the date that you want to accomplish your goal, and write it at the top. 2. Write a paragraph or two detailed about how good you feel that you have accomplished your goal, and what you have been able to do since accomplishing it. Write what you have learned along the way, and what you will be able to do now that you have it. The more detailed the better. 3. Keep it positive, ABSOLUTELY nothing negative. 4. Sign it. 5. Read it as often as possible, to the point where you even have it memorized, and then repeat it multiple times a day. After have it written down you will want to break your goal into manageable steps. There is a psychological process that you go through when you are working toward a goal. It will be harder to succeed if you do not experience some degree of success along the way. For 4

4 example, if your goal is to lose fifty pounds in ten months, break your goal down month by month, or week by week so you can see some success quickly. This will keep your mind in the best psychological condition when working toward your goal. Remember that if you are having a hard time, temporary defeats are tests of your commitment. If you are faced with a tough part of your goal and feel as though you have hit a plateau, take it as a challenge and keep working. Once you get past that point, you will be so grateful for it. It will make your goal that much better and you will cherish your accomplishment so much more. Do not give up! You can do it. Human potential is amazing. You have the ability to accomplish many challenges because you have the power of your mind to help you. Follow these steps and remember to think positive. The most important aid to your goal is belief in yourself. Enjoy the process. The Process of Accomplishment The process of getting from dream to realization is absolutely fascinating. Understanding it will give you the offensive edge that you will need as you proceed toward your desires. Most goals seem to follow the same pattern, it usually works like this: 1. The Trigger. The trigger is something that inspires your mind to want to set the goal. Quite often it comes in a stroke of good luck stemming from an emotion-free action. For example; say that your goal is to become a professional ice skater. The trigger may have stemmed from being able to stand up and skate perfectly as a child. There was no expectation to skate well, in fact maybe falling was what was most expected, but despite the complexity of the action it was pulled it off. 2. Desire. This is the step in the process when a person forms a deep, passionate desire to accomplish some type of achievement in the subject they are interested in. 5

5 3. Taking Action. This is the step when a person decides to take the very first action toward his or her goal. Using the same example, taking action toward becoming a professional ice skater would be like entering and performing in local skating competition as the first step toward the ultimate goal of performing in the Olympics. 4. The Trial Phase. This is the step when a person realizes that they are not going to accomplish their goal without having to work for it. Every goal has to be worked for. There are no freebees. This is the step that has two outcomes; give up and quit, or keep moving forward with hard work. The person realizes that making it to the Olympics will be harder than they thought. 5. The Working Phase. The working phase can last a long time. This is the period of time when a person prepares mentally and physically for their goal. This is where practice and improvement come in. For the aspiring ice skater, this is the point where they need to develop and improve upon the skills that set them apart from others. They will need to practice harder than 100 percent of the others. The working phase is where habits are formed and improvement skills are created. Improvement is the key to success in the working phase. Improvement is what will take a person to the next phase. The harder one works in this phase, the greater the reward. 6. The Test. The test is the point right before accomplishing a goal, when a person is literally tested on all that they have been practicing during the working phase. The test is the fine line that separates the winners from the losers. It is the point in a national skating competition when the amateur has a chance to go and represent their country in the Olympics. The test can come multiple times if the goal was not achieved. If the goal was not achieved during a test, that test then becomes a part of the working phase. There will always be a test before a goal. 7. The Goal. When all of the practice is utilized in the test and the test is conquered, the person is rewarded with their goal. Depending on the goal this can take minutes or years, but as long as a person is focused on the end result they can reach this point. You finally make it to the Olympics. Victory is sweet. We believe that the most important lesson to understand about this process is that it always leads to the goal. We 6

6 all need to understand that if we work hard enough and pass the test, we will be victorious in our ambitions. 7

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