3 Steps to Success

When I ask someone if they want to be successful they always answer 'Yes of course', then I ask 'Do You Set Goals' the answer is usually 'No', yet I have not met anyone that does not set goals they simply do not recongnise it when they do. They believe that goal setting is for the major Rah! Rah! sessions. The vital lesson is to set goals that demand a bit of effort that is where people struggle.

Over 90% of people who say they never set goals are surprised when it is pointed out that simply goal setting could be deciding what you are going to wear that day or where you are going to go, they have the same basic structure as deciding how you want to live your life.

Setting personal goals can be a short cut to success, it is definitely one of the most powerful and effective techniques that will not only help you attain your goal but also to feel successful.

You don't set goals? Instead of thinking only of life changing goals let us look at goal setting from a different angle. Have you ever booked a holiday? That is a goal - the steps to successful life goa setting is exactly the same as those you took in planning your last holiday, you knew where you wanted to go and knowing that you knew what you had to do to get there.

Let's break this down into steps to explore how going on holiday is equivalent in goal setting terms to whatever major goal you could wish for yourself.

1. In order to set a goal you need to know where you want to end up, what you really want. Remembering the story of Alice through the looking glass when she tumbled down the path and stopped at a crossroads, not knowing which road to take she looked up and saw the Cheshire Cat, she asked him which road to take, he replied "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know," said Alice "Then it does not matter which road you take", the cat grinned. You knew exactly where you wanted to end up when you planned your last holiay and what happend you got there! You got there. Every day you set goals whether it is what you are going to wear or where you want to go, simple yes, but they are established on the basis of you know where you want to end up, this can be expanded to set life changing goals.

2. I don't know about you but I find I remember things best when I write them down I think it is called motorised learning or something like that. So when I write my goals down I remember them and I am able to repeat them over and over in my mind. When I do a strange thing happens, things happen that help drive me and my actions towards my goals and I achieve each one. Unlike most teachers of goal setting I do not encourage you to set a deadline for achieving a goal. You see if I have a deadline I get stressed out as the time approaches and goal achievement does not happen if you are stressed, to achieve the goals just see below.

3. There is a major secret to successful goal setting and achievement. This secret is so great I do not want you to tell anyone else it is only between you and me. In setting a goal I know it will never come about unless I follow this secret, the secret to successful goal planning and achievement is ----- wait for it ----- to take ACTION. So many people say they want to do something and then do nothing in the hope that a magic genie will appear and make their dreams come true. Can dreamers be achievers of course they can, dreamers dream then take action to turn the dream into a reality - one who fantasises only dreams and does nothing but dream.

As long as you bear these simple steps in mind you will achieve your goals although there are another two magic ingredients that when you add them to this mix guarantees that you will achieve every goal you ever set no matter how big, and how far outside of your present comfort zone, but that is for another day or if you cannot wait you could click on the link in the box below to find out.

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