So, I promised you a part 2 to this discussion, involving getting help from the outside to keep the goal pursuit fresh -- IF you're not buying into YOU rewarding your own efforts as a way to incentivize yourself to keep on the straight-and-narrow goal path. And, that's okay if you want to explore the … Continue reading When Pursuing the Goal Gets Boring . . . (cont).
. . . don't give up on the goal! Instead, try to spice things up a bit by inserting a rewards system into your Goal-Achievement Process. In other words, incentivize yourself to GET THINGS DONE! And, I know what you might be saying right about now. You might be saying, "How would that lead to … Continue reading When Pursuing the Goal Gets Boring . . .
Granted . . . goaling DOES require some planning before the execution phase comes about. That discussion was had in the previous blog posts, entitled Planned Goal-Mindedness, The Steps Leading to the Goal, and Too Many High-Level Goals? I go into some depth in these three discussions about the importance of planning to provide some direction … Continue reading Forever Planning and Never Getting to the Goaling
Hmmmm? Too many goals? What's wrong with having a bunch of high-level to-dos that you want to achieve? Well, really, nothing at all. Nothing's wrong with being "extra" in the goal-mining realm. Personally, I think it's great to aspire to see dreams-turned-reality. It makes for a life of optimism, growth, and betterment. Just think how … Continue reading Too Many High-Level Goals?
Have you ever had one of those days where things were kind of messy? I mean . . . the kind of day where you didn't exactly wake up with the go-getter mentality that productive days are made of? Maybe you woke up with a heavy-heartedness that you couldn't quite shake off from some disheartening … Continue reading “Pardon My Mess” Day: A Writing Therapy Exercise
Repetition is the stuff that dreams (turned reality) are made of. I'm serious. When you really get down to what it is that gets the star athlete to the "GOAT" status to where he has a shoe named after him . . . Or, the multimillionaire or billionaire to a lifestyle where he or she … Continue reading Repetition Creates the Goal-Achievement Success Story
If you're following "The Goal Mindset" series and you had a chance to check out last week's installment, entitled Planned Goal-Mindedness, then you know we're about to dig a little deeper into Step #3 (the HOW? component of our dream goal planning), which is all about determining the steps leading to goal achievement. In fact, … Continue reading The Steps Leading to the Goal
Achieving goals takes some serious contemplation . . . some wrapping your mind around what TO DO FIRST and then what TO DO NEXT when it comes to moving closer to that goalpost. Shall we say there's some planning involved in goaling before the goaling gets going? Yes, we shall, because we can't execute on … Continue reading Planned Goal-Mindedness
In my estimation, the two don't go hand-in-hand. When you set "goals," I mean REALLY set goals, there's some striving that takes place. A waiting period that happens. Now, the waiting period (from the time that the goal is a mere speck of a thought in an individual's mind to the attainment of that goal) … Continue reading The Goal Mindset and Instant Gratification
Let me start off with the mindset makeup that you MUST HAVE to see your goals come to reality. Get ready for it . . . get ready for it . . . You have to know that successful goal achievement requires the necessary input from YOU in order to receive the desired output (results) … Continue reading The Goal Mindset: The Grind Over Time
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