Your guide to a healthier perspective of life
Why goals aren’t achieved?
1. Not enough focused time spent in action.
2. Give up after it doesn’t work once (instead of staying consistent and persistent).
3. Lacking discipline to do what is necessary.
4. Being easily discouraged after setbacks or slower progress than expected.
1. Decisiveness – clearly define what it is you want. Then ask yourself, will whatever action you’re about to take bring you closer to that goal? If yes, do it. If no, don’t do it. Not sure? Give yourself a set period to decide then take action.
2. Build momentum. Does an airplane start the engine then it’s up in the air flying? No. It has to build up speed to take flight. Once in the air, it’s easy to maintain. Determine what is the most important next action step, then do it (preferably, it should be easy to implement so you can “check it off the list” and build momentum). When you do that, figure out the most important next step and do that. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
3. Measure what matters. Keep track of the most important numbers. What are the lead measures and lag measures you need to hit to achieve your goals? Budget your time, actions, money, etc.
4. Become an expert. What did I do yesterday? How could I have done it better? What did I do that I should stop doing? What do I need to learn to be considered an “expert” in my field.
People get into the best shape of their lives every single year. Some people go on a journey and lose over 100 pounds. Other people make vast improvements in their financial standing or well-being. Why not you? What’s holding you back?
Ask yourself, are you setting realistic goals? Or are you setting easy goals that you know you can hit? Your goals should be ambitious. They should be a little scary. If they’re not, they are not challenging enough and you probably set your sights too small.
Look at your goals today. They might be the right goals, but on the wrong timeline. Instead of taking 12 months to do it (where 11 months are wasted of not working towards it at all), can you complete it in 3 months?
You can only go so far, or accomplish so much, on your own. It takes teamwork to achieve something great.
Teams (especially large teams with many decision-makers) can take a long time to decide and act on something. It is easier to move quickly when your team is small or you’re by yourself. But you will be limited by your time, energy, and mental capabilities if you only work alone. If you work with a team, with each team member having their own strengths and bringing something valuable to the team, you can achieve something larger than any one person.
You can do anything you set your mind to. If you put enough focused time, energy, and (possibly) money into accomplishing a goal, it will get done.
The reason why many people don’t achieve their goals is because they aren’t willing to make the necessary sacrifices of time, energy, or money to achieve it. Or maybe they’re afraid of looking dumb or failing so they aren’t willing to put everything on the line. Maybe they don’t know where to get started, so even though they want something, they are putting their time, energy, and money into the wrong places.
Get a mentor and peers – someone who has done it before (what did they do to get started. Take the principles and apply them to today), who is still doing it (keeping up with what is relevant and working right now), and who is at a similar position (but in a different region so you are not in direct competition with them).
Be decisive. Once you have enough information, act on it. Don’t be an over consumer of information and fail to produce anything.
Be confident. Speak clearly, succinctly, and as an authoritative figure. If people come to you with questions and you want to be viewed as the expert, do these things. Otherwise they will second-guess you.