Discover 7 easy ways to help you achieve your goals

Everyone knows that goals are supposed to be the way to help you get what you want in life, set a goal and achieve more. 

Why do so many people fail to achieve their goals though? It seems so simple; think about what you want, have an intention to achieve it and hopefully your life will change. 

There are many reasons why you might not be achieving your goals. 

 

Unfortunately, thinking alone will not get you anywhere, neither will simply having a good intention without being prepared for challenges, or not having clarity where to start, or sometimes not even knowing what you want. The real difference lies  in how effectively you set your goals and how much support you give yourself to achieve them after you set them. What I want to do is show you some things you can do to help you boost your success in achieving your goals.

Get clear on your goals – Decide what you want and get clear on your goal as well as
-your deadline
-how you will measure your goal
-what you need to do to achieve it
-what resources you have and what you will need
-your obstacles and how you will overcome them
-what action steps you need to take

Plan effectively – You need to look at your end goal and determine what steps you need to take to achieve your goal. Then you need to include these steps and schedule them into your diary/calendar. 
 Remember to only plan 75% of your time, take routine tasks into consideration, batch where possible and also plan according to your energy levels.

Do something – Take action. Planning but then giving into procrastination is not going to get you any results. Most of the time we have a good intention to achieve our goals, and then we hit resistance when taking further action. Preparing for your obstacles and also working through them when they arise are key to achieving your goals. You will come up against resistance often, everybody does, this is called homeostasis, a natural resistance to change. The key is to take action and have plans to keep you moving forward.

Keep your goal at the top of your mind – Motivation is pivotal to achieving your goal. Motivation gives you that boost you need to keep going when you feel like giving up. Everyday looking at your goal, reaffirm it to yourself, visualize it before you go to bed. Make it part of your daily routine, feel it.

Keep focused – Always stay focused on your thoughts and what you are feeling. Are you focusing on what you want to happen or what you are scared will happen? Focus on what you want and not on what you don’t want. Review your goals and progress regularly as well.

Commit and Persevere – To achieve any goal, you must be committed and persevere, even when you feel like giving up. Some days will be easier than others but to achieve any goal, you must persevere until you obtain it. Too many people have given up just before they finally achieved success.

Act as if – Always believe and have faith that you will achieve your goal and take confident action. To believe in only those things which you can see is not belief at all. If you don’t believe it will happen, it won’t happen. Whatever you believe, you are right. Act as if and expect the best to happen.

Journey, not destination – Lastly, stay present, enjoy it, it is about the journey and not the destination. Don’t feel like everything will be fine only once you reach your goal. Find the things that you can be grateful and happy for now and remember that reaching your goal will just make things much better, but don’t have the mindset of ‘when…I will…’

If you have a burning desire to achieve more than you currently are but you feel lost and stuck, remember, it is better to work through those emotions now than to give up on your dreams forever.

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5 More Things Successful People Do Before 8 AM

Rise and shine… again! My recent article 5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM explored five things successful people do in the morning – exercise, plan their day, eat a healthy breakfast, visualize, and complete their most dreaded tasks first. But what else do early risers do that makes them so successful? Here are five more things that will help you be the best that you can be from the second you open your eyes. 

1. Avoid The Snooze. 
Most mornings we’d do anything to get an extra 5 minutes of sleep in the morning. Or 10. Or 15. The snooze button may feel like your best friend, but beware. Snoozing often leads to a rushed morning routine. First you’re sacrificing ironing your shirt to get some more shut-eye, then your breakfast, then your shower. It’s a slippery slope that leads to a disgruntled and flustered start to your work day. Instead of snoozing indefinitely, train yourself to get up right when your alarm goes off. If you have a hard time waking up, set your alarm 10 minutes earlier than usual, and spend that time waking up over a cup of coffee in the kitchen or on your porch. Snoozing may feeling great in the moment, but the sooner you’re up and at ‘em, the more time you have to relax into your day.

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2. Get Your Daily Dose of News. 
Whether via paper, internet, TV, or radio, the morning is an excellent time to catch up on current events. Even if you merely skim a few articles over your bowl of oatmeal, it’s important to get your news in before your work tasks and errands suck up your extra time. Disney CEO Bob Iger gets up at 4:30 AM to read the paper. General Electric GE +0.29% CEO Jeff Immelt gets up at 5:30 to watch CNBC. Use your morning time to stay up-to-date and informed.

3. Clean Your Workspace. 
At the end of the work day, the last thing you want to do is straighten up. This often means sitting down to a cluttered, dirty desk come 8 AM the next morning. Before starting in on your emails, take a minute to clear your space (and your mind). Throw out old papers, throw away yesterday’s lunch wrappers, file documents you don’t need right away. Keep only the necessities on your desk, and keep them as orderly as possible. A clean desk will help you to focus better and see your tasks more clearly. It will also make you look more put together and professional. After all, it’s your workplace, not your bedroom.

4. Shower. 

While it may seem fairly straight forward, showering in the morning is key to a productive day. Yes, a nice hot shower can relax you before hitting the hay, but a morning time shower can have several benefits. For starters, a shower is the perfect way to wake yourself quickly. Instead of floundering about rubbing your eyes, a shower can energize you instantly so that you have more pre-work time for other things. Washing in the morning can help you at work, as well. Being freshly groomed helps you to feel prepared and ready for the day, and allows you to focus more easily on tasks at hand. Oh, and it might even impress your boss.

 5. Practice Gratitude. 

Waking up can be a particularly negative time for some. It’s easy to dwell on your tiredness or the busy day ahead of you. Instead of starting out your day on a pessimistic note, try practicing gratitude first thing after opening your eyes. The quietness and peacefulness of the morning lend themselves well to this activity. Take a minute to list five things you are grateful for. It can be little things like a sunny day, or something bigger like the love of your partner or children. While you get ready for your day, reflect on the things on your list. It will boost your mood, while allowing you to think about something besides your to-do list.

Why Your Purpose Is Not to Have a Destination

 Article by Janice B Gordon
In my thirties, I was on a quest to find my purpose. I read much self-development books and ask myself many questions like:

• Is this it?
• What is my purpose?
• What is the point of me being here?
• What am I here to do?

I realised in my forties that my purpose is not a destination, but it is the experience, it is the journey. It is the entire impact I have on the world, with my relationships, my experience and the impact of my actions.
When I was looking for my purpose I was looking outside of myself, then I started to look inside myself, I discovered that other people do not have the answer, the answer is within me. The answer is unique to my experience and is unique to me, no one answer is given it forms, and it evolves with my unique experiences and insights gained.
I thought that not everyone was going to be a Nelson Mandela or a Steve Jobs, but this does not mean their value is less in the world. When I watch 'Pride of Britain' I am amazed by the things people are compelled to do, even children, they do what they think is necessary, often with little thought for themselves.

• Is saving a life worth less in value than saving a business?
• Is inspiring a young person to go to university less in value than inspiring an adult to lose weight and get fit?

Both might be lifesaving; the young person could have got into drugs, the adult could have had a heart attack. You do not always see the impact of your actions, until much later, if at all. I am always amazed how small actions can have an enormous impact.
The little things you do can have a massive impact.
Purpose it not a big bang event, it is what you learn from a big bang event and then what YOU do about what you learnt from the experience. We tend to focus on the event rather than the consequence of the experience. Two people can have the same experience, but their reactions may be very different. Your reactions and your actions account for something; it is unique to you. Events in life are to cause a reaction; the reaction is the test the challenge, the lesson and the learning are your unique perspective, as is your experience and subsequent actions.
I think it is wonderful that we all have a different perspective because we all see things and react to things differently on purpose. This is your purpose: to understand the meaning through our perspective. You must use what you have gained to share and to improve, you are then compelled to do what only you can do. This is your impact!
If you are still not clear about your purpose, bear in mind it is:

• Not something you have to work hard at and gain.
• Something you have in abundance.
• Who you are now and whom your will become.
• What you already have that is uniquely yours.
• Your perspective and the effect of your actions.
• The untold impact you have now and then.

You may feel your purpose is not worthy unless it is big. If your purpose is your journey, then how can you anticipate the conclusion of your journey and the impact you will have in the world? Do not worry about the result or destination, if you were to predict it, it would probably be smaller than the true possibility that is unless you can predict the future. Your imagination is tired to your perceptions that form from your past experiences. You must be open to having new experiences beyond the limits of your current imagination. These new experiences will bring new insights and new challenges that will enable you to learn new possibilities and effect more in new ways. This is your purpose evolving to help you to reach new levels of understanding.
How can you do what you do to have maximum impact?
Your purpose is to live your life on purpose, with purpose.

1. Do the right thing always.
2. Do what feels right to you.
3. Be authentically you.
4. Act with integrity.
5. Be open to new insights, challenges and lessons.
6. Rather than ask for your purpose ask 'how can I be better?'

This is the beauty of Purpose. Live it - do not limit it!
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